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Great Presenter Interviews – Sam Swinstead

Over the next couple of months we will be running a series every forthnight on ‘Great Presenters’. What makes a great presenter? How can you become a great presenter? These questions and more will be answered every week by a new … Continue reading

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Top tips for pitching at university competitions or events

Last year I was a judge at Reading University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship exhibition. As judges we saw some fabulous ideas and presentations from a group of highly motivated and competitive students.  It was a great day, but what could the … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen………(part 9)

How do you know if a presenter can be trusted? How do you know what they are telling you is the truth? Jeff continued on handing out other articles, he passed out a Daily Mail article about the company and … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen………(part 8)

Have you sat in a presentation before ad been given a handout, which you have read and ignored everything the speaker has said? Have you been reading the handouts and forgotten to listen? As Jeff spoke about teenage daughters he … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen……… (part 7)

If you are sat in a presentation what would you like to hear about? Is there a correct answer to this question? No!  We all want to hear different things depending on where we are in our lives and what … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen……… (part 6)

About 60 % of the way through the presentation Jeff asked us a question “Do any of you have a teenage daughter?” Now I believe that questions are so powerful, they hook your audience, they get their attention and they … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen……… (Part 5)

Have you sat watching a presenter and wondered what he was on about? Wondering what he was promoting? Selling? Or even doing on stage? Well meet Jeff, he is a real person ((I have changed his name to protect the … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen………(Part4)

Have you seen a dull PowerPoint recently? Have you sat in a room and been sent cross eyed by a poor presentation? Well things were going from bad to worse for Jeff.  After Jeff had got his presentation sorted he … Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen………(part 3)

Can PowerPoint and computer problems kill your pitch or presentation? You bet they can, see how poorly Jeff handled them! Continue reading

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The worst sales pitch you have ever seen……… (Part 2)

Could this sales pitch get any worse? Back in the dark dingy meeting room in Farnborough, Hampshire, Jeff hadn’t even started yet! Jeff continued to fumble with the IT until something came up on screen; he then turned to face … Continue reading

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