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Communication Checklist

This document provides a communication checklist for evaluating presentations. It lists elements to award up to 3 points each for ideas backed by examples, open body language, and eye contact. It also lists common communication pitfalls to deduct points for, such as appealing to authority, statistics, or exceptions rather than the actual information. The overall communication score is calculated by totaling points gained and subtracting those lost out of a maximum of 24.

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Communication Checklist

This document provides a communication checklist for evaluating presentations. It lists elements to award up to 3 points each for ideas backed by examples, open body language, and eye contact. It also lists common communication pitfalls to deduct points for, such as appealing to authority, statistics, or exceptions rather than the actual information. The overall communication score is calculated by totaling points gained and subtracting those lost out of a maximum of 24.

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Communication Checklist for……………………………………………………………

POINTS GAINED POINTS LOST


Award up to 3 points in each category Keep a tally of each time you hear one of these
depending on the quality of each element communication pitfalls!

Ideas backed up with accurate Appeal to authority


factual examples [“Einstein said…”]

Open, relaxed body language Appeal to statistics


[“8 out of 10 owners”]

Eye contact with audience Attacking the source rather than the
information
[“Hitler was a vegetarian so it can’t be
good”]

Pace of delivery – not too Appeal to exception


rapid [“If everyone had guns then a madman
could…”]

Pace of delivery – varied False conclusions


[“after the MMR injection my son was
diagnosed as autistic, therefore MMR
causes autism” – this is a correlation
not a proven causal link]

Everything said/shown was Slippery slope


relevant [“if we legalise marijuana the next thing
is that everyone will be injecting
heroin”]

Quality of support materials Black and White


[proposing two alternatives when there
are more, e.g. “you’re either with us or
against us”

Length – as short as it could be Burden of proof


whilst still covering the topic [Aliens don’t exist because no one has
properly ever proven that they do. If you don’t
believe me, prove that I’m wrong”]

Add up the points gained then deduct those lost to give an overall total out of 24 to work out the total
communication score:

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