Crunched Blog

This post originally appeared on Soap Blog written by João Galvão 1) Open with something unusual, something your audience isn’t expecting. Surprise them! But. remember, also make sure that the audience knows why you started in an unusual way. Talk about it. Explain why during the presentation itself. Example: One of our clients, at a lecture developed by SOAP, began… Read More

Topics: Crunched, design, presentation

Written by Alex Volkov Here we will look at some of the great tips from presentation design expert Jan Schultink. Founder of IdeaTransplant, a presentation design firm that creates sales, conference and investor presentations, Jan Shultink has helped many create stunning presentations. I’ve put together a collection of his posts for us around presentations design for your edutainment. Jan has… Read More

Topics: Crunched, design, IdeaTransplant, Jan Shultink, presentation

This post originally appeared on The Sales Heretic on May 30th, 2012 written by Don Cooper [Editor's Note: We featured Don's blog post before when he spoke about several ways to prepare yourself for a presentation but now he returns to help you keep your audience alive through your PowerPoint slides.] PowerPoint is a terrific sales tool. But… Read More

Topics: Crunched, design, Powerpoint, presentation, sales

This post originally appeared on TheBigFish Blog on July 20th, 2012 written by Big Fish Presentations [Editor’s note: Last time we left off with a remark on how Steve Jobs practices for days to get his presentations just right. If your slides are very minimalistic, you need to rehearse your material often since you don’t have talking points… Read More

Topics: Crunched, design, practice, presentation, Steve Jobs

This post originally appeared on IdeaTransplant on July 16th, 2012 written by Jan Schultink One of the most important criteria for an investor to invest in your business is you, the entrepreneur, and the in-person presentation is an excellent way to figure you out as a person. Information about all the other elements of your company is… Read More

Topics: Crunched, entrepreneur, IdeaTransplant, investing, Jan Shultink, presentation, sales

This is a Guest Blog Post by Maggie Summers of Ethos3 Think of how often you hear, tell, witness, read, and interact with stories. Think of all the culture you consume throughout each day. Doesn’t most of it involve a story? Think of how often the moments in your life turn into stories you tell… Read More

Topics: Crunched, Maggie Summers, presentation, storytelling

That is the question. This post originally appeared on IdeaTransplant by Jan Schultink. Some great advice if you are planning to demo your product.  If you are in the high tech sector you face the challenge of demonstrating your product in an investor or sales pitch meeting. If that meeting is short (an hour or less), my advice… Read More

Topics: Crunched, demo, Jan Shultink, presentation, product, sales

Guest Blog Post By Ivana Taylor I’ll bet you dream of the days that you can get in and out of a meeting in seven minutes.  It’s not a dream – it’s a function of a killer presentation formula that I learned from the book “Say it in Six” by Ron Hoff.   This book should… Read More

Topics: Crunched, guide, Ivana Taylor, meeting, presentation

This post originally appeared on IdeaTransplant by Jan Schultink. Although the topic is centered around IPO meetings, some of these lessons can be applied to any sales meeting, in-person or virtual, even a product demo webinar. I was asked to mention common pitfalls in IPO presentations the other day. Here are some of my thoughts in random… Read More

Topics: Crunched, IdeaTransplant, Jan Schultink, pitfalls, presentation, product demo, virtual meetings, webinar