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Humor U Tip #188 – Do You Have Your Brand?
Make Someone Happy at Work Opportunity
Movie Recommendations
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Humor U Stuff – Some Really "Hot" New Stuff!
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1. HUMOR U TIP #188 – Do You Have Your Brand?

By Ann Fry

I get all these newsletters and solicitations to help me find my “brand” or to “get branded.” It’s funny. It seems no matter how many ways I refer to myself and my work, someone still thinks I need a better brand or another brand.

It’s like… isn’t “Humor University … FUN solutions for serious problems” enough?

I started thinking about some brands for me:

The one who creates fun, but isn’t funny.
The crazy woman trying to make people play at work.
The person to call to “lighten up” your workplace.
The idealistic person who thinks the world needs more fun even though many people think it doesn’t.

Yada, yada, yada. You get the point.

Here are the ones I like the best about my work:

The person to call to help you color outside the lines!
The person you want to help you get enthusiastic and excited about work.
The woman who never gives up for what she believes in.

So, what’s your brand? What statements enhance who you are for people and describes you at your best?

Whether your brand is “in print” doesn’t really matter—you just want to be known as that person who stands for that statement. And, you want people to refer to you in that way, so others remember you.

Happy Branding!

Truth: People just want to work for GREAT companies and GREAT managers. They want workplace "CULTURES THAT WORK". Can you say... HAPPY AND PROFITABLE?

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2. MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY AT WORK OPPORTUNITY

Spring has flung—I say drop off a nice vase of flowers on the desk of someone you really admire at work. Watch them smile! (You might have a little chocolate bunny with it! )

3. MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS

Most movies these days are pretty serious, but there are few that make you laugh—even while making you cry.

The Pursuit of Happyness: Will Smith plays a man who never gives up pursuing what he wants. Very inspiring.
The Namesake: An intercultural experience—a couple from India live in the US their entire married life, while keeping their culture alive—you’ll laugh and cry in this one.

4. FREE COACHING OFFER

It's going so well that I want to continue! The first five people who contact me can have a FREE half-hour of coaching around how to make their workplace culture more fun and satisfying.

The folks calling me are getting value and you can too—don't miss out!

So, email me: ann@humor.com and ask for the session.

5. HUMOR U STUFF: Some “hot” new stuff.

Do you work at a fun workplace?
FINALLY—a place for you to nominate your company!
For Ann’s new book, Cultures That Work, we’re doing full-out research about great places to work—beginning with FUN. We want you to nominate your company as one of the MOST FUN Places to work on the planet. Ann will contact your CEO and interview him/her to find out what makes your workplace “Culture Work”. Go to www.culturesthatwork.com.
Bring Ann Fry to your workplace—ta da!!! Really special workshop offering*:

NEW: Laughing Matters: Customer Appreciation Workshop—bring in Ann to do a 2 to 3-hour presentation to your clients—buy them all one of her books, let them leave having laughed and learned to lighten up their workplace. They stay loyal customers for a long time.

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Humor U Tips© is an electronic bulletin produced as a service by Humor University. The editorial staff has left errors in this Amuseletter so that our anal-retentive fans might experience left-brained joy in finding them. Humor U Tips© is written and compiled by Ann Fry, the founding Dean of Fun and a leading national expert who works with organizations that want to boost employee morale and managers who want their employees to be energetic and creative about their work.

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