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Eliminating Throat Clearing

Throat clearing is one of the most traumatic things you can do to your vocal folds. When you clear your throat, you create an extreme amount of movement of your vocal folds, causing them to slam and rub together. Sometimes people do not even know that they are clearing their throats; it has become...

July 9th, 2009 | Home | Read More

Listening is a Sign of Respect

Think of your last conversation. If you remember what you said more clearly than what you heard, you probably need to work on your listening skills. Listening is a sign of respect. It shows that you value what the speaker has to say. If you take the time to listen to someone, take the time to...

June 23rd, 2009 | Home | Read More

Fillers, part two

Yesterday I blogged about Caroline Kennedy’s “You Know” Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgI4AS1NVg . Here’s another angle. If you’re concerned that you say, “you know”, “like”, “um” or “uh” too often in running conversation,...

January 3rd, 2009 | Home | Read More

Caroline Kennedy, you know

Don’t know if you’ve seen the Caroline Kennedy interview, aka the “You Know Video”, in which she said “you know” way too many times in a short little interview. It was painful to listen to and difficult to understand. We all use “fillers” from time...