On November 16, 2019 I blogged about Please don’t just tell us about ‘the pause’ – because there are several different types and lengths. There is an excellent article by John Zimmer at LinkedIn Pulse on July 1, 2025 titled Pauses in a speech: Why, When, How. He discusses pauses:
before you start
to signal that something important is coming
to let the message sink in
when moving to a new topic
for emphasis
to get your audience to reflect
when answering questions
There is a second article by Peter Dhu also at LinkedIn Pulse on June 30, 2025 titled The Value of Silence (The Pause) For Effective Speaking by Peter Dhu. He talks about long pauses before (The Pre-Pause) or after (The Post Pause) you say something, and pausing to create suspense or to grab attention.
There is a third article by Dave Hablewiz on February 27, 2024 titled The Power of the Pause: The Secret Sauce of Great Public Speaking. He divides pauses into two categories: incidental and intentional. Then he discusses different types of intentional pauses: Pre-emptive, Punchline, Audience, Thoughtful, Emphatic, and Indefinite. Dave has an embedded 25-minute YouTube video (with a transcript to follow from a Toastmasters District Conference) titled The Power of the Pause D2 Conference 2023.
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