Are you ‘Nimble’?

There has been plenty of buzz in the past several years about ‘agile’ organizations. Agility usually refers to an organization’s ability to quickly adapt to change as it happens in technology, markets or even in the internal dynamics of a company. Software has been categorized as agile if it is easy to change, upgrade and improve its functionality along with these organizational shifts.

Even in agile organizations running agile software, salespeople and other employees for whom communications is key need to be ‘nimble.’ A person who is nimble is able to make rapid adjustments while remaining ‘light on their feet.’ Agility is water in a stream moving quickly around obstacles such as boulders and fallen logs. Nimbleness is a leaf floating on the water’s surface in that stream.

Why be Nimble?

The answer is straightforward actually — because you are surrounded by an agile environment. The corporate overview slides that preview any sales presentation may change frequently in an agile orgnization. New funds are raised, new customers acquired or maybe a new product line is launched. If you are a field sales rep and are not always in a position to get the lastest PowerPoint presentation from the home office, tools such as Presenternet allow you to ensure that you have the latest information at your fingertips – automatically! When corporate marketing updates the company slides, they are uploaded to Presenternet and instantly deployed to the sales force. This is the power of corporate media asset management and a key component of the Presenternet system.

One of the first steps to ensuring that you are nimble enough to maximize your performance in the field is make a list of presentation materials that might likely change on a moment’s notice and ensure that they are managed by headquarters. Then you’ll never have to wonder if your materials are up to date.