Practical ideas for better speaking: how we build our tools, how to use them well, and what communication research can teach us.
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Showing 8 articles about delivery habits.
Build a practical solo speaking routine for work using realistic prompts, recordings, one review target, and a matched retry.
practice communication skills alone · speaking exercises for work · solo public speaking practice · record yourself speaking
Read articleReview a speaking recording for meaning, structure, and one delivery behaviour. Capture one timestamped note, then retry the same prompt.
listen back to yourself speaking · review a speech recording · self evaluate public speaking
Learn why attention, memory, pressure, and speech planning can collide, then use pause, anchor, restart to recover without a long apology.
mind goes blank during presentation · forget what to say when speaking · mind blank in meetings
Find where filler words cluster, replace one pattern with a silent pause, and retry without making your speech sound stiff.
filler words · public speaking · speech practice
Set up speakers, count fillers live, correct mistakes, preview the results, and prepare a clear Toastmasters Ah-Counter report.
Toastmasters · Ah-Counter · filler words
The Toastmasters Ah-Counter listens, judges, and tallies at the same time. Here is why our counter stays manual and prepares the report automatically.
Toastmasters · Ah-Counter · filler words
In one listening study, “uh” helped people recognize the next word. “Um” did not. Filled pauses are not all the same.
filler words · communication · public speaking
Six 'um' and 'uh' fillers made short stories easier to remember than perfectly fluent versions. That does not mean you should add them.
filler words · communication · public speaking