2. Agenda
• Grand opening ceremony
• Food & entertainment
• Presentation
• Team introductions
• Group photos
• Closing remarks
3. Event timeline
11:00am As guests arrive, greet and usher to their seats
outside
11:30am Ribbon cutting ceremony will commence
12:00pm Send guests to dining commons for food & music
2:30pm Send guests to conference room for presentation
3:00pm Presentation begins
3:30pm Closing remarks from the founder
4:00pm Group photos
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4. Plan for food & beverage
Number of
guests
Confirmed: 24
Tentative: 5
Declined: 3
Tables
4-top tables: 3
2-top tables: 6
Bar seating: 10
Drinks
Water: sparkling & still
Tea: sweet & unsweet
Wine: white & red
Beer: domestic &
foreign
Starters
Spring salad
Calamari
Oysters
Entrees
Chilean sea bass
Roast duck
Charbroiled chicken
breast
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6. Planning agenda
• Demonstrate our commitment
to our goals
• Present areas of current and
projected growth
• Reveal our "green goals"
timeline
• Discuss areas of focus
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8. Areas of growth
Food Energy Water Waste
Q1 4.5 2.3 1.7 5.0
Q2 3.2 5.1 4.4 3.0
Q3 2.1 1.7 2.5 2.8
Q4 4.5 2.2 1.7 7.0
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9. Timeline
Sep 20XX
Synergize
scalable e-
commerce
Nov 20XX
Disseminate
standardized
metrics
Jan 20XX
Coordinate e-
business
applications
Mar 20XX
Foster
holistically
superior
methodologies
May 20XX
Deploy
strategic
networks with
compelling e-
business
needs
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10. Areas of focus
B2B market scenarios
• Develop winning strategies to keep ahead
of the competition
• Capitalize on low-hanging fruit to identify a
ballpark value
• Visualize customer directed convergence
Cloud-based opportunities
• Iterative approaches to corporate strategy
• Establish a management framework from
the inside
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11. Meet our team
Takuma Hayashi Mirjam Nilsson Flora Berggren Rajesh Santoshi
President Chief Executive Officer Chief Operations Officer VP Marketing
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12. Meet our extended team
Takuma Hayashi
President
Graham Barnes
VP Product
Mirjam Nilsson
Chief Executive Officer
Rowan Murphy
SEO Strategist
Flora Berggren
Chief Operations Officer
Elizabeth Moore
Product Designer
Rajesh Santoshi
VP Marketing
Robin Kline
Content Developer
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13. Group photo times
Group 1
• Guests whose last name
begins with A-H
• Photo time slot is 6pm-
6:30pm
Group 2
• Guests whose last name
begins with I-R
• Photo time slot is
6:45pm-7:15pm
Group 3
• Guests whose last name
begins with S-Z
• Photo time slot is
7:30pm-8pm
14. Closing
remarks
At Contoso, we believe in giving 110%.
By using our next-generation data
architecture, we help organizations
virtually manage agile workflows. We
thrive because of our market
knowledge and great team behind our
product. As our CEO says, "Efficiencies
will come from proactively
transforming how we do business."
