Business presentation checklist - To Do List for Business Presentation

• Add to your outline the examples you will use to illustrate, substantiate or liven up.

• Again check how requirements dictate support

• Consider what other forms of support can add value

• Develop backup charts and plan

• Develop details of examples, stories, statistical support, etc.

• Make a test run to ensure graphics quality and capability

• Make sure you know what your graphics production capability is

• Meet printing deadlines

• Now complete your delivery script

• Refine graphics to get best effectiveness

• Review/test visual aids

• Transform the concepts from your story board to complete graphics

• Again determine what the requirements call for

• Arrive at the meeting room enough in advance to check it out on-site

• Check out the meeting facility

• Identify and list in detail all staging requirements

• Make sure all presenters know how to use a/v equipment correctly

• Practice, practice, practice, each time getting helpful feedback and improving

• Prepare for rehearsals

• Test all parts of the presentation

• Track and control costs and schedule to ensure you're staying on course

• Use video and speaker coaching to polish your performance

• Verify all audio-visual equipment will be available and working

• Apply lessons-learned to future presentations

• Assign action items and make sure they get completed

• Do a personal or team de-briefing about how the presentation went

• Make a commitment to sharpen your presentation skills to be better able to advance cause and career

• Deliver with energy, conviction, credibility, personality.

• Get mentally prepared

• Make sure your wardrobe and appearance are appropriate for the meeting

• Respond to your audience

• Track the time and meet your target

Category : Deliver

• Check available expertise that can help you

• Determine requirements, guidelines, dictates, standard procedures

• Develop your presentation strategy

• Find out the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why)

• Get colleague or management review before proceeding

• Identify and assess audience

• Identify resources needed for each task and determine availability

• List factors associated with meeting conditions that might influence presentation

• Set a realistic schedule

• Write out the specific objective - the end product

• Write out your general objective

• Assign times per section and speaker(s)

• Check how requirements affect organization

• Choose best topic order

• Create story board integrating outline with visual aid support concepts

• Develop detailed outline

• Develop introduction to get audience on board and focused

• Develop summary to reiterate main points and ask for the order

• Focus ideas and information