This is my first pass at a presentation introduction. We are working with Stephen Nixon, which has been a fantastic experience. I have been working this past week to refine my approach - which really means overhaul it all together, but it has been fun. Here is the feedback that I received last week and have been improving upon.
- The things I talked about in the first minute were not necessarily related to the main point of saving.
- Starting with social is perhaps revealing something too soon and not immediately clear. Don’t make your audience work too hard from the beginning
- Make a statement about money that is not so loaded. Something that is easier to connect with. Something like: “Money Sucks.” Immediately identifiable because we don’t have enough of it. Then move into the fact that it’s also social.
- Go slower., Pause more., Too many ums.
- Credit cards: the obvious option, but not the only option.
- The important thing about saving is:
- Build empathy with your audience
We are re-presenting tomorrow to Chloe Gottlieb, David Womack and Tamara Giltsoff and I am feeling much better about the direction I am headed.