Winning Bids 

“With David’s guidance, our team secured a deal worth in excess of $53 million.

Competing in a field of 22 contenders from all over Australia, the bid leader consulted David Griggs to help communicate that the Adelaide team had the complete package.

In a single afternoon – all that was available before the final presentation – Griggs pushed the key presenter out of his comfort zone to focus the panel’s attention on the key reasons why choosing Adelaide was the best decision.

He made the difference between merely joining the dots between facts and figures, to inspiring the judging panel to visualize the project.”

Griggs explains, “Judging panels make their decisions
based on a total impression. That includes a conviction
that these are the right people for the job,
and that is not only based on logic.
People will make up their minds within seconds,
often unconsciously.”

Among many success stories, David coached the presentation bid team that won the, "2007 World Police and Fire Games" for Adelaide, and the City of Charles Sturt team that won the National Local Government Management Challenge in 2003.    

After David coached eight South Australian companies for a US venture capital conference in 2003, several of these companies went on to raise millions of dollars in funding and licensing agreements.

"I have worked with several people going by the title corporate presentation trainer, from all over Australia, but I've never seen anyone who can 'switch' a presenter on the way David does, in a very subtle yet extraordinarily effective way."

Leila Henderson, Corporate Communications Consultant