I’m always amazed and humbled by my Mom and I’m so grateful for her frankness, honesty and insight. So this friday as an homage to Mom, I’m going to share an excerpt from an email she sent to me after listening to my interview with Wayne Hurlbert last night on books and PR.
I’m sharing it because it has some great things to be aware of in terms of doing interviews whether they be online or offline. The big message…watch those ums!
So here’s the excerpt:
“You have an authoritative voice, with passion showing in it, and you obviously know your field….the experience shows in the answers to the questions. The only constructive evaluation (and this one comes from my days as part of an executive Toastmasters group), would be to say, watch those “ums”, they weaken what you are saying and are a sign of nervousness. There were 15 “ums” prior to the great story about interviewing Salman Rushdie (sp.). You have a great voice (I heard no Texas Twang) for any kind of public speaking. As you went on answering questions, the “ums” began disappearing so I know nervousness was a part of it. There is no reason to be at all nervous, you know “whereof you speak”.”
My mom is a reading teacher in Dallas, very Internet savvy and of course right on in terms of the ums!
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