1. Welcome Dwain Reid, Entrepreneurship Project Manager
The Perfect Pitch
Welcome
Dwain Reid,
Entrepreneurship Project Manager

3. Join the conversation……… @BizBoardKU #KUENT Tell Everybody!!!

4. Get Involved! http://bizboard.kingston.ac.uk
What’s coming up?
Get Involved!

5. Next Workshop Personal Branding
What is a brand
Tips on “owning” your brand
How you create a personal brand

6. Thursday from 4pm til …. Last person standing
Next “Insights”
Thursday from 4pm til …. Last person standing
Let’s celebrate the end of the year with drinks, food and other enterprising peeps

7. “Everything begins with an idea”
Bright Ideas 2016/17
“Everything begins
with an idea”
NOT a business
Competition!
Open Now
Deadline:
2 December 2016

8. “But I have no money Dwain”
Funding for my idea
“But I have no money Dwain”
We can help you get to the next stage through small grants
Dline: 9th Jan 2017

9. Welcome Dwain Reid, Entrepreneurship Project Manager
The Perfect Pitch
Welcome
Dwain Reid,
Entrepreneurship Project Manager

10. Good pitch/bad pitch? We’ve all been to an event or had a lecture
In your group come up with a list of what you think makes a good or a bad speaker/presenter

11. HUMAN FEARS... 8.
Flying

12. HUMAN FEARS... 7.
Death

13. HUMAN FEARS... 3.
Insects

14. HUMAN FEARS... 1.
Public
Speaking

15. WHY MIGHT WE…
Present?
Examples

16. PRESENTING In
Education
Case Studies

17. PRESENTING
For a
Job
Interviews

18. PRESENTING At
Work
New Ideas

19. PRESENTING
Business
Owner
For Investment

20. PRESENTING
All the Time!
Be Ready

21. PRESENTING IS…
Telling a story

22. How will you move forward?
Feedback #KUENT
How will you move forward?

23. BUT HOW……….

24. BUT HOW……….
1. WHAT

25. BUT HOW……….
2. TELL THEM

26. And finally….
3. REMIND THEM

27. THINK ……
Identified
Problem(s)

28. THINK …… Problem(s) Solution
Identified
Problem(s)
Researched
Solution

29. THINK ……
The key!!!!
Why should they care?

30. THINK …… Problem(s) Solution
Identified
Problem(s)
The key!!!!
Why should they care?
Researched
Solution

31. PRESENTING
Who Does
It Best
Examples

32. BODY
LANGUAGE
WORDS
VOICE TONE
55% 7%
38%

33. DON’T ……
1. STATISTICS
This market is worth £160b, I only want to take 1%

34. DON’T ……
2. TOO MANY WORDS
My name is Dwain Reid I have a great business idea that will solve some of the worlds biggest problems, my ideas is to start a company that will teach people how to present perfectly, after all communication is the key to life and if you learn how to communicate you will be able to get anything. Right? This presentation will explain how.

35. DON’T …… 3. WAFFLE Everything I touch turns to sold
Apprentice 2010, Stuart Baggs

36. DO …… 1. STATISTICS 3. WAFFLE
Be Factual
1. STATISTICS
36pt on slides
2. TOO MANY WORDS
Keep it simple
3. WAFFLE

37. PRESENTING...
KEY
TIPS

38. PRESENTING...
SMILE

39. PRESENTING...
PASSION

40. PRESENTING...
STORY

41. PRESENTING...
VISUAL

42. PRESENTING...
PRACTICE

43. PRESENTING...
STRONG START
AND
END

44. PRESENTING
All the Time!
Be Ready

45. What is your product? Why it’s needed/relevance Competition Cost Why should I be interested?

46. Thursday from 4pm til …. Last person standing
Next “Insights”
Thursday from 4pm til …. Last person standing
Let’s celebrate the end of the year with drinks, food and other enterprising peeps