4 Tips for IT Managers to Convince Their CIOs
Short Presentation and Thorough Knowledge
After all the hard work you put in for preparing those presentations, the bottom line is the larger the company, the less time the CIO has for you. So the IT managers strongly advice to keep the presentation short and crisp.
One manager recommended summarizing an equipment or project request on one sheet of paper. The manager also suggested arriving at the meeting with a presentation that can be delivered within five minutes.
Some at the roundtable said CIOs may sometimes ask questions "out of left field" about the project. The reason, suggested one, is "they're seeing whether this project is something you're willing to fight for."
