Remember that the Presentation Guidelines and
Requirements apply to this presentation. See link in
BOD Presentation section of course BPG web page.
[Company] progress presentation
to board of directors
Sam Spade, CEO
Jane Marple, CFO
Clark Kent, VP Production,
Margo Lane, VP Marketing & Sales
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Supporting evidence. Include evidence that is necessary to
support conclusions or claims you make. If the evidence
is too much to include on the slide with the conclusion, use
a drill-down approach to assemble your evidence. For
example, include a brief summary of the evidence on the
slide where it is called for and have a back-up slide you can
go to provide more detailed evidence. You could also
distribute a few additional pages of documentation to
provide support.
Take-aways. Consider including a brief take-away at the
bottom of slides. If you slide has presented important
meaning, let the take-away answer the question: so what?
In other words, given the meaning imparted on the slide,
what are the implications for management action? What
follow-up does the message of the slide call for?
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Substance value. Slides must clearly and completely illustrate the
substance of the valued information being communicated.
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Avoid having slides merely list topics to be discussed and expecting the
audience to recall what was spoken.
Slides must convey the valuable substance of your presentation by
presenting the appropriate information and necessary supporting
evidence.
Power titles. Use power titles which are titles that capture the
essence of the substance of your slides. Just as you might use
headings and subheadings in a report, let your titles show the
logical flow and communicate the essence of your presentation.
Slide formatting
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Include slide numbers.
Include a footer that follows the electronic submission guidelines.
When displaying data, include only relevant, significant figures. Avoid
unnecessary details or data that clutters the display.
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Agenda
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Executive summary
Critical assessment of performance to date vs:
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Objectives
Competitors
Competitive strategy
Lessons learned from major problems &
successes
Expected future economic and competitive
situation
Objectives, strategies and plans for Y5 and
beyond
Expected Y5 results
Closing message
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Executive summary
Start off with a one-slide
overview of the value your
presentation contains, including
the essence of your conclusions
and recommendations.
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Performance assessment
Critically evaluate performance
vs. company objectives and
competitor performance.
Graphical or tabular display may
be useful.
This topic may take 2-3 slides
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Major problems & success to date
Note the major ones with
emphasis on more recent items.
Be sure to show that you have
learned from them to improve
performance.
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Expected competitive situation
Identify key aspects of the
future environment by
considering:
•GDP, CPI forecasts, interest
trends, industry trends, etc.
•Past and predicted strategies of
your competitors
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Growth and Competitive strategies
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Growth strategy: (see text Ch 6, p. 91)
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Competitive strategy:
Clearly state how your company
competes with other firms to
attract customers.
Why customers should choose
your product?
Note any significant changes to
growth or competitive strategy
•in the recent past, or
•planned for the future.
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Objectives, strategies, and plans for
Year 5 and beyond
Be sure to address overall
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Overall objective (1 to n)
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Key Supporting functional objectives
Overall objective (1 to n)
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objectives for growth,
profitability, and
performance relative to
competition.
Key Supporting functional objectives
Strategies and plans to achieve
overall objectives & implement
growth and competitive strategies
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Expected results years 5-7
See example table in
instructions for rows that should
be included in the table.
Be sure to show separately:
•Assumptions supporting the
forecast (could be on a separate
slide).
•Method used to estimate year
end stock price (a separate slide
would be fine).
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Closing message to BOD
Include here what you want the
BOD to take away from the
presentation.
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