1. Volume, clear speech, fillers
Presentation tips
Transitions
Volume, clear speech, fillers

2. Transitions When listening to a speech, have you ever:
wondered “how does this relate to that?”
felt the speaker jumped randomly from one point to the next?
gotten totally lost?
There’s a very good chance that the speaker did not use speech transitions.

3. Examples
Toby:
In America, national holidays are very important. We usually get these days off work and school, so we can be with family.
Angel
President’s Day, Columbus Day and Labor Day are holidays we don’t get off.

4. Examples
Toby:
In America, national holidays are very important. We usually get these days off work and school, so we can be with family.
Angel
However, we don’t always get days off. For example:
President’s Day, Columbus Day and Labor Day are holidays we don’t get off.

5. Examples
Samson
Being a child of today can be very stressful. Children have too much homework, too many classes and not enough leisure time.
Carla
These can be really dangerous.
They include: headache, nausea, body pains, nose bleeds, and even panic attacks.

6. Examples
Carla
Continuing on, I’ll introduce the medical problems of child stress.
These can be really dangerous.
They include: headache, nausea, body pains, nose bleeds, and even panic attacks.
Samson
Being a child of today can be very stressful. Children have too much homework, too many classes and not enough leisure time.

8. Try *Hint* Zachary Quinto* (5m)
Carla …?
He followed the character Spock, perfectly.
His facial expressions were excellent and his posture was just like Leonard Nimoy’s!
Suzie
Christopher Pine made a great new Captain Kirk. He captured the character so well and he interacted well with the cast.

9. Volume, fillers, clear speech and sentence stress