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Welcome to

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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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What you need to achieve

“To convince the judges that your YES Company is a good investment”

Dragon’s Den

style!

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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

•   Follow the presentation

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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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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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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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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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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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Your Presentation

•   Know your business •   Keep it concise •   Keep it simple •   Make it visual •   Keep to time

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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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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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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

What is your

timeline?

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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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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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PowerPoints! •   5 words per point •   5 points per slide •   4/5 slides per 5 minutes •   Font minimum 18pt •   Use images

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Power Points should:

•   Support what you are saying

•   Summarise points of content

•   Clarify points

•   Visually enhance

•   Provides relevant information/reference

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Trouble Shooting

•   Practise practise practise •   If there is too much information,

prioritise into – •   Must know

•   Should know •   Nice to know

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Company Directors and team work

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Bring along your product!

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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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Business Presentation Marking criteria

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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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School

Team

Mark Strengths

st Weaknesses

Business Practice &

People - /5

Marketing - /5

Operations - /5

Finance - /5

Innovation - /5

Presentation- /5

Total - 30

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Check out the marking Criteria!

www.core-ed.org/yes Don’t forget to check out the above site regualry for updates and registrations

Registrations due Friday 13 May

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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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REMEMBER SMILE!

Thank you and

good luck

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Business Presentation Oral Competition

Rangi Ruru Girls School Monday 30 May

& Wednesday 1 June

3.30pm-8.30pm

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Please keep the communication open with the regional Coordinator (Juanita)

A few extra things:

•  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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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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Contact:

Juanita Reddish Juanita.reddish@core-ed.org PO Box 13678 Christchurch New Zealand Tel: + 64 (03) 379 6627 Fax: + 64 (03) 379 6607