Communications Masterclass
Comedy in Communication – Laughter Logistics
Learn, laugh, and level up your skills by using humour in communication!
Spouse Program members are warmly welcome to join our second Communications Masterclass of 2026 on Friday 22 May.
What is this communications masterclass about?
This focus this time will be on learning how to use humour as a communications tool – and having fun at the same time!
Participants will develop clarity, interpersonal awareness, and authentic professional voice using the working methods of comedy as a practical discipline.
What to expect
During the workshop, you will:
- Understand how humour works across cultures and how it influences communication
- Learn techniques for using humour effectively and appropriately in different situations
- Gain tools to reduce tension and increase audience engagement through well-timed humour
The workshop is hosted by John Weston.
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Kindly note that this masterclass is only for Spouse Program members living in Helsinki.
Conditions to join
To join this career support event, you must be a Spouse Program member living in Helsinki.
We have limited seats for this masterclass, so sign up as soon as possible.
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Meet your host
John Weston has been a teacher, coach, and lecturer for 15 years, specializing in professional and academic speaking and writing. He has a PhD in sociolinguistics — the social and cognitive science of communication and identity — giving him special expertise in how our word choices and styles of communication work together to project not just our intended meaning, but also our personas, ideologies, and values.
John’s online workshops have been called “humane” and “nourishing”. He has a low-key and supportive one-to-one coaching style, and a love of word play, good-natured sarcasm, and surreal humour. When John gives feedback on the professional speaking and writing of senior leaders and academics, they use words like “insightful”, “thoughtful”, and “real value added”.