How to Pitch Yourself [And Get What You Want]

How to Pitch Yourself

...and get what you want!

Getting what you want means

knowing what you want

What do you want the outcome to be?

What is your goal?Who is your audience?

STEP 1:

Crafting Your Story

The Basics

● Get to know your audience● Talk to one, not many● Use common language● Speak in the present

STEP 2:

The “Roadmap”

Start in the middleStart at the endClimax doesn’t have to be in the middle

How to be Interesting

● BE YOURSELF● Use personal stories● Show don’t tell

STEP 3:

How to make people care It’s not about you, it’s about them!

● Tell your from their perspective● Believe enthusiastically in what you’re saying● Don’t use jargon● Be different (ahem, be yourself!)

STEP 2:

PresentationDo’s and Dont’s

Do...

Look your audience in the eye

Memorize the Intro and Ending

Embody what you

want to say

Say Thank You.

Practice. Practice. Practice!

Don’t...

DON’T: Use notes or memorize

DON’T: Overcome the ‘Um’

DON’T: Be afraid to pause

Impact and meaning will be lost

DON’T: Fill time

just because you have it

How to Practice:

❏Write out what you want to say❏Make an outline❏Practice!❏Memorize key points❏Practice in front of a mirror❏Record yourself❏Practice for other people❏As for feedback

Practice Checklist

Trust yourself“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift, you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation;

but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.

That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson