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TEchNOLOGy TRaNSFER MODEL - Javna agencija

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Product and Service Dissemination<br />

Don’ts:<br />

• Describe technology in each and every detail<br />

• Think like a scientist<br />

• Use jargon<br />

• Assume, that the benefits of your project are self-evident<br />

• Think that the audience is waiting for you and has enough time for you<br />

• Be unprepared<br />

• Leave home without a business card<br />

9.6.3.2 Personal communication – the elevator pitch<br />

Innovation requires a dialog with target groups i.e. personal networks with which the ideas have already been deliberated, evaluated,<br />

and communicated at an early stage. Therefore the ambassadors of the innovation must always be prepared to convey information<br />

efficiently and effectively with maximum results to potential multipliers and opinion leaders. A good concept to prepare for such,<br />

often chance encounters is the Elevator Pitch. The essentials of the project should be communicated within 30 seconds. The following<br />

template can assist your preparation:<br />

• For…target customers – bridgehead segment only!<br />

• Who are dissatisfied with…the current market alternative<br />

• Our product is a…new product category<br />

• That provides…key problem – solving capability<br />

• Unlike…the current product alternative<br />

• We have assembled…key whole-product features for your specific application<br />

9.6.3.3 Touch-points of employees<br />

In addition to external target groups, in a first step employees should be convinced of the new technology. (See module 4: Change<br />

Process). The multiplier-effect of fellow employees should not be underestimated. They are embedded in an extensive social arena<br />

as well, and are to be considered as sales representatives.<br />

Figure 10:The Touch-points of an employee<br />

In the communication process every communication channel at one’s disposal must be used. Creativity has no limits. An adequate<br />

means of communication must be created dependent on the positioning of the product or service. New media such as Intranet and<br />

newsletters are to be supplemented by effective “offline media” that are tangible and therefore have substance.<br />

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