This week was the presenting of the pitch. I have been preparing for this pitch for weeks now and I think that it went well. We had to present to our group for 5 minutes, this wasn’t long but it felt like longer as it was a bit scary getting started. It was great we were in groups because I got to see others ideas and how creative each idea was, I like group presentations like this because I feel it makes me a better designer by being exposed to other young and creative people. Everyones idea was unique and very interesting.

Save the World – My pitch

Feedback

Daniel and … gave me some tips and advice on my idea once I had finished with my presentation, this was helpful because they both know so much about pitching ideas so it was great to get feedback from the both of them. Some things they mentioned that would of improved my idea were,

• I could have focused in on one aspect – for example, planting trees instead of selecting lots of different routes. … mentioned that he thought I should have led my pitch in a community app that plants trees together instead of something so vast. This made sense to me because I too felt there were too many elements to my app.
• I should have went into depth on the market, and research. Daniel said that my user research was interesting and I should have talked about that more.

What did I learn from pitching?

1. How to try and sell a product
2. How to speak confidently infront of a group and two investors
3. How to really think of a unique product that would benefit the planet and people
4. How to encourage the nerves and turn them into excitement

Reflection

I felt I was happy with the way I presented and how I spoke and didn’t need any cards to help me but I agreed with Daniel that I could have went into more detail on the market and zoomed into a specific idea instead of having lots of different ones. I feel that public speaking was a great way to end the semester and is great practise for when we go out into placements because I will need to be speaking in group situations like that every week. Creating a pitch was difficult because I felt I had so many ideas, it was hard for me to be specific,  but it was a great learning experience and a bit of fun.