Step 1 - Assess how often you are using filler words.īefore you embark on an effort to extinguish filler words, you should assess how frequently you utter filler words in your presentations. (I would flip the switch for myself!) Since the magic switch is elusive, here are the steps I recommend for minimizing these fillers. I wish there were a switch that could be flipped to strike these from a speaker’s vocabulary. A Strategy for Removing Filler Words from Your Speech “I think that”, “you know”, “what I’m trying to say is”Īll of these - and there are more in each category - contribute nothing and could be completely wiped from your vocal patterns without any loss in meaning.
I’ve started this article using the collective term “filler words”, but this is really a convenient shorthand for three related speech fillers:
Filler Sounds, Filler Words, and Filler Phrases Read our previous article Are… um… Filler Words… ah… Okay? for expert opinions from authors and speaking bloggers. All of these perceptions are bad for you. It may be perceived as indicating lack of preparation, lack of knowledge, or lack of passion. Repeated and excessive use of filler words weakens your credibility.(It’s one of the communication barriers cited in a recent article by guest author Stacey Hanke.) Why say it if the audience has to immediately filter it out? Filler words represent verbal static that has to be filtered out by your audience.They contribute nothing, and weaken your effectiveness as as a speaker in two primary ways: Nonetheless, speakers should strive to minimize filler words. Furthermore, I’ve heard audience members comment that an occasional filler word makes the speaker seem human (and not robotic). An occasional filler word does not trump passion and a great message. Some people adopt a zero tolerance policy when it comes to filler words, believing that a few ruin the delivery and invalidate an otherwise solid speech.
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