Presentation Stage
Stage 3: The final interview and preparation for the Awards Ceremony
- Ensure the presentation and question responses respond to comments raised in the panel's assessment visit feedback
- Make sure your presentation does not run over your allotted time
- Maintain a balance between strategy and practical examples
- Highlight the authority's experience of delivering during previous Beacon years
- Sell innovative ideas for sharing good practice
- Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse…
- Like a job interview, think about what questions may arise and prepare
- Ensure all interview attendees are briefed
- It might seem like tempting fate but prepare a press release
- Decide who will go up to collect the award
