A sales kickoff is a company-wide gathering often at the beginning of a fiscal year or quarter for the purpose of bring the sales team and other members or the organization together in an effort to improve knowledge, share advancements, bond, and learn new sales skills. Attendees can be from SDR teams, AE (Account Executive) teams, Customer Success, Marketing, Engineering, Product Marketing and Support.
All those Powerpoints at your SKO suck, and here’s why.
First off, no, it’s not too late for this post, although many may think so. If you’re one of them, don’t read any further, it’s ok. It won’t hurt my feelings. Buh-bye now. If you are still reading, then it tells me you care. You care about your team, you care about yourself, and you care about your company. Do not let your #SKO become a presentation of presentations or a Parade of Pathetic #PowerPoints. Slow death by power point is something you can stop. Your #powerpoint better have some slick design elements beyond fade in and out. It needs to have killer graphics, music, good timing, videos, and flow. In fact the best power [...]