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Presentation design blog Idea Transplant: The 3 minute pitch
Last week I was presenting at a startup pitch competition at the Technion University in Haifa, Israel. After my talk, the contestants had 3 minute each to pitch their business idea. Some observations inspired by the evening, and not necessarily related to any of the contestants. Do not speak too fast.
Thinking Visually
Effective communication is everyone’s job—whether you are trying to sell in a concept or convince a client. Visual Thinking can help us take in complex information and synthesize it into something Effective communication is everyone’s job—whether you are trying to sell in a concept or convince a client.For now, we’re passing over the components that apply across all types of sales presentations – message, visuals, fonts, etc., – and sticking to the elements that demand special treatment given the unique nature of lead generation. Here is an example of a SlideRocket lead generation presentation that works well for us. It effectively incorporates the recommended elements from above while also adhering to sound design principles. We quickly learned that slide #4 titled “Be in control” is the one our viewers found most compelling as they spent on average 36 seconds viewing it, versus 17 seconds on the other slides. You can probably guess the theme of our next lead generation presentation. This presentation also looks quite different from the one we originally started with.
