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Verbal pauses4/28/2023 You’ll feel better and your audience will benefit, also.Īlso, consider using the ‘Spontaneous Pause’. Practice pausing and breathing at the end of phrases where you’ve made a significant point. Don’t look down or up while pausing, but look at an individual and start talking, again, when the word or phrase comes to mind. If searching for a word while speaking, rather than utter, ‘Ummm’ – Pause. If you find yourself using these fillers, it’s a perfect time to catch your self and say – nothing! Often, a speaker will fill the silence with filler words like, ‘ah’, ‘you know’, ‘OK’, ‘like’ and others. We tend to want to fill that ‘dead space’ with noise. Pausing, for most speakers, is tough to do. (However, don’t pause too long or the audience will think you either lost your place or don’t know what to say next.) Pausing after asking a question is also a great technique because it makes them think, and mentally involves them in your speech. In general, you should pause periodically to allow folks to absorb the message you have delivered to that point.Ī Pause also builds anticipation, and gets them wondering, “What’s coming next?” When giving a humorous speech, you want to give the audience time to laugh at your joke without missing the next one! Pauses can be powerful and they are very important. If the statement is profound enough, some in the audience will even repeat it to themselves in their own words. They need time to search their memory banks to see where, what you just said, fits or doesn’t fit in. An experienced speaker knows to Pause periodically to give the audience time to “catch up,” and to let the meaning of what he or she is saying sink in. Many speakers, especially those who are inexperienced, make the mistake of memorizing their speeches word-for-word and then reciting them as quickly as possible, without stopping even to take a breath. This can be an extremely effective technique for capturing the audience’s attention immediately. (In fact, it’s a great time for a last moment of positive self-talk like, “I’m going to make this audience rock!”)įinally, when you know they’re beginning to wonder – open your speech. Pause, almost so long the audience might start thinking something is wrong. Standing in silence before the audience and looking out and scanning the crowd conveys an aura of authority and confidence. It’s the last element of our verbal communication skills discussion, but it should be the first thing you do when reaching the lectern, or center stage, after the Master of Ceremonies introduces you. The last element of good verbal communication is the Pause.
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