Secure the Job You Really Want. This revolution in the way we sell ourselves in CV and at interview is based on the Elevator Pitch concept and has now been endorsed and recommended by over 40 of the world's leading business schools and universities, from Kellogg to Columbia in the US, from Insead to London Business School in Europe and from Otago to Sydney in Asia-Pacific.
The Elevator Pitch prioritises who you are and how you work, the qualities that you are employed for, rather than what you did and where you worked, your past, which is the emphasis of a traditional CV. It's a way of presenting yourself that makes more sense to the employer, and allows you to sell yourself more effectively.
It's a way of writing a CV and preparing for interview that will vastly increase your chances of getting the job. Employers now are focused very much on competencies as a way of deciding who to employ. This is the book that shows you have to bring your competencies to the forefront. In a time when there are far more graduates than top class graduate jobs, standing out from the crowd is vital.
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In this practical and informative book, she provides all the skills and techniques you need to pitch yourself, your idea or your business. In the book, Catherine interviews a wide range of industry experts on pitching, presenting, interviewing and public speaking. She combines their tips and advice with her own experience of training and coaching in effective communication and presentation skills since It will guide you, step-by-step, from a blank canvas to a positive end result.
International marketing expert David Andrusia shares his essential tips and tricks for pitching yourself in today's hyper-competitive job market. Whether it's finding a new job, holding on to current employment, or nailing down a new promotion, the key is learning how to effectively sell or "pitch" oneself to others. In this insightful and entertaining handbook, Andrusia explains how to succeed in today's competitive and constantly shifting job market by perfecting the tailored pitch, the personal pitch, the power pitch, and the team pitch.
The most effective pitch deck is generally achieved after numerous versions of working on the same presentation. Perfecting slides requires strategy, a lot of thought and effort, as well as slick design. Here at Slidebean, we work hard at giving startups and entrepreneurs the best resources to meet their business goals.
So, here is a startup new pitch deck template we have made available for you. We will go over it together to make sure you can make the best of your upcoming business presentation. A very sober first slide that introduces your company name and your presentation purpose is generally okay to stand on stage or in the office as you and your audience get ready for what you are about to showcase. Take it easy and keep this simple. A really good image of your company is usually a good replacement for the stock picture we have included in this template.
From an intro, we typically go into the problem your product or service is solving for a new potential market. If you click thrice after the problem title appears, you will note we have added 3 different insertions of dummy text for you.
That is so because we truly believe in just 3 very clear and irrefutable truly undebatable! Many entrepreneurs infestate this slide with tons of text and material.
However, we believe in the power of keeping this effectively succinct. After all, this is a template, so let it guide you to make the best of it.
You can always decide on your personal edits to the material later. And for every problem we just outlined, we neatly and quite visually present 3 solutions.
See how we included very clear visuals here with a minor descriptor on bottom? The idea is to help you decipher the quickest way to communicate what your product or service achieves in a way that is understandable to all. Paint a picture of the experience you intend to provide for event-goers. How are you going to provide each attendee with great service? Tents, buildings, and outdoor areas are often part of major events.
How does your company use these locations effectively? Why are these locations the best places for these events? Speak to the needs of your clients on this slide. What do you have to offer that others do not? This is the slide where you sell your services as the best available.
If you are proposing the entire event to the company, provide as much information as possible about the details. Tell the company why they need to hold this event in the first place. The event should have a theme that appeals attendees but also fits with the ideas of the company at large. Tell the company what you are going to provide. Essentially, you need to tell your audience why you are here and why you are worth their time.
The executive summary provides a strong overview of the entire event. Describe your offerings and sell the price point again. The client needs to know that you care about their event. Why does the event matter to your company or to you on a personal level? Again, you need to sell your services. What makes you an excellent contractor rather than another face in the crowd?
Finally, tell the company who you are. This slide tells the company why you are the best choice to work on this project compared to your competitors. Create a mind map. A mind map is a sketch of form or an essay outline used to organize information. This is best in order for you to logically express your thoughts and to present it in a coherent manner.
Write your ideas in a draft paper and choose which ones to come first and which ones to use as your supporting arguments. Get PDF. Free to download. More importantly, they verify this data with a credible source such as the Travel Industry Association. Related: What is total available market? Another great way to approach this slide is with a short 30 second video.
A video is truly worth a thousand images, and as long as your technical setup allows it, that's definitely the way you should go.
Make sure to keep the images version around in case Internet fails. For the product slide in our redesigned version, we decided to dedicate one slide to each one of the relevant product images.
The original presentation didn't really allow you to appreciate the product, and we believe this approach causes a much better impact on the viewer. Your business model may be more complex than that, but always make sure that you can summarize it in a line.
Not a lot of changes in the Slidebean redesigned version. We believe this is the killer slide in Airbnb's pitch deck: it confirms their simple business model, the HUGE potential the company has in an existent market, and it defines the vision of the founders on where they expect this product to be in 3 years time.
This slide is often called the go-to-market strategy, and should summarize core customer acquisition HACKS that you will use to grow the business. By hacks I mean that these methods need to be better, more scalable and more profitable than your competition. In case of Airbnb, one of their key growth channels was a hack on Craigslist they called the 'dual posting feature'. Basically, they developed a simple program that would automatically post any Airbnb listing on Craigslist, which at that point was one of the few options available to sublet apartments for tourists.
For the redesign version, we removed the logos which we felt were distracting to the point of the slide and also a bit outdated. This 2-axis diagram is a perfect way to establish against your competition. By defining Offline vs Online on the horizontal axis, and Affordable vs Expensive on the vertical axis, it's easy to visually convey your point.
Market leaders like CouchSurfing and Craigslist are definitely affordable, but require a lot of offline coordination, far from one-click booking. On the other hand, Orbitz and Hotels dot com are online, but significantly more expensive. Make sure that you define the two core differentiators for your product, and setup the chart so it always shows up on the top right corner. Steve Jobs' iPhone introduction is probably the best example you can find of a similar chart.
What you want to do on this slide is answer questions before they come up.
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