21 ways to tell you lost the attention of your audience

For fun. Actions of people I actually observed during meetings and more or less in order of appearance. If you see this happening when you’re presenting, you are boring the people! Redo your story, redo your presentation or drop it altogether.

1. People start staring outside
2. People make strange faces suppressing a yawn
3. People start looking at their watch every 5 minutes
4. People start to review notes of past meetings
5. People start to discuss something whispering
6. People start processing notes in their calender or pda
7. People start to read and reply to text messages
8. People start to pour another cup of coffee
9. People start biting their nails and admiring the results
10. People are disassembling and reassembling their pen
11. People are drawing mindless drawings
12. People are yawning without any attempt to hide it
13. People start to pour another cup of coffee…for everyone
14. People start to fold papers in strange forms
15. People are cleaning their nasal cavities vigorously
16. People start daydreaming
17. People start looking at their watch…every minute
18. People are opening their laptops and start typing
19. People start to clean the table
20. People are falling asleep
21. People start to walk away