How pitches work

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pitchdynamics

tension arcs

story telling

stories engagestories increase retentionstories motivate

Steve Jobs @ Stanford'just three stories'

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case & visual credits: ThreeHeadedMonkeys

tension arcs

build-up anticipationclimax conclusionrelease tension

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hinges

fix messagemove from one arc to the nextkey to keeping flow

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2 + 2 = 4

persuasive technique bottom-upfixed path via interim conclusions to main conclusion

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Writing pitches is part of a two-day workshop on Innovation Communication, which includes key communication events such as:

conducting brainstorm sessions & follow-upgiving briefingssteering project meetingspitching for resourcespersuasive Q&A sessionswriting a project plan

More information on the workshop programme

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