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How to Cut Crutch Words When Giving a Speech
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4a59e5cd-86f5-460e-be72-881f6d9fe384/F52D4E91-90AD-4716-902E-91B569D7D6FC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html" href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.lifehack.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"> Don’t Fear the Silence</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html">How to Combat the Crutch</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"><STRONG> Practice, practice, <EM>practice! </EM></STRONG>- You should know your presentation backwards and forwards before giving it.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"><STRONG> Breathe In, Not Out </STRONG>- When you feel the temptation to ummm your way through a point, breathe in. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"> Avoid them in Conversation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"><STRONG> Get a Counter </STRONG>- If your giving an important speech, get a friend to count the amount of times you utter an um or ah.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"> Comma = 1 pause</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"><STRONG> Period = 2 pauses</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html">Underline key words and phrases and double underline especially important ones.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"><STRONG> If Your Lost, Don`t Panic!</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html">Instead take a quick pause before moving on. The audience won`t notice and it will make your presentation smooth.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"> Enthusiasm Cuts Crunch</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html">Plan Tricky Parts </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"><STRONG> Quality over Quantity</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-cut-crutch-words-when-giving-a-speech.html"> Bonus Tip - Join Toastmasters</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F52D4E91-90AD-4716-902E-91B569D7D6FC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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