This week Sarah Ewen from Public Speaking for Life facilitated a GRC Institute virtual workshop on eliminating filler words.
While the importance the practice was emphasised throughout the session there are other key factors Sarah highlighted as essential to the process:
Mindset - ourselves, audience, and content
Structure – story telling, presentations
Delivery -body, language, eye contact
But what are Filler words?
Filler words as expressions that don’t add any value to the message.
Sarah shared some categories of Filler Words :
Two-letter filler words
Patronising Filler words
Diluting Filler Words
Descriptive Word
Extending Filler Words
Cultural Filler Words
Negative impacts of using filler words?
Clutters key messages
Irritates the audience
Dilutes Credibility
Impacts Brands
For more on Eliminating Filler words, or anything else to the with effective verbal communication, keep an eye on the GRC Institute’sEvents for more workshops and webinars.
In the mean time, here is Sarah Ewen talking to the GRC Professional Podcast.