Too many Ah's & Um's ?

I just listened to an author being interviewed about their book on the radio and almost got a headache. Every 4th or 5th word was ah or um or a loooong drawn out annnnnd. This is so annoying and takes away from the real message I was trying to hear about the new book. If they wrote their book like that would it ever get published or even bought? The radio personality who was doing the interview was not much better with her ah's & um's. Don't these people get listened to before they get hired and put on the air?

There are so many on-air people who speak poorly and use ah or um instead of a pause. I can't listen to them very long and have to change the station after a few minutes. Maybe it's because I'm in a smaller market of a 1/2 million people that they can't hire good speakers to present the news and other live events. If you have this problem, it's easy to correct by getting a speech coach or joining Toastmasters. Why annoy people when trying to get your message out and lose some of them because of the way you speak, do something to correct it NOW!

Barry is a speaker, author and Advanced Communicator who has been a Toastmasters member for almost 5 years.