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Prepare a Presentation Answers to Activities Characteristics of poor presentations: You may have identified things such as:  Unstructured  Too detailed  Too broad  Difficult to follow  Confusing slides  Difficult to understand the speaker  Speaker was distracting (e.g. fiddling)  Poor spoken word (pace, volume, accent etc)  Boring  Too repetitive  Didn’t cover what you wanted  Too long/short  Couldn’t see/hear  No opportunity to ask questions  Too many questions asked  Subject got sidetracked  Ran out of time  Presenter spoke to slides  Presenter read slides or directly from notes  No audience engagement  Monotonous voice Power Hour – Prepare a Presentation www.power-hour.co.uk Self Study Workbook Page 23 Copyright Power-Hour 2012