Benjamin Ball Associates – Presentation Training Experts » Archive for June 2011
How do you know if your next conference talk or presentation is going to impress?
To check if you are ready, use this free 10 point check list.
You can test if your talk has covered the essential planning steps needed for a great talk, and you can test if you are ready to give it. You can also use it to test your colleagues’ talks.
We can’t guarantee that using this check list will give you an …
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Filed under: Featured, General Presentations
How do you handle an Investor Speed Networking event? Here are a few tips to increase the success of your encounter.
In this case, Imagine you are a fund looking for investors
FIRST – WHAT NOT TO DO
- Don’t rush
- Don’t just pack the encounter with facts
- Don’t do all the talking
- Don’t aim to run through a scripted pitch
INSTEAD – PREPARE USING THESE 10 STEPS:
Start each encounter with an introduction and a swap of cards – learn the other person’s name
Ask some questions first – for example, to an investor, ‘What type of investments are you looking for now’
Listen to the answer for clues that tie their needs with what you offer
If there is clearly no fit, say so – but ask if they would be interested in hearing more – in case they …
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Filed under: Featured, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Investor Presentations, Pitching Success
With an investor pitch, the right preparation is critical.
A set of carefully developed stages to get the pitch and the team ready will make your life easier and will make it more likely that the right impression is made.
In one page we have summarised one practical and simple approach you can use in preparing for a pitch. This process will also have the benefit of saving you time.
1. Do not even think …
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Filed under: Featured, Investor Presentations
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