Comments on: Uh … Ah … Um … Do … Uh … They … Matter? http://wiredpresentations.com/2009/05/27/uh-ah-um-do-uh-they-matter/ Helping you help your audience Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:21:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Your message and other things you say » Blog Archive » Just a few OK? http://wiredpresentations.com/2009/05/27/uh-ah-um-do-uh-they-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Your message and other things you say » Blog Archive » Just a few OK? Fri, 29 May 2009 20:48:36 +0000 http://wiredpresentations.com/?p=145#comment-29 [...] good buddy Jeff blogged about and I commented on Um and Uhs the other day.  Low and behold, the question comes up in class [...] [...] good buddy Jeff blogged about and I commented on Um and Uhs the other day.  Low and behold, the question comes up in class [...]

]]> By: Alan Hoffler http://wiredpresentations.com/2009/05/27/uh-ah-um-do-uh-they-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Alan Hoffler Thu, 28 May 2009 12:26:32 +0000 http://wiredpresentations.com/?p=145#comment-27 Get rid of them -- all. Um. Ah. So. And. You know. Basically. I mean. But. Everyone of them. Might overlook them, but have no reason to use them. Bert is right, the pause rules. We think in a pause. When we think, we have something worth saying. It's more than just how we sound. But even if the words weren't more articulate, we sound more professional, more confident, and have a greater impact and efficiency for our time. And without a video/audio recording, we have little to know idea how bad it is. A few weeks back a student caught himself with a non-word and said, "Oops, there was an um!" It was actually his 13th um. In a minute. Get rid of them — all. Um. Ah. So. And. You know. Basically. I mean. But. Everyone of them. Might overlook them, but have no reason to use them.

Bert is right, the pause rules. We think in a pause. When we think, we have something worth saying. It’s more than just how we sound.

But even if the words weren’t more articulate, we sound more professional, more confident, and have a greater impact and efficiency for our time.

And without a video/audio recording, we have little to know idea how bad it is. A few weeks back a student caught himself with a non-word and said, “Oops, there was an um!” It was actually his 13th um. In a minute.

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