A poor presenters checklist

All to often we have to sit through presentations at conferences and exhibitions where the presenter is the weak link.  Have a bit of fun with this checklist and see how many of these the presenter of your next presentation actually does.

If they do five or more let us know at The Presenters Handbook and we will enter them into a prize draw. Those submitting will also be in with a chance of winning a signed hardback copy of The Presenter's Handbook.

All we need is the following:

Name of presenter
Company represented
Where was the presentation?
When was the presentation?

 

Your A to Z checklist

A	Abstract	Inclusion of abstract clip art and noises.
B	Bullet	Bullet point after bullet point on every slide.
C	Colours	Colours clash on graphs making them illegible.
D	Doodling	Your doodling gets more and more detailed as the presentation goes on.
E	Eye	The presenter offers no eye contact with the audience.
F	Facial	The presenter does not change facial expression whilst presenting.
G	Garish	Garish clothing detracts from the presentation.
H	Hands	Hands have the shakes when presenting.
I	Interaction	The presenter offers no interaction with the audience.
J	Joke	Inappropriate or unfunny jokes form the basis of the presentation.
K	Key	Not one key message is clear during the presentation.
L	Lectern	The presenter does not emerge from behind the lectern.
M	Mingle	The presenter does not mingle with the audience before or after the presentation.
N	Notes	No notes where supplied following the presentation.
O	Outside	Outside influences are blamed for all small errors.
P	PowerPoint	Printing off the PowerPoint presentation does not constitute a set of notes.
Q	Questions	Questions from the audience are not acknowledged .
R	Reading	The presenter has to read every word of each slide to get their message across.
S	Sweat	The presenter has a sweaty brow or sweaty armpits.
T	Time	The presenter runs out of time, rushing the key message at the end.
U	Unrehearsed	The presenter is unrehearsed, not knowing what is coming on the next slide.
V	Video	The presenter does not realise that watching a video of over 30 seconds the audience can lose interest.
W	Window	You find it more interesting to look out of the window during the presentation.
X	XL	The presentation was XL in length, meaning you started to fidget.
Y	Yes	Yes you can make a difference to the presenter.  Tell them about The Presenter's Handbook
Z	Zero	Accept a zero tolerance approach to poor presentations, help us make a difference.

Email your findings back to The Presenter's Handbook using office@presentershandbook.com

Wherever you are in the world make a difference and send us your feedback.

 Enjoy watching your next presentation.