It has been an amazing first week of the #ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect program.
We met with the team and got to know each other. We came up with a group name too: TomorrowNow.
The case study this week asked us to introduce our team to the client’s management and present our capabilities, along whit the solutions we will deliver during their transformation journey.
Focus was put on two topics:
- Architect responsibilities and
- Presentation skills
I will not discuss the first topic as it is more or less clear within the space.
But I want to put the highlight on the presentation skills. They once again proved to be of a huge significance for the overall process of delivery.
The presentations of all groups were built around the same case study, and thus contained similar content. What really made the difference was the delivery and the slides behind that delivery. We at TomorrowNow managed to build a story with smooth and logical transitions, which kept the audience engaged during the whole presentations.
Here is a screenshot of the feedback board, which is absolutely proving what I’ve just said.
I love these two:
Very nice lines and linking slides and animations, but the content is also very fitting to the case study. Take my money!
I want this to become a Pixar movie.
My key takeaways from this week are:
- Teamwork is really important. If we were not able to stick together our team quickly and identify each other’s strengths, I doubt we would be able that screenshot above.
- The way a person/team present themselves is that one thing which can significantly boost the chance of landing a deal and/or being well accepted since the very begining. The time invested in building the story, designing the slides, and ensuring crisp and clear delivery is absolutely worthy.
- One must be very well prepared to answer tricky questions. Know what is on your slides and try to think of all these challenging situations the audience may put you in. Have them listed before you presentation begin, along with the answers. Being extremely prepared for the Q&A is as much important as every other presentation component I have already mentioned.
- Having a hidden slide answering a possible question from the audience will really make the presenter stand out.
- Be prepared to receive and address feedback.
Thanks for reading!
See you on the next one!
