October 31, 2008

Moving on...

Fellow speaker,

Use "pulling" transitions to "pull" the audience to the next subject:
  • Bridging words (e.g., first, also, next, finally, etc.)
  • Silence - let the audience think about the last subject in silence before moving on
  • Gestures/body movement - physically "act out" the transition (e.g., move to a different space on the stage when moving onto another point)
  • Internal summaries - briefly review the previous points before going onto talk about new points
In transition,

Tim