[flappyeagle]

If you go down the rabbit hole of STAR and other techniques that are recommended here and decide that they are too complicated or hard to execute, do the practical thing that you see politicians do in interviews and debates.

Pick some talking points you want to hit. Rehearse the absolute crap out of them and have them committed to memory. Then figure out transition sentences and phrases that lead into them.

“That’s a great question, it reminds me of the time that (TALKING POINT)”

“Good point, on the other hand (TALKING POINT)”

It doesn’t matter much what you’re transitioning from as long as it has a slight relation to your talking point.

By doing this you are controlling the agenda of the conversation and you can have a comfortable home field advantage.

This is how every politician preps for debates and it works.