Free tips · Structure and presence · Tip 11 of 19
When you're talked over
Someone just talked over you. Again.
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The fix
Keep going at the same volume, slow down, and use their name. Avoid dropping your pitch at every full stop: a fall signals you have finished.
Drill · under two minutes
Practise: "Hang on, Sam, let me finish this point." Steady pitch, no apology.
- Turn-taking cue
- A signal that a speaker is finishing, such as a falling pitch or a long pause. Listeners use these to decide when to jump in.
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