GOOD TIMING

POSITIVE EFFECTS OF GOOD TIMING
Listeners comprehend more easily.
Everyone has a natural speech pattern, cadence, or rhythm, just as music has tempo. Once the audience is in sync with your particular cadence they respond more easily. Changing your rhythm abruptly is
jarring. When the delivery is rushed or words are out of sync, the audience loses the point. If they don’t quite understand, the laugh will be sacrificed. Good timing assures the inside track to the listener’s brain.
Interest is aroused
The way in which something is said directly affects how the listener responds. When speech tempo is varied and significant pauses are employed at the proper points, words are underscored and the listener sees mental images more clearly. Good timing makes any speaker, even a novice, more colorful, appealing and entertaining.