Pitch Clinic
Deliver a winning pitch every time. Learn to pitch with confidence, clarity and poise. Most importantly, get the results you want.
"Get your win today."
THIS COURSE INCLUDES:
12 BITE-SIZED VIDEOS WITH ACTIONABLE LEARNING TAKEAWAYS
ACCESS ON MOBILE, TABLET & WEB
DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
PROFESSIONALLY FILMED AND SCRIPTED VIDEOS
CONTENT DELIVERED BY OUR EXPERT INSTRUCTORS
Course content
Preparation
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Preparation
Preparation is the key to a perfect pitch. Here's a checklist that explains the things you should be thinking about...
Visual Aids
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Visual Aids
Early in any pitch preparation a decision must be taken over whether slides or a pitch book will be used. There are a number of benefits to using something the audience can see, and some caveats...
Practice
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Practice
Doing something a second time is always easier and a third time easier still. Despite knowing this, people rarely practice enough, which is a mistake...
On the Day
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On the Day
Here's a checklist of things to do on the day of the pitch...
Asking Questions and Listening
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Asking Questions and Listening
The worst pitches are when one person speaks and the audience merely listen. The best are when a conversation takes place with all those in the room...
Physical Choices
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Physical Choices
The way we look can project many different messages to our audience. Here are some tips to ensure your physicality is right...
Vocal Choices
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Vocal Choices
When making a pitch, the vocal objective is to be both clear and interesting...
Closing
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Closing
It’s easy and logical to close a pitch when the end has been reached, but look for signals from the audience. If the audience is no longer listening, then continuing may do more harm than good...
Notes
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Notes
Notes should be taken during the pitch, but probably not by you. So have someone else there whose job it is to take notes...
The Post Mortem
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The Post Mortem
Post-pitch analysis is an important part of the pitching process and both positive and negatives aspects should be reviewed, to better inform future pitches.
Actions
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Actions
This video contains some day-to-day, effective ways you can develop your Pitching skills.
Learning outcomes
- What to do before, during and after
- How to create the perfect pitch
- What your audience really wants
- Making sure they get your message
Pitch Clinic
Chris Grimes
Trainer and Coach
Chris has been coaching in the corporate arena – across all levels of seniority, with individuals, teams and with large audiences – for the last 20 years. As a trained actor, teacher and comedy improvisation performer, Chris draws on all 3 of his performance disciplines to inform his engaging, innovative and powerful approach.
Henry Caplan
Trainer and Coach
Henry is a TAI Certified coach and has a long record of success working with C-suite leaders from Fortune 500 companies. He has designed and developed courses in leading with impact and presence, inspiring and motivating, and leadership and personal brand deployed globally.
Jay Rhoderick
Trainer and Coach
A veteran of two decades developing professionals in business, education, and the arts, Jay specializes in team alignment, helping bridge communication between groups’ disparate areas of expertise, and in developing confident and flexible leaders.
Jennifer Logue
Trainer and Coach
Jennifer is not just the Head of Working Voices America, she’s also one of our most successful and popular trainers. During her 12 years at Working Voices Jennifer has pioneered our women’s leadership courses, as well as developing and delivering global programs for some of the world’s largest institutions.
Paul Hill
Trainer and Coach
Paul has 16-years’ training and coaching experience for Working Voices at all levels within global businesses. He’s a sought-after voice skills coach, and the leader of our writing-course team. He’s also a trained actor which has proved invaluable in our wide variety of presentation skills courses.
Sara Hollamby
Trainer and Coach
Sara is Working Voices’ key deliverer of image management and media skills related executive coaching, and, during her 14 years with the company, she has also delivered global programmes for some of the world’s largest banking and financial institutions.
Tom Cassidy
Trainer and Coach
Tom has an MSc in Psychological Coaching and a BSc in Psychology; his approach as a trainer, a coach, and a thought leader is informed by science and the latest L&D developments. He is a skilled Executive Coach and provides supportive yet challenging coaching.
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