How do I make myself funny?

I was once told by my radio mentor, C.J. Morgan, that there is a difference between comedy and humor. Comedy is making a situation funny. Humor is revealing the comedy in a situation. Sometimes it's much better to be humorous than a comedian.

I've often run across speakers who want to make people laugh when they are doing a speech or a presentation. Cool. Laughter really is the best medicine. You could make a lot of mistakes but laughter seems to make folks forget that you screwed up. One of the most common mistakes, however, is that some speakers try too hard be comedians.
Never work too hard to create comedy. Instead let the humor reveal itself and reveal it to your audience.

You see, humor is a bit more complicated than some realize. When someone tries to emulate his/her favorite speaker or comedian that's bad news. For instance a speaker will try to crack the same joke that he/she heard another speaker crack or the speaker will try to impersonate his/her favorite comedian during a speech or presentation. The worst is when a speaker tries a joke, it doesn't work and the speaker tries it four or five more times (still with no success)! And don't EVER deliver someone else's joke if you don't find it funny, yourself.

Humor is like a dessert. You serve it up as a sweet complement to the points you are making to your audience. Humor saves the day when you tell a great funny story as opposed to a good joke sometimes. A funny story doesn't come with the same expectation as a joke.
But here's the irony. Humor normally comes in a speech at times when we least expect it. You know, like when you screw up. Enjoy the moment, correct the mistake and move on. Nothing puts an audience at ease like your ability to laugh at yourself. Teens, especially, appreciate it when an adult shows that he/she is human.

And here's more irony about successfully inserting humor into a speech. It works best and may even come off more spontaneous when you rehearse it. Don't tell me that you thought that funny speakers just ran their mouths without thinking or rehearsing!
Now that's comedy.