In today’s lecture Daniel talked to us more about the Pitch assignment and tips on how to create a good presentation.
The main points that I took from the lecture were:
- Stick to time limit and practice to make sure you’re doing so
- Use pictures over words as they are easier to look at and quicker to process
- Stick to one typeface and use videos/gif’s sparingly
- Check spelling
- Get to the point – try not to go off on irrelevant tangents
- Hand out supporting materials at the end (e.g. a prototype)
- Use humour and personal anecdotes to draw audience in
The typical investment pitch structure includes:
- Vision
- Problem
- Solution
- Market
- Team
- The Ask
After the lecture I then went on to youtube to watch a few videos of pitches and how to create a good one to learn more about engaging the audience and body language:
This is what I learned from these videos:
- Talk loud, clear and slow
- Take pauses to let information settle in
- Make eye contact with everyone watching
- Power stance, good posture, don’t look at screen
- Ask questions to audience to engage them
- Make it clear what you’ll be covering, quick overview
Starting My Pitch
Now that I’ve got a little more of an idea of how to create a good pitch, I’m ready to start creating mine.
I really wanted to capture my audience’s attention straight away, so I thought it might be a good idea to start with a question/interactive element. Since I am pitching in front of my peers, they are already in my target group which is excellent as I can sell the product to them directly and show the ‘investors’ how the product has a selling opportunity.
I decided to make a rough outline first before I went in to design so it would make it easier:
