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How to Stop Saying UM

by | Mar 14, 2017 | Confidence, Facebook Live, Speaking | 100 comments

Do you have a case of the ummmmmmms?

I feel you! You have valuable content to bring to your audience, and then, you hit that dang “Go Live” button and BOOM! The UMS take over! In this video I share 5 simple effective ways to eliminate the ums! And, if you want to bring in a flood of qualified leads using this hot new live video tool, join me for our next Live Video Master Class.

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Plan Your Content (1:23)

  • Use an aid to map out your content first
  • Plan it in bite sized chunks
  • Transitional moments between our thoughts are where we get caught up most

Speak To One Specific Person (2:56)

  • This is a helpful tool for when you are going live and when you are speaking on stage
  • When going live, look right into the camera and imagine that there is another human directly behind the camera
  • Imagine you are speaking to one singular person
  • Don’t get distracted by the comments
  • Stay focused on the one person you are speaking to

Create Your Own Slang (5:03)

  • Fun way to handle the tendency to say “um”
  • If you are really clear about your brand and the energy you are bringing to the camera, you can find creative ways to navigate through discomfort
  • Practice little phrases to say
  • Have a powerful positioning statement
  • Something you can count on that’s a phrase that you practice so that when you’re on camera you can reach for those standard phrases
  • Helps to be entertaining, fun, lighten the mood without stressing yourself out in a place of “um”

Go Live! (7:00)

  • Practicing is great!
  • When you practice on your own, it’s not the same as having the added pressure of people watching
  • Do it! Go Live!
  • The more that you go live and start speaking out loud and working through that tendency to say “um” the less you will start to say it

Review Your Recordings (13:13)

  • You will become aware that you are saying “um”, you will notice the places that you insert those “ums” more than others, you will start to get better at working through those little transitions

The more that you breathe before you go live and allow yourself to take a moment between your thoughts it not only allows your audience time to process what you are saying, but it helps you to know little bits of silence are actually ok. Be strategic with your tactics while you are communicating. We judge ourselves about saying “um”, therefore, the better we can get about eliminating it from our vocabulary, the more confident we will be about coming to the camera.

 
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100 Comments

  1. Seth Prezant
    Seth Prezant on March 14, 2017 at 1:29 pm

    You can speak to me…I’m listening.

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  8. Crystal Brooks
    Crystal Brooks on March 14, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    I never knew I said it until watching the replay. Ahh!!

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  9. Lisa Monette
    Lisa Monette on March 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm

    I want to be as great as Molly!! ohh Yah!!

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  11. Seth Prezant
    Seth Prezant on March 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm

    True! The more I go live the better I get (and I still am horrible lol)

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  12. Lisa Monette
    Lisa Monette on March 14, 2017 at 1:34 pm

    Also the word”like” is a little boring at times!

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  16. Jacqueline Perry
    Jacqueline Perry on March 14, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    Little bits of silence are okay? Life changing! My husband thanks you.

    Reply
  17. Seth Prezant
    Seth Prezant on March 14, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    How are you able to place your logo in the upper part of your screen?

    Reply
  21. Nikki Afetian
    Nikki Afetian on March 14, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    Are you recording the master class? I’ll be in Scotland next Tuesday ?

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  22. Nikki Afetian
    Nikki Afetian on March 14, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    Are you recording the master class? I’ll be in Scotland next Tuesday

    Reply
  24. Lisa Monette
    Lisa Monette on March 14, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    Finally I have official permission to be badass!! Love my slang!! And yours Molly!

    Reply
  30. Lisa Malone
    Lisa Malone on March 14, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    Hi Molly love your blouse and advice and your positive energy ❤️Let me in too please can I review after 5 since I work ft 5 days a week thank u ???

    Reply
  31. Lisa Malone
    Lisa Malone on March 14, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    Hi Molly love your blouse and advice and your positive energy Let me in too please can I review after 5 since I work ft 5 days a week thank u

    Reply
  32. Kaayla Vedder
    Kaayla Vedder on March 14, 2017 at 1:43 pm

    You have the abundant and a wee bit mischievous energy of a wee leprechaun. Love it!

    Reply
  36. Kaayla Vedder
    Kaayla Vedder on March 14, 2017 at 1:43 pm

    Love you beautiful!! Your programs rock!!!

    Reply
  43. Tracey Cox
    Tracey Cox on March 14, 2017 at 1:47 pm

    speak to one specific person

    Reply
  44. Tracey Cox
    Tracey Cox on March 14, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    create your own slang???? what’s that????

    Reply
  45. Tracey Cox
    Tracey Cox on March 14, 2017 at 1:52 pm

    Review and hear the connecting words…. and so… haha

    Reply
  54. Kendra Lea
    Kendra Lea on March 14, 2017 at 11:31 pm

    I used to say I’m, okay and like a lot the more I go live the less I do. So true!

    Reply
  55. Kendra Lea
    Kendra Lea on March 14, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    I like to watch in the replay to see the hearts and likes so I see what resonates with others cause you can’t see smiles ☺

    Reply
  56. Kendra Myers
    Kendra Myers on March 14, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    I like to watch in the replay to see the hearts and likes so I see what resonates with others cause you can’t see smiles

    Reply
  57. Kendra Lea
    Kendra Lea on March 14, 2017 at 11:33 pm

    Breathing is so important! Yes!

    Reply
  59. Lorraine Focht
    Lorraine Focht on March 15, 2017 at 3:50 am

    Let me in :)…( I think I might already be registered!)

    Reply
  60. Julie Parker Hagen
    Julie Parker Hagen on March 15, 2017 at 11:29 am

    Molly, hoping this will be recorded…I have a schedule conflict at that time on Tuesdays.

    Reply
  62. David L. Johns
    David L. Johns on March 15, 2017 at 10:07 pm

    Ummm love your haircut! You’re so amazing!

    Reply
  65. Lori Stovall
    Lori Stovall on March 16, 2017 at 9:39 am

    Hand raised…Queen of the “Um” – would love to be on the master class. 🙂

    Reply
  69. Jean Lee-Niroumand
    Jean Lee-Niroumand on March 22, 2017 at 7:00 pm

    I learned in school that when you feel like an um coming on say it silently! Then continue talking

    Reply

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