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As a Harvard undergraduate and an editor of the Harvard Lampoon, Robert Hoffman (MBA ’72) “helped spin the popular campus humor magazine into an...
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  • July–August 2020
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Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User's Guide to Humor at Work
By: Brad Bitterly and Alison Wood Brooks
Humor is widely considered essential in personal relationships, but in leaders, it’s seen as an ancillary behavior. Though some leaders use humor instinctively, many more could wield it purposefully. Humor helps build interpersonal trust and high-­quality work...  View Details
Keywords: Managing People; Humor; Leadership; Relationships
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  • March 2017
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Risky Business: When Humor Increases and Decreases Status
By: T. B. Bitterly, A.W. Brooks and M. E. Schweitzer
Across eight experiments, we demonstrate that humor can influence status, but attempting to use humor is risky. The successful use of humor can increase status in both new and existing relationships, but unsuccessful humor attempts (e.g., inappropriate jokes) can harm...  View Details
Keywords: Status and Position; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Perception
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Research: Cracking a Joke at Work Can Make You Seem More Competent
By: Alison Wood Brooks
Keywords: Humor; Judgment
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Risky Business: Humor Can Increase Perceptions of Status, but Only If the Jokes Are Funny
By: B.T. Bitterly, A.W. Brooks and M.E. Schweitzer
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  • 2011
  • Book

Getting to Giving: Fundraising the Entrepreneurial Way
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence
Getting to Giving is based on Stevenson's many years as a donor, fundraiser and entrepreneur. The book offers practical techniques and real life stories, and brings passion and humor to the art and science of asking for money. Topics included in the book...  View Details
Keywords: Fund Raising; Fundraising; Non-profit Management; Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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  • February 2011 (Revised November 2013)
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The Cheezburger Network
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Cheezburger Network was a Web publisher of humorous, user-contributed content, using social media for dissemination, and selling advertising against the traffic of 1 billion page views per quarter. In January 2011, it raised $30 million in venture capital for the...  View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Online Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Strategic Planning; Sales; Online Technology; Web Sites; Publishing Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
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Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Marc Abrahams was a media entrepreneur who specialized in science humor. In 2008, he sought to boost the scale and monetization potential of his business. That business, called Improbable Research, encompassed a magazine (Annals of Improbable Research), a high-profile...  View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career
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Humor Us
As a Harvard undergraduate and an editor of the Harvard Lampoon, Robert Hoffman (MBA ’72) “helped spin the popular campus humor magazine into an...
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