Pitching an Idea
(Part 1)
Business people often come up with ideas about how to do things better, or how
something can be changed to provide greater cost benefits to the company. Being
able to present an idea to your peers and persuade them to support your
proposal is a crucial skill for all business managers.
All: (Small talk)
Jacob: Alright everyone, can I have
your attention? (Pause)
All: (Murmurs of agreement)
Jacob: I know we’re all concerned
about recent events at Pylon and that’s why I’ve asked Jill to share with you a
great idea she pitched me last week.
Jill: Thanks Jacob, and thank you to
everyone for your time. I’ll try to keep it
short and get straight to what’s been on
my mind lately. To start with, I’m sure you’ve all seen the latest sales
reports, and can see that these figures are a serious red flag for Pylon. To make matters worse, we’ve also
been hit with this 20% reduction in sales
staff.
All: Indeed // Yes, that was painful
// I know, dreadful //
Jill:Take it from me, this is
a serious blow.The sales team has
been stretched for some time and now with
20% fewer people, I think they’re ready to tear
their hair out.
Flora: Well, we’re all in the same boat, aren’t we?
Jill: Point taken.But what I want to say is that, despite
this setback, I see an opportunity here.
What would you say to increased sales, more satisfied customers and more time
available for the sales team to focus on high value-add sales from custom orders?
Roland: Wow. Can you throw in an end to world poverty and war?
Jacob: Easy does it, Roland.
Jill: Let me explain. I see us
increasing sales and creating happy customers through a new site that can
handle our "nuts and bolts" customers,
leaving time for our sales team to dedicate themselves to working on special
orders.
Roland: Still sounds too good to be
true.
Jill: Yeah, I know. But what I think
we can do is allow customers to order our basic off-the-shelf items on the web. Then sales staff can
focus on customers with particular needs.
Roland: Whoa there, we can’t afford to spend money on another
website.
Jill: Hear me out. In fact, I can
show you that it will cost about $5,000 to do a basic revamp of the existing site. And our staff will do
most of the work.
Flora: $5,000? You’ve gotta be kidding!
Jill: I kid you not. I’ve done my research and I’ve found a
range of ... (fade out)
Vocaburary Note
To pitch somthing・・・ To try to promote
somthing(a idea , a proposal)
On someone's mind・・・ Thinking somthing a lot
red flag ・・・a signal that something is wrong
Serious blow・・・a negative event
To be hit with ・・・To be affect by a negative event
To be streached・・・To have no time or energy left
To tear your hair out ・・・ To be flustrated
Setback・・・ a defeat or negative event
Easy does it ・・・Calm down
off-the-shelf・・・Standard
Revamp・・・To update current standards
