Public speaking is different

You will always experience delays in free-flowing conversation because you won't always have the right words at hand.

In public speaking:

• We get to decide and rehearse in advance what we are going to say. With good planning, we can be more fluent and avoid the need for fillers.
• We don't have to let the other person know when it is their turn, making fillers less needed.
• We are not engaged in a fast-paced back and forth of conversation. We can determine the temporal rhythm of our own speech.