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If you have the confidence to alter volume, you’ll really start to
create an emotional show for your audience.
O is for … Gaps
O is for gaps, not because of the letter ‘O’, but because of
what’s inside the ‘O’ – a gap! Tenuous, possibly, but memora-
ble. As we’ll see in the Freshness chapters, information that is
unusual but relevant to the subject matter helps memory.
Use of gaps is one of the biggest differentiators between rookie
speakers and experts. Rookies often talk quickly to get off stage,
whereas experts use considered and powerful pacing. If you
want to impress an audience, few techniques are more powerful ...