Virtual Startup Study Hall: Sara Norris, Principal, When You Leave the Room

Pitching 101: The essentials for crafting powerful decks

A pitch deck that you can email to a potential investor is NOT the same deck that you use when

you are presenting to a funder.

Wait, what?

During this Startup Study Hall, presentation expert Sara Norris will show you the key

differences, slide by slide, so your decks will work their hardest and smartest.

AGENDA

Noon - Welcome and introduction

12:05 pm - Presentation

1:30 pm - Wrap up!

Bio of Sara: Sara has a passion for presenting that dates all the way back to winning high school speech competitions. During her corporate career, she delivered hundreds of presentations to groups both large and small.

As a co-owner and CEO of When You Leave The Room, LLC, she coached organizations from

the Fortune 200 to start-ups, helping key personnel improve their presentation skills. A major

focus was helping entrepreneurs revise their presentations to be not just what they wanted to say, but what potential investors needed to hear.

Sara holds a B.S. Magna cum Laude in Radio and TV from Butler University and has served as a

guest lecturer at Butler, Indiana University and at the IU Kelley School of Business. She is on the

board of The Startup Ladies and on the entrepreneurial advisory board for Ivy Tech. Now retired, she is happy to volunteer as a coach for both organizations.

She and her husband enjoy ballroom dancing, although after years of lessons, they should be

much better at it than they actually are.

• Sara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-norris-6bb8a516/
• When You Leave The Room's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/when-you-leave-the-room-llc/

WHO SHOULD ATTEND STARTUP STUDY HALL?

• Entrepreneurs at any stage
• Anyone applying to be in the Top 9 for the #InvestInWomenFounders 2024 Summit

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TICKETS

Members may attend Startup Study Halls at no additional fee. The public may purchase individual tickets to Startup Study Hall at $25.

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