Humor With a Bite!

Symptoms: Presenter exhaustively (and exhaustingly) presents the contents of each tab in a row of tabs, one after another after another after another… Audience

Symptoms: Presentation of waaaaaaaay too many features and functions. Severe boredom, ennui, and sleeping may ensue in your prospects’ ranks. Other symptoms include prospects’

Symptoms: [Generally experienced in face-to-face demos, but virtual demos are not immune] Sales rep sitting in the back of the room completely focused on

Symptoms: No pauses or breaks in the delivery, followed by shortness of breath, flushed face and, finally, passing out. (Fainting is often an outcome

Symptoms: Palpitation of the audience, sleeping audience and, eventually, severe audience loss.  Audience members doodle aimlessly, glance at watches or phones repeatedly, furtively use

Symptoms: No pauses, no breaks, no interaction with audience; an unceasing talk track. Often compounded by Conjunctionitis, fits of Whooping If, and Zippy Mouse

Symptoms: Mouse movements are erratic, haphazard, and may never stop. Mouse may circle constantly around certain portions of the screen. Prospects turn away from

Symptoms:   Presenter offers an ever-growing list of options linked together by “if…” Ifs often multiply rapidly, boring your audience and making your software appear

Symptoms: Chronic overuse of “and” and “or” in demos. Examples: “…and the next thing I want to show you is…” “…and another really cool