Morrison US entered
the Water Dragons’ den
– and came out a winner
SBWWI’s Water Dragons
scheme promotes innovation
and best practice. Morrison US,
a Water Dragon winner, will be
sharing its experience at IWEX
I
nspired by the BBC’s Dragons’ Den
programme, companies are invited to submit
entries for consideration to the SBWWI
secretariat. All entries will be passed to a judging
panel comprising management committee
members and invited industry guests. The
judges identify the best eight entries and ask
these companies to make a presentation in
front of the Water Dragons’ panel of four or five
high-level water company executives. a sound financial business case, what benefits it explains: “On the day, we set up a room to
Companies who are successful in reaching will bring to the company/personnel, ease of resemble the Dragons’ Den, produce some
the final eight will be provided with use and implementation and what’s different) wads of fake cash and have presentation
explanatory literature to ensure that they are to ensure that they come prepared with the materials available for all presenters. The
fully aware of what the Water Dragons are necessary facts and figures on the day. ‘dragons’ are not informed of any of the
looking for from their presentation (for instance Carol Hickman, Executive Director of SBWWI upcoming presentations, so they see these
completely ‘cold’.”
She continues: “Presenters are invited to
arrive three-quarters of an hour before their
presentation, with all supporting slides already
loaded up on to our laptop (which is set up in
the presentation room) and any display
equipment ready to use. Slides must not include
lines of explanatory text. They can include
supporting information, such as calculations,
sets of figures, maybe a video if the equipment
is too large, but it is expected that the verbal
presentation should include the actual detail.”
The dragons are provided with a scoring
The Through Bore Hydrant that won the award for Tony Hanks, from Morrison Utility Services,
sheet with a comments section, and after a
Morrison Utility Services presents last year’s winning entry for innovation ten-minute presentation (maximum allowed)
the presenters will face the dragons’ questions.
At the end of the day the scoring sheets will be
evaluated with the Water Dragons and scores
collated. A winner will then be identified from
the cumulative scoring.
Two winners will be chosen: Overall Winner
SUPPLEMENT
for Best Innovation and Winner for the Best
Presentation. The winners will be announced
and awards presented at the SBWWI Annual
Lunch, which usually takes place around two to
three weeks after the Water Dragons event.
Tony Hanks, of Morrison Utility Services, the
NEWS AND WWT
2009 winner of the Best Innovation award, is
making a presentation at the IWEX seminar
this year. He will address delegates at 10.15am
on April 22 in the IWEX seminar theatre.
The team from Enterprise presents the Quick Release Clamp Barrier, which won the award for best
14 A WET presentation in the 2009 Water Dragons challenge Visit www.iwex.co.uk for more information
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