Budget Your Business
Budget Your Business - budgeting for every aspect of your small business - is a show for small business owners with less than $50M in revenue. If you are looking for actionable advice, practical tips, and techniques to budget every aspect of your business, this is the podcast dedicated to you. We host finance experts, subject matter experts, and small business owners to share their perspectives on planning for your business. Think of a deep dive for every part of your business and how to plan for it. Budget Your Business is hosted by Scott Geller who will share his experience working with corporations and small businesses, and guide you down the path of planning the financial future for your small business.
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How to Present the Boring Finance Stuff with John Polk
E#13: John Polk with John Polk and Associates discusses “How to Present the Boring Finance Stuff.”
Join me, host Scott Geller, on the Budget Your Business podcast to listen.
In this episode of "Budget Your Business," John Polk shifts the focus from traditional budgeting to effective communication strategies for presenting financial information to Boards, Investors, and Advisory Boards. John deep dives into the PROD framework that explores how to tailor presentations to various audiences by understanding who is in the room and their decision-making power. He emphasizes the importance of setting, whether in-person or virtual, and provides practical tips for maintaining eye contact and trust during virtual presentations. The episode also covers the level of detail needed in presentations and cautions against overloading the audience. Wrapping up with great ideas on how to use AI for brainstorming, content summarization, and creating visuals.
Book Recommendation: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Book Recommendation: Presentation Pitfalls: 10 Traps on Business Presentations, co-authored by John Polk and expected out in April 2025 on Amazon by Riley
Find out more about John Polk:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwpolk/
Website: https://johnpolkandassociates.com/