Life's A Pitch!

Date:

8 October 2009

Price:

Free to Members. Non-Members: £51.75 (VAT inclusive)

All welcome

Thousands of shiny brochures, a cummerbund of black-tie dinners and more lunches than you can shake a breadstick at.  But you really should be spending time getting ready for that pitch.  When you are in the room it's not about pitch books or slides; it's about clarity, focus and power...and how to make the emotional connection.

Please see feedback below from Members who attended this event:

Feedback

"Good format, good speaker, good delegate mix"

"Got ideas to use in my sales pitches"

"I got a huge amount of advice & clarity in terms of sales pitching"

"Value was obtained from the speaker and the networking"

"We are going to be trying to pitch to obtain equity investment. I had no idea about preparing a good pitch or what I should be doing in that pitch. The event covered everything - brilliant"

"I now realise that I am not preparing properly for presentations and am probably focusing on some of the wrong features and benefits of our products rather than on making a personal connection with buyers"

"Always good to get a re-focus on presentation skills from Russell"

"Succinct messages that provoked an enourmous amount of food for thought. I have to work hardest on making an emotional connection with anybody I'm pitching to"

"I obtained a great insight into presenting. I picked up a lot of good tips. Also the setting and room with food allowed for good networking opportunities"

"Russell was an excellent speaker was very precise and to the point and was very engaging"

"Key tip for me is that we are doing a lot correct already but the points about text in powerpoint demos is to be remembered"

"Key tips - how to prepare, key tools required, making a bond with the potential customer - and don't use powerpoint!"

"Key tips for me - most important things to do, finish on time, make the emotional connection and talk to the listener. The five ways to make the emotional connection and how to prepare"

"Key tip for me - stop using Powerpoint for presentations!"

"Good pitching is all about connecting well with your audience and having energy spontaneity and creativity"

"Key tip - to plan, plan and then when you have some free time to plan"

"I definitely have a clearer vision as to how to 'pitch' and have some ideas to pass on to colleagues"

"Good to hear the voice of experience from Russell with a bit of humour"

V"Gio was very well organised and added value"

"Russell kept me engaged with the subject matter"

"Russell was very good and entertaining, he practiced what he preached"

"Russell was very impressive. Can see exactly why he's so popular"

"Russell was excellent"

"Russell is brilliant"

"Russell was very, very, good"

"Russell is clearly a very accomplished speaker and very humourous"

"Russell knows his stuf!"

"Russell was a pleasure to listen to"

"Russell was very profesional & inspirational, I very much enjoyed watching how he worked a room"

"Russell was very good, clear concise and kept to the time schedule"

"Russell was excellent!"

"More of the same please!"

"I was the guest of a member who has suggested that I join the Entrepreneurial Exchange. This is the only event I have attended and enjoyed it very much. Very professional"