1. Product Pitch Template
MESA UTAH CLEAN AIR SOLUTIONS COMPETION

2. You will have 10 minutes to make your presentation
You will have 10 minutes to make your presentation. At 15 minutes you will be cut off.
This template is designed to help you ensure that you have all of the required components in your presentation.
You may want to add additional slides or shuffle the slide order to help you tell better a story or to make a more compelling and persuasive argument.
Include audio & visual elements as desired.
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Change the style as desired, but be sure to use a font and color scheme that is easy to read.
Consult with a marketing/business teacher or English teacher at your school.
Refer to the scoring rubric in the competition rules.
Consider using PowerPoint instead of Google Slides or Prezi so that you can save your presentation to a thumb drive. That way you don’t have to worry about internet connectivity problems.
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4. [Team Members’ Names] [School Name] Representing MESA Utah 2017-2018
[Project title]
[Team Members’ Names]
[School Name]
Representing MESA Utah

5. Problem Description
Outline what the problem is that you are trying to solve?
Scoring Criterion: A clear and complete description is provided, and includes all significant variables or aspects of the problem that need to be addressed.

6. Client Base Description
market size (# of people)
impact on client
market area (where are the clients located)
Scoring Criterion: Client base is clearly identified and a complete profile, including information on population size and location, is provided so that observers have no questions about the client base.

7. Current Solutions and Their Weaknesses
How is problem currently being solved?
What are the weakness of these solutions?
Scoring Criterion: All current solutions are listed and a complete breakdown of their weaknesses is provided.

8. Client Impact How is the client affected by the Problem?
Did you talk to actual clients?
Scoring Criterion: Articulately explains how the client is affected by the problem and includes all necessary data gathered from research and anecdotal information from clients to provide a complete picture.

9. Choices Made for Our Solution
How did your research and design process led to this prototype?
Scoring Criterion: Team clearly articulates research, design, and testing that led to the prototype.

10. Advantages of Our Solution
What makes your solution better than others and best for the client?
Scoring Criterion: Team clearly describes advantages of prototype over other solutions for client citing multiple reasons.

11. Demonstration Use your prototype to show how client will use it.
Make sure your prototype is functional and explain it’s functionality.
After your demo, a judge or other volunteer “client” will try the device.
Scoring Criteria:
Demonstrates that easily used by client and is intuitive. Explains all of the features and functions of the prototype.
Fully functional, smooth no pauses or bugs.
Client was able to use it with no assistance from team.

12. Next Steps & Future Potential
What happens next in order to bring to the client?
How is your product scalable?
Scoring Criterion: Team clearly describes the next steps they need to undertake to bring prototype to the client.