{"id":995,"date":"2018-02-12T23:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/?post_type=chapter&p=995"},"modified":"2024-05-09T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:52:11","slug":"why-it-matters-developing-and-delivering-business-presentations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/chapter\/why-it-matters-developing-and-delivering-business-presentations\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Developing and Delivering Business Presentations","rendered":"Why It Matters: Developing and Delivering Business Presentations"},"content":{"raw":"It\u2019s mid-May; a major retail management conference is less than one month away. Your manager has been recruited as a speaker in the Redesigning Retail track at the annual Sustainable Brands conference. She\u2019s asked you to assemble background information and tune in to relevant media and social media feeds. You\u2019re scheduled to meet with her next week to discuss your findings and an approach to her topic: \"To-the-Bank Trends: How Green is Driving Retail Dollars.\"\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2608\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"450\"]\"A Figure 1. Career moments happen outside of our comfort zone[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOn Monday morning, your hear your manager shattered her leg in a rock-climbing accident over the weekend, and she will be out of commission for three months. When she calls you later that week, you\u2019re taut with anticipation\u2014this is your opportunity to step up and demonstrate you have what it takes to be a manager. You\u2019re ready! In fact, you\u2019ve been ready. But what you didn\u2019t realize is that the person who steps up will also be the person stepping out on stage at SB \u201918 and presenting in front of thousands of high-level attendees. This is what\u2019s known as a career moment.\r\n\r\nIn life, as in mythology, we\u2019re never really ready for the call. Regardless, ready or not, our response is what defines both our character and our career trajectory.\r\n\r\nSo let\u2019s prepare for the call.","rendered":"

It\u2019s mid-May; a major retail management conference is less than one month away. Your manager has been recruited as a speaker in the Redesigning Retail track at the annual Sustainable Brands conference. She\u2019s asked you to assemble background information and tune in to relevant media and social media feeds. You\u2019re scheduled to meet with her next week to discuss your findings and an approach to her topic: “To-the-Bank Trends: How Green is Driving Retail Dollars.”<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. Career moments happen outside of our comfort zone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Monday morning, your hear your manager shattered her leg in a rock-climbing accident over the weekend, and she will be out of commission for three months. When she calls you later that week, you\u2019re taut with anticipation\u2014this is your opportunity to step up and demonstrate you have what it takes to be a manager. You\u2019re ready! In fact, you\u2019ve been ready. But what you didn\u2019t realize is that the person who steps up will also be the person stepping out on stage at SB \u201918 and presenting in front of thousands of high-level attendees. This is what\u2019s known as a career moment.<\/p>\n

In life, as in mythology, we\u2019re never really ready for the call. Regardless, ready or not, our response is what defines both our character and our career trajectory.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s prepare for the call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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