They say that 60% of tech projects fail or underperform.
(That number varies, but it’s usually north of 50.)
Which means tech spend is, like a second marriage, the triumph of hope over experience.
Your budget committee presentation is going to be mostly numbers, team bios, timelines, etc. There’s probably not going to be a bunch of touchy-feely imagery in there.
But just between you and me, keep in mind that in your audience there’s a fair amount of hopes and dreams floating around.
In this episode of The White Rabbit podcast... https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cn5bJITDjfxZBOjUeJoSE?si=708e2514c8354bef ...Alper makes an interesting point, that the value of a presentation is not in convincing people to support you, it's in reassuring your...
99% of my clients are not native speakers of English. (Fun fact: Did you know that, by far, most speakers of English are not native speakers of English?) And, quite dependably, every single one of those clients asks at some point, "How is my English," or some other...
This is a great article, it made me so excited and I jumped for joy many times upon reading it! One of my favorite points it makes: Know the board members. Not on average. Every. Single. One. They're all different. I call it "stalk the board"...