Sales Manager Presentation

Brittney Waite(Me)

Right away I learned that I was a little intimated by selling. So I told myself that I should SELL SELL SELL so that everyone in the class would want to buy my product. I did not accomplish this as well as I wanted to because once I got up in front of the class I found my self really nervous and timid. Even though it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to I learned how to a lot about myself and how can better my presenting skills.

When trying to decide what to put in my speech about our corporation I was at a bit of a loss. I started by remember I was trying to sell my company. I feel I am good at speaking but not persuading because I do not like to be pushy. So from the beginning I felt like I was in the wrong position but I did it because no one else in my group wanted to do it. I felt as though I could suck it up and do a good job but I was wrong.

I brought in Gatorade with our logo attached to it as well as our brochure to pass around to our audience/ the other corporation members and the GCB. I also gave the GCB a packet of information which included a cover page, table of contents, our packages, our competitor prices, about the safety of our sports, our waiver and release of liability, our advertisement we put in the newspaper, and the last page has our logo and motto on it. I thought it was professional to hand the GCB a packet with all of this information.

As I got up there to speak I spoke about our packages. There were two one was a hot air balloon ride and bungee jumping and the other was a hot air balloon ride, bungee jumping, and sky diving. I didn't think there was much else to explain when I talked about the packages because they were pretty straight forward but after listening to everyone's speeches I realized I could have explained more. For example I could have talked about how they could be given as gifts, or separated and done throughout the summer, or even you do one and your friend does the other that way you only have to buy one package.

I do not like to be evaluated and this class made me really nervous for that reason alone. When I got up there are presented and then listened to everyone else I realized I did poorly. I got fifth place and I was very disappointed in myself. I also felt bad because it was a group grade and me not doing very well affected the whole corporation. We still did fine as a corporation but I left that class that day feeling very defeated like I worked hard and still didn't do well. This feeling stuck with me through the rest of the cycle because I felt as though I have let my team down. I talked to my mom and she told me to move on and fine something to look forward to with this class.

I found that but the feeling of being defeated did not help my self esteem in my speaking abilities or my participation in the rest of the cycle.