ACE Sales Presentation Competition 2011

Tuesday, October 11 marked the date for the first Sales Presentation and Award Banquet, held at the I-Hotel in Champaign.  The event was held to provide a venue for the 52 students in the Introduction to Sales Class, ACE 199, to make their final sales presentations to a group of professionals and present awards to outstanding students in the class.
Students interviewed and made a professional pitch on a product individually to a series of local professionals in agri- and consumer-oriented industries.   Strategies that the students learned through the class.  The students were graded and highest scoring presentations were awarded a trophy at the end of the evening.
The course was offered in ACE for the first time this fall as a first 8-week class taught by Kaizad Irani.  The Sales Presentation Dinner was hosted with a generous gift from Monsanto.