Overview of the YES business presentation competition

1. Welcome to
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2. WELCOME TO CORE EDUCATION
&
Young Enterprise Scheme (YES)
Business Presentation (oral) training
Presented by Joanna Hannaford
From
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
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3. What you need to achieve
“To convince the judges that your
YES Company is a good
investment”
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Drag on’s D
style!
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4. Executive Summary
• Brief summary of your business
• (executive summary) – send through to Juanita 1 week
prior,
• From your business plan ,no full business plans please.
• 1 A4 sheet. Clear and concise.
• Headings with short statement
• Includes financials
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5. Event Description
• Each Company is offered the opportunity to give a
Business presentation
• Companies must participate if they wish to enter
the National Awards; the Business Presentation
(Oral) is worth 30% of the total score.
• Student directors will present their business to a
panel of Canterbury business representatives as if
they were potential investors in the company.
Preliminaries may be held depending on numbers
registering for YES in 2011. ( For school with 5 or
more teams -Monday 16/5, Tuesday 17/5 and
Wednesday 18/5 – at your school)
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6. Business Presentation Competition Notes
Each team will need to provide a brief executive summary of their
business to the judges,1 A4 page front and back.
• A laptop and data show will be provided (you may not use your own
laptop). Companies will need to bring their presentation on CD or
memory stick.
• Attire is school uniform or business/professional.
•All presentations are open to YES teams and RSVP guests, as there
will be limited space this year..
• Any display material/props must be associated with the YES
company product/service
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7. Presentation Format
Each company has 10 minutes at the presentation stand.
Be on time or you will miss your time slot.
2 minutes prepare to give presentation
5 minutes Give the presentation (teams may not
exceed 5 minutes)
3 minutes Judges Q & A
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8. Organise Your Presentation
• Thorough preparation beforehand
• Get their attention!
• Crystalise your product or service
• Mention your product within the first 3 seconds
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9. Organise Your Presentation
• Introductions are fine but don’t make them too
long
• Select at least 3 things you want the panel to
know
• Organise content into a logical sequence
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10. Your Presentation
• Know your business
• Keep it concise
• Keep it simple
• Make it visual
• Keep to time
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11. Timing
• Opening 20%
• Body 60%
• Closing 20%
• End with a striking sentence to summarize
• Thank the judges and audience for their
attention
• Time yourself, Throw away the script.
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12. Know your company!
• Introduce your team.
• What is your vision for your business?
• What is your management structure?
• What is your actual product and or service?
• What are the benefits of your product?
• What differentiates/ what is the competition?
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13. Know your Company – well!
• Is there a need for your product?
• How do you know?
• Have you set pricing and costing
• What is your budget
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14. Techniques, Style Diction
• Eye contact
• Team conduct, and presentation
• Who is speaking about what?
• Diction -
• Choice of words
• Expression
• Enthusiasm
• Business like
• Speed
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15. PowerPoint Presentations
PowerPoint Presentation
should not distract the audience
from the message
Use PowerPoint to enhance
what you have to say
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16. PowerPoints!
• 5 words per point
• 5 points per slide
• 4/5 slides per 5 minutes
• Font minimum 18pt
• Use images
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17. Power Points should:
• Support what you are saying
• Summarise points of content
• Clarify points
• Visually enhance
• Provides relevant information/reference
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18. Trouble Shooting
• Practise practise practise
• If there is too much information,
prioritise into –
• Must know
• Should know
• Nice to know
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19. Company Directors and team work
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20. Bring along your product!
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21. Presenting your company
• Be tidy - school
uniform, professional or
relevant dress
• Be polite, enthusiastic,
business like
• Speak to the audience
• Eye Contact: Yes!
“connect”
• Slow down and smile
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22. Business Presentation Marking
criteria
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23. Check out the Requirements
What is the marking schedule
Are some sections worth more?
Why are they requesting this
presentation?
What is the time allocation?
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24. School
Team
Strengths
Mark Weaknesses
st
Business Practice &
People - /5
Marketing - /5
Operations - /5
Finance - /5
Innovation - /5
Presentation- /5
Total - 30
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25. Check out the marking Criteria!
Registrations due
Friday 13 May
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Don’t forget to check out the
above site regualry for updates
and registrations
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26. FINALLY
• Its your company
• Its your idea
• The judges need to want to be a:
• Shareholder
• Customer
or
• Believer in your business
2 out of 3 might get you there
1 out of 3 wont!
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27. REMEMBER
SMILE!
Thank you
and
good luck
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28. Business Presentation
Oral Competition
Rangi Ruru Girls School
Monday 30 May
&
Wednesday 1 June
3.30pm-8.30pm
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29. A few extra things:
Please keep the communication open with the
regional Coordinator (Juanita)
• Remember the coordinators mark-
 minutes need to be sent in regularly
 Invitation to a company meeting
 Invitation to a company launch
 Update on meeting with mentor received each
term
 E-Market link sent
 Check the inside back cover of the programme
book
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30. CPL (Commercial Print Ltd)
Business Card Competition
Entries close: 20th May 2011 - 5pm
The winning team will receive 250 FREE* business cards for each company member!
printed by CPL Ltd 127 Park Road, Miramar, Wellington
To Enter
Email a copy of your business card to juanita.reddish@core-ed.net – no later than
Friday 20th May 2011 5:00 pm.
When emailing your computer file, please include your YES company name
e.g. If your company is Topcats, the file name should be Topcats_bizcard.jpg (all files
must be in High Resolution & either jpeg or PDF format
Please check out the details on www.core-ed.org/yes
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31. Contact:
Juanita Reddish
Juanita.reddish@core-ed.org
PO Box 13678 Christchurch New Zealand
Tel: + 64 (03) 379 6627 Fax: + 64 (03) 379 6607
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