#170: 4 ways to start a stand out 'Elevator Pitch' when you go networking

06/28/21 • 17 min

How often when you go networking do you hear someone start their elevator pitch by saying: my name is….I'm from….we do….and we're different because.......
I'm sure you hear that all the time
Indeed is that how you start your elevator pitch?
So in this episode I'm going to share with you for always to start your elevator pitch which will be different to everybody else and therefore help you stand out:

Question – how many of you…….?
Stat – did you know…….
Topical – did you see…….
Observational– have you noticed how……

The trick is to say these things as the first things you say so don't be tempted to say my name is and I got a big question for you go straight into the question or the stat etc...

You can then bringing yourself later on and don't forget if you are doing this virtually your name will be on the screen anyway stop

So remember to prepare, to practice and then to follow-up anyone shows any interest in you based on your new exciting elevator pitch

Question – how many of you…….?
Stat – did you know…….
Topical – did you see…….
Observational– have you noticed how……

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5 things not to do when presenting virtually!

5 virtual presenting don't do's.

Over the last 15 months we've all got used to interacting virtually – but how good are we at delivering virtual presentations whether that to clients, to colleagues, to investors, to business associates etc...here are 5 virtual presenting don't do's.

I still see a lot of people presenting virtually in ways in which they could easily do better and that was the motivation for putting this podcast episode together to share with you five things not to do when presenting virtually

Here they are:

Open up your presentation or arrive to deliver it bang on the time when it is due to start
Have a distracting virtual background or a window behind you or deliver from your normal high-back office chair
Read from a script or from the slides
Launch straight into your presentation without telling the audience what’s coming up, how they can interact etc..
Have someone press the 'next slide please' button - introduce each slide, make the transition smooth - almost unnoticeable

Bonus: Don't look uninterested or bored with what you are doing! - Instead smile into the webcam, add humour if the opportunity arises.

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#171: What can business learn from Andy Murray and tennis at Wimbledon?

I recorded this episode a day or two after watching Andy Murray win his late evening second-round tennis match at Wimbledon. By the time this is published he will have lost in the third round.
Andy Murray has I imagine a coach, a fitness trainer, a mentor, a dietician – indeed a whole entourage of support crew including during that second round match the crowd.
So who is your crowd? Who are you turning to when times are tough and you need help to raise your game and overcome a tricky situation.
Often in business we invest in help with technical skills such as accountancy/bookkeeping, our website, our social media activity, design and other admin tasks but how often do we invest in personal development such as in a coach or trainer?
During the match there was an enforced break of around 18 minutes when the Wimbledon roof was closed and it was after the break when Andy Murray really came into his own, the break gave him an opportunity to re-energise and refocus so again the question to you is are you taking a break when times get tough – and that doesn't have to be two weeks on the beach it could simply me going for a walk or run and then returning re-energised and refocused ready to tackle whatever is in front of you.