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The Best Way to Prepare for an Executive Presentation [+ Checklist]

Account Manager Tips

In a survey of senior executive buyers, Forrester Research asked if sales people are frequently prepared for their meetings. In fact between 70 to 80 percent feel vendors are not prepared for their meetings with senior level executives. Imagine you're at the front of a boardroom about to make a presentation. Harvey Diamond.

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7 Tips for Using Storytelling in Sales Presentations

Brooks Group

A great story can make a presentation compelling enough for people to act. Make Yourself Memorable Facts and figures are important in a sales presentation, but they can easily be forgotten. Here are seven tips for how to use storytelling in sales presentations. Stories, on the other hand, are more memorable.

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Managing Partners’ Forum – Highlights from the Advisory Board Meeting September 2023

Red Star Kim

The Managing Partners’ Forum (mpfglobal.com) holds quarterly meetings of its Advisory Board where senior leaders discuss issues pertinent to the professional services sector. This confirms the vital contribution of the professional services sector at a time when growth in the UK overall is flat-lining.

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Achieving the 90/10 Ratio: Improving Meeting Efficiency for Success

AchieveIt

Some of your organization’s best minds fill the boardroom for a scheduled strategy meeting. This meeting presents a valuable opportunity to harness their expertise and identify solutions to the most pressing issues facing your strategy. In a one-hour meeting, that’s just 6 minutes. Waste of time and resources.

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Roadblocks to Delivering a Competitive Buying Experience

Buyers struggle with being overwhelmed, indecision, and trusting the information that’s presented to them. Trying to communicate the value of their solution in a way that meets buyers’ wants, needs, and expectations, all while meeting their own goals and those of their organization, can sometimes seem nearly impossible.

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7 Secrets of a Winning Capabilities Presentation

Hubspot Sales

Set your company apart from the rest by keeping your prospect’s needs front-and-center in a well thought-out capabilities presentation that is more about the client than your desire to sell to them. Capabilities presentations usually aren’t necessary for low-value or direct-to-consumer deals. Capabilities Deck.

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36 Virtual vs. Face-to-Face Communication [Stats to Know in 2022]

Hubspot Sales

Zoom, Skype, Google Hangouts, and other means of virtual communication were present before the coronavirus pandemic, but they were all underutilized. However, the pandemic forced us to embrace these tools and find new ways of communicating and collaborating through them. Is one better than the other? Numbers don't lie.