Imagine an alternate world where speakers were paid on the basis of number of words spoken just like content writers are paid on number of words written. In such a world, every contract would have one clause “filler words are ...
Category: Ah Counter
An Ah Counter script with a great insight
Have you noticed that every time the Ah counter presents their report, the prepared speakers have significantly less filler words than table topic speakers? That’s not a co incidence. We utter filler words when our brain needs time to process our next few words, something a prepared speaker wouldn’t need to. But a good public ...
An Ah counter script with sound reasoning
There is a long way to do anything and a short way. For example – if you wanted to get rid of your filler words, you could do so after you become a seasoned public speaker and embarrass yourself on several occasions ...
A quirky ah counter script
Glues are not the only things that are sticky. Catchy music tends to remain stuck in our head for days. Some people are annoyingly sticky. And a couple of filler words such as like, ah, umm, you know, but etc. are stuck ...
An ah counter script with an adage and great reasoning
It is said that you can’t teach an old dog a new trick. Once people become accustomed to doing things a certain way, change becomes difficult. This is especially true about filler ...
An ah counter script on leadership
Toastmasters doesn’t just transform us into better communicators but also carves us as leaders. And no leader can afford to sound vague, unsure or hesitant. Unfortunately filler words such as ...
An Ah counter script on peas
Nobody likes pea toppings on a pizza. Thankfully, when you order yours, you have the option to savor a fine pizza by eliminating the peas. Your speeches can be a delicacy like the pizza but filler words are the toppings no one likes. To make things worse ...
An Ah counter script with interesting wordplay
A great speech should pack some insightful stories at the center and have a great message around the corner. Sadly most speeches pack ahs and ums in the center and a “basically” in every corner. These words ...
Simple introduction for Ah Counter in Toastmasters
It is often said that if you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves. To a speaker, fillers words can be the smallest thing, so small in fact that they tend to go unnoticed. Yet that does not take away the fact that they ...
An ah counter script on bad habits
Filler words are like bad habits and the only way to get rid of any bad habits is to do so steadily. Nobody wakes up one morning and gets rid of them magically. This is how we operate in Toastmasters as well. We help ...
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