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Learn How to Structure & Deliver a Killer Pitch to Any Audience for Any Purpose
Pitching skills will make or break your career or startup. Being able to tell your story & be persuasive in a clear way that will hold your audience captive is an absolute survival skill in business, whether you're pitching ideas, products, your company, or yourself. Why, then, do most pitches fall flat? They fail to engage the audience emotionally & be utterly irresistible when answering the audience's all-important question of what's in it for me?
What you need to do is structure & deliver your story in a very simple, straightforward way that reels people in, makes them care deeply about your topic, & gets themcravingto hear what you're offering. This applies to any delivery method - when writing, speaking one-on-one, or presenting to a group.
Come join us during this fun, hands-on workshop to learn the secrets to a compelling pitch, apply them to your own existing pitch, & practice your new skills. Use these principles & tips on pitches of any length & to any audience, whether it be customers, partners, employees, employers, the media or others. Developed at Stanford University & shared with audiences worldwide, this popular workshop will help you stand out with a solid, provocative pitch.
Find out why most pitches fail & what traps they fall into, so you can avoid them
Learn a new way to think about what a pitch really is & how that will ensure success with your audience
Examine how to structure a compelling message that will keep your audience hanging on your every word as you make your case
Dissect examples of actual, excellent pitches & presentations to see what makes them so powerful
Rework your own pitch or story & practice it with others to get real-time feedback
Discover how to WOW your audience with visuals & other sensory elements that will help you persuade your audience to act
Prototype a new version of your pitch slides & other presentation elements & test them with other participants for feedback
Learn highly effective delivery techniques tailored to you & your personality that will dazzle your audience, regardless of how comfortable you are with public speaking
Get loads of specific, practical tips you can apply immediately
Get real-time, individualized presentation delivery feedback from a professional coach
During this lively,interactiveworkshop with more doing than listening, you'll transform your pitching & presenting abilities. You will learn how to craft a killer pitch & willwalk out with a vastly improved version of your current story & delivery style. You'll be so excited about your new pitch that you'll be biting at the bit to try it out.We'll leave you with an entirely fresh take on how to persuade audiences to actively listen to & embrace your story in a way that compels them to act.
Arrive with a pitch in mind that you'd like to work on, or we'll help you come up with one to use during class.
Topics & Activities
Throughout the workshop, we'll watch & analyze videos of hilariously bad & inspiringly good pitches, talk & ideate, have various working sessions, do lots of practicing, enjoy a lot of laughs & shared experiences, & have fun improving our pitching skills. We'll cover these topics, give you lots of time to apply them to your own pitch, & offer you expert feedback in real-time:
Pitching & presenting pitfalls to avoid
The Why/What/How Message Framework that reels your audience in & has them begging to hear about your offering before you've even mentioned it
Techniques for developing hooks that grab your audience's attention within the first few seconds of your pitch & continuously reel them in as you tell your story
Methods of incorporating jaw-dropping visuals, demos, props & other sensory experiences into any presentation that will make it incredibly effective & memorable
Presentation delivery techniques that will enable you to connect with & have a powerful, persuasive impact on your audience
Working sessions in which you apply all of these techniques & tools to your own pitch or presentation
Numerous practice sessions in which you deliver portions of your pitch to a practice audience & receive encouraging feedback on how to make it even better
Based on tools from the groundbreakingApollo Method for Market Dominance, this fun, entertaining yet practical workshop will leave you inspired & with an actionable plan you can start implementing immediately.
Logistics
Hydration: Please bring a water bottle for your personal use throughout the day.
Food & Beverage: We will provide coffee, hot tea, & light snacks in the morning. We will provide a boxed lunch & work straight through. If you have special dietary restrictions/allergies, please consider bringing a lunch.
Attire: Dress comfortably - this is a very fun & lively, interactive session that will have you up on your feet & moving around a bit.
Notes: Please bring pen & paper for note taking.
Parking & Transportation
The Embarcadero Center is in the downtown San Francisco Financial District.
Please consider taking public transit.
The BART Embarcadero Station is a five-minute walk from the workshop location.
For Peninsula residents taking Caltrain, consider transferring to BART in Millbrae (very short walk between stations)
If you drive, get all-day parking in a garage. Meters on the street have very restricted durations & will not suffice for this event.
The Embarcadero Center Early Bird parking flat rate is $20 if you arrive before 9:00 am.
There are additional parking garages in the area, often with a similar Early Bird arrival time & rate. This site & others will show you available garages in the area, though you don't necessarily need to pay & book in advance. An Early Bird arrival will usually result in available space.
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