Todays pitch

Today was our final pitch, the pitch to the council, the pitch to various other people interested in beginning a design festival in Manchester. The whole thing was filmed, to show various other people and to refer back to for future ideas.
We decided as there were ten of us in the group to not all do the presentation, as it would get messy, therefore we decided only three should speak, allowing for a neater presentation and more engagement. We planned the presentation together but then split of so that the three doing the pitch could sort out who would speak when, while the rest of us got on with sorting out the exhibition.

The pitch.
It went well, we decided to do a Prezi presentation rather than the standard powerpoint, we thought it would look more interesting, and its innovative aesthetic went well with our ideas. Although when it came down to doing it it caused a few problems. The Bench space had had perfect wi-fi through out the project but when it came to pitch day for some reason it wasn't working properly. A prezi presentation is soemthing that works online, therefore we needed a good internet connection to show it properly, We were second to do our pitch, which gave us a little time to sort it out. It is possible to download the presentation but the forfeit of that is that any videos will not work as they need the internet connection. But unfortunately this was the best we could do.
Despite this I think it went well, we probably should have considered this when we decide to use Prezi but in ignorance we didn't think this was a problem that would occur.

We had a number of zines and viewfinders to hand out to the audience, many of which they could keep and take home, a token of our ideas. I think this element of handing out things to the audience to participate in is very important, it gives them something tangible that they can touch as well as engage in the presentation.