How important is humor in the workplace? Very, according to Dave Barry, who with his brother, fellow funny man Sam Barry, are our June Entrepreneurs of the Month. They help us answer the question of why laughing out loud is the key to success in business, and life.

This month we also feature some other funny folks:

• Brad Montgomery, author of Humor Me! asks, “Why put up with unnecessary stress when there’s something you can do about it that’s fun, free, and fairly easy to learn?” Read more here.

• Our Inkandescent ART DIRECTOR Michael Gibbs had fun interviewing Hal Mayforth, the illustrator of Dave Barry’s column that for years ran in The Washington Post. How did Mayforth get into the funny pages? “I come from a fairly wacky family,” he explains. “The humor was always there.”

• Our LEADERSHIP columnist Robin McDougal reviews that Bill Cosby classic, Cosbyology. Later this year, we’ll be interviewing the Cos himself.

• June is Prom Month and author Lee Woodruff, shares her perfectly imperfect insights on mothering a teenager through “The Proposal,” in this month’s PARENTING column.

• Comedienne Fran Capo, the world’s fastest talking female and our TRULY AMAZING WOMAN of the Month, shares 10 Tips on How to Use Humor Effectively in Your Presentations.

• Our new PUBLIC SPEAKING columnist Dawnna St. Louis teaches us how to keep the audience laughing.

• Is laughter the best medicine? Most definitely, say our MEDICAL columnists, Drs. John Jones and John Maguire. They lead us into summer with tips on what to do if the sun gets the best of you.

• Speaking of the healing powers of having fun, don’t miss this month’s HEALTHY LIVING column where Jill Leslie goes green — avocado, actually — to teach us how to play with our food to whip up healing facials.

• Our FASHION column features the fabulous lids for sale at Hats in the Belfy, founded by Courtney Garton.

• Because our goal is to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses, this month we shoot up the fireworks in anticipation of our July launch of www.inkandescentnetworking.com — our new service that lists networking events in eight cities along the East Coast (Annapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.) Do check out the networking events happening in those cities this June. And contact us to learn how you can benefit from this opportunity.

As Oscar Wilde said, “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” Here’s to that. — Hope Katz Gibbs, Be Inkandescent Magazine