Final Presentation
That Tom helpfully put into ISSUU for your viewing pleasure!
We had all gotten together to plan the slides and each sent separate bits in for Tom to compile into the presentation. A script was also written as a framework for our presentation, but it was not set in stone so we could add personal bits and ad lib etc. Before the presentation we ran through it a good 5/6 times, the first time we barely got over 4mins even when we added extra parts the presentation was barely scraping 7 minutes! So we were pretty worried going in, as we didn't know if we would be able to get the presentation up to 10 minutes!
By some mad feat of ad-libs and false confidence, we smashed through the 10 minutes! Even got a few laughs too! Overall I think it went down well, our business pitch was definitely viable. I think having George do some live drawing was a good idea, as it allowed us to show a part of our potential business while also having Georgie participate in the presentation in a way he was most comfortable with rather than forcing him to speak.
We got some feedback on our hierarchy as we appointed Tom CEO, who would take 40% of the earnings, while me, George and Ellie would take 20% each - and while it made sense that he should take a cut since he would not be an 'artist' but would liase with clients and get us work we hadn't quite thought through how the earnings would be split if one of us had to design a piece but it would take more than one of us to create the piece. I feel like a lot of the roles ended up resting on Tom when we probably could have shared them between ourselves more equally.
Further thoughts we could have considered are outsourcing the 'makers' if a job came in far away, or factoring in travel costs etc.
A comment on our presentation was whether we thought that the presentation we had delivered was appropriate for high end clients such as John Lewis, while I am not sure the exact presentation we delivered to the class may have been I definitely think that we could have adapted what we showed to meet the standards of high end clients.
Much to people's surprise, I get really nervous in presentations and have to put on this false sense of confidence to get anywhere in presenting - which usually means I say some stupid/funny things that may not be appropriate for a pitch, I sort of feel as if I brought the tone of the presentation down a level and it could have been more professional. In some situations my humour can be a good thing but it's definitely something that I feel I will need to look at in the future so I can make sure my tone is appropriate for what I'm doing.
Overall I think this project has been quite fun! I was glad to have people in my group who had a lot of ideas, there wasn't a great deal of conflict within the group and Tom was a natural leader which I think helped the group a lot (as sometimes you can find yourself in a group where no one wants to lead and end up a bit lost or stuck on what to do). The group got along well, and everyone's input was taken into account. I feel like I didn't do as much as I could have on this project, maybe I didn't pull my weight as much as I should have (but at least I showed up to the sessions!), though maybe I am just being paranoid.
