I was delighted to be interviewed recently by Eve Tahmincioglu for MSNBC. See her article on “No Joke!: The Workplace Needs a Good Laugh” that appears today. As Eve suggests, “A little humor can help your career– and a company’s bottom line.” In these challenging economic times, we all need to come to our senses… of humor!

Blogger’s Note: We jest received this press release from the Pat Paulsen for President campaign headquarters. Our hope is that this release will provide some (comic) relief in the midst of otherwise serious presidential politicking. Of course, timing is everything in politics, life, and humor… April Fool’s Day is definitely perfect timing for this announcement! For additional insight and chuckles, check out an interview I did with Pat Paulsen for our LAUGHING MATTERS magazine. Enjoy…

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Blogger’s Note: There has been an accelerating amount of media coverage of our work and shenanigans at The HUMOR Project… especially about our upcoming international humor conference on June 20-22! Recently, I had the great pleasure of talking with Jackie Domin at the Spotlight Newspapers. Her article entitled “Laughter Is the Best Medicine” appeared last week in dozens of newspapers. Here it is for you to enjoy…

Dr. Joel Goodman is serious about his mission to help people get more “smileage” out of work and life.

In 1977, Goodman founded the Humor Project in Saratoga Springs. It’s the first organization in the world to focus full time on the power of humor, he said.

The Humor Project sponsors workshops and boasts a speakers bureau with more than 100 speakers who can give talks on such topics as humor and health, laughter and learning and humor in parenting. It has a bookshop that offers books, videos and props, and each year, it sponsors an international humor conference. This year’s edition is slated for June 20 to 22 at the Silver Bay Conference Center on Lake George.

“The conference really is an oasis of sorts,” Goodman said. “It’s a way to literally and figuratively get away from it all.” (more…)