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