Oral Presentation Guide

Oral Presentations will be given on April 24, 2009 by all Semi-Final Teams

By entering the UH Business Plan Competition, participants agree to the following rules and guidelines.

Each team must bring their PowerPoint presentation on a CD-rom or removable thumb-drive
Teams must load their presentations during the load and test run time (Semi-final Schedule)
Each team will have 10 minutes to present their plan using PowerPoint
Only UH-registered student(s) may present the plan
Upon completion of the presentation, the judges will conduct up to 10 minutes of question and answer
Any member of the team may answer the judges’ questions
Members of the audience may not ask questions or otherwise interact with the presenters or judges

Teams may NOT adjust the slides at the event
Teams may NOT set up their own laptop and projector. A computer and projector will be provided
Teams may NOT observe other teams’ presentations

Oral presentations should be based on the Executive Summary
Use standard fonts in the slides, such as Times New Roman or Arial, which will be sure to work
Refrain from using flash features that may not be compatible with the College’s computers
Teams are advised to consider carefully whether or not to use video clips, which may not run on the College’s computers
Backup copies of the presentation are highly recommended

The oral presentation score will be combined with the written plan score
Finalists will be announced on the BPC web site following the conclusion of the Semi-Finals

All public sessions of the Competition are open to the public. Any data or information discussed in the presentation should be considered information that may enter the public realm
Student entrants agree to allow the University of Hawaii and the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship & E-Business (PACE) to record all public sessions of the Competition. Entrants understand that recordings may be copied and distributed for the purpose of marketing the Competition in future years
The judges’ decisions are final, and teams may not make appeals or complaints against the judges, organizers, sponsors, the College of Business, or the University of Hawaii