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A Business Forum Evening

Most Business Forum events are structured in a standard manner. Two businesses are typically invited to present each evening. Following each presentation a guest speaker provides comment before opening up the discussion to the audience.

 

It's a great way to hear the views of a wide and diverse range of business people and to gain a rapid insight into how you might deal with the challenges that your business faces. Whether its funding, people, sales or scalability - the Business Forum community are never short of advice and support.
Interested In Presenting?

Here is what you have to do if your business wants to present at one of our events...

 

Please provide us with a paragraph (6 to 8 lines) describing your company, and the main strategic issues you wish to discuss at the Forum.

 

You'll need to tell us your company name, when it was formed and by whom. What does the company do, who is it selling to, milestones achieved, your current and future growth plans and the main challenges facing you.

 

It is these challenges, strategic issues or burning questions that will lead to comment from the Expert Commentator and the audience! So the tougher they are the better the answers.
Your Presentation

Your presentation should be around 17 minutes in length and supplied in Powerpoint format. We supply the PC and projector.

 

Slides should be either short sharp bullet points or very simple pictures. Showing the tangible end product or a short demo will always aid understanding.

 

Each business is different but the suggested content for your business is:

  • Introduction – who you are, background, position in the company and what you hope to get from the Business Forum.
  • Your company’s main products and services; your customers and the main characteristics and opportunities of your markets. Emphasise your USP and added value, allowing you to give a small plug of your company.
  • Brief history of the company - when formed; by whom, key milestones achieved to date; the challenges you have overcome, funding, financial results etc.
  • The management team
  • Discuss the proposed way forward in the development of your company including financial targets and future funding requirements.. In doing so highlight 2 or 3 key strategic issues that are challenging the company, the more topical the better. These issues will lead to comment from your Expert Commentator and to questions and feedback from the Forum audience.
  • The final slide must show the 2 to 3 issues that you wish to discuss.

We need presentations before the close of business on the Monday before the event. Presentations should be emailed to: Mrs Ronnie Johnston, ronnie@businessforumscotland.com

 
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