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It was very distracting. It takes quite a bit of training to eliminate pauses from speech but it takes significantly less effort to replace 'um' with a pause.
by sachingulaya 15y ago
It was very distracting. It takes quite a bit of training to eliminate pauses from speech but it takes significantly less effort to replace 'um' with a pause.
- prophetjohn 15y agoPauses aren't even bad. Pauses give your audience an opportunity to process what you're saying. I've had pauses encouraged to me.
- ttype 15y agoPauses are widely viewed as the ideal replacement to umm/uhh. I took public speaking in college, attended Toastmasters for a while, and also attended an in-office public speaking class when was working in a corporate setting. All of these groups offered the advice to remove umm/err/uhh from your vocabulary. They're noises that make the speaker seem less comfortable and competent, and that don't add value. As a startup CEO, I routinely visit clients and potential clients, and often find myself facing a room with 10 or 20 people. I find that I perform much better than my CTO, in large part because my speaking skills give me a higher level of initial perceived credibility, allowing the rest of my words to be viewed through a more positive lens.