"Building pauses into your talk, after key statements or questions, not only gives the audience time to process what you have said and start to form their own reaction to it, but gives you the opportunity to physically reset…"
Kaffy Rice-Oxley, Voice Confident
An interview, a salary negotiation, a public speaking engagement, a meeting, a pitch to a client… There are many moments in our working lives when what we say has high stakes. You want to make sure that how you present and how you communicate is going to get the desired results. You want to make your conversations more effective so are you making use of 'the pause'?
"When you are up speaking in front of an audience, pauses feel very long," says voice coach Kaffy Rice-Oxley of Voice Confident.
You may automatically want to rush in to fill a silence as it can feel awkward and uncomfortable. But there are ways to make use of those pauses, and times when you can add one in, and alter your voice to great effect.
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