Have you ever eaten at a Japanese restaurant? Japanese cuisine is among my favorites, and I love getting a bento box. With a bento box, you’ll get a small amount of several types of food, each neatly separated from the other in their own little compartments.
One mistake that a novice speaker often makes is thinking of their speech as five disparate parts, like a bento box: introduction, three main points, and conclusion. But if you deliver your speech to your audience in bento box style, it will sound choppy and unconnected.
The way to fix this is by carefully planning your transitions in your speech, leading your listeners smoothly from your introduction through to your conclusion. Read Lisa B. Marshall’s tips on incorporating transitions into your speech at How to Create Stronger Transitions in a Speech.
What tips on transitions do you have to share? Please let us know through your comments below.
