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 ...
Category: Ah Counter
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 ...
An ah counter script with an analogy of weeds
When we visit a garden, we appreciate the beautiful flowers in the garden. Nobody appreciates weeds mushrooming wildly. Filler words in our speeches are like those weeds - unappreciated and unwanted. And just like ...
A cheeky script for the Ah Counter
There are a lot of amazing things you can fill into your speeches. You can fill humor into them, knowledge, anecdotes and of course an important message. Filler words are clearly not a great fit here. They are unnecessary, unwanted and ...
An ah counter script from a new member
When I first came in as a guest in this club, I participated in Table topics thrice. And every time the Ah counter reported that I uttered “so” and “like” multiple times during my 2 minute speech. I was astounded because I never realized I had a habit of repeating these words so ...
An ah counter script on human eccentricities
Human beings are an eccentric bunch. And one of our eccentricities is filler words. We are the only species who have evolved to use languages containing thousands and thousands of beautiful words. Yet when we speak, we tend to make sounds such as ah, umm, err etc. that have no meaning, or worse ...
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