Description:

If you want to nail your high-stakes pitch, you need to be able to deliver a crisp, compelling message with confidence. No rambling. No confusion or glazed eyeballs from your audience.

For most of us, this is easier said than done! Which is what this pitch-skills workshop is all about. In this 90-minute session, we’ll leverage the same improv tools Melissa use's to transform how team leaders at Facebook build and use their influence to uplevel your pitching skills and confidence. She will teach you how to simplify complex messages, engage and get buy-in from different types of audiences, shape your message with empathy, and use storytelling techniques to draw people in. While you shouldn’t expect to leave with a “ready for prime time” pitch, this workshop will help you refine your pitch.

Takeaways:

You will learn to:

Shape your message with empathy to get buy-in from different types of people
Distill down your message to its most essential elements to engage curiosity
Employ storytelling techniques to engage interest and show your audience what’s in it for them

Audience:

This workshop is designed for community members who want to elevate their pitching skills and communicate more effectively in high-stakes situations. Whether you're a team leader, entrepreneur, or professional looking to make a stronger impact, this session offers valuable tools and techniques to refine your message. Participants will benefit from the same improv-based methods used by leaders at top tech companies to enhance their influence and engagement. Ideal for those who need to simplify complex ideas, connect with diverse audiences, and use storytelling to captivate and persuade.

Bio:

Melissa Dinwiddie is a Creativity & Communications Consultant who works with leaders and teams who are struggling to collaborate, or sell ideas or products. She helps them create cultures of innovation, which starts by helping them connect and communicate better, all using her signature F.U.N. Method™. She draws on her 27 years of creative expertise, including her background as a professional artist and trained improviser and jazz singer, to design interactive, playful programs that attendees rave about because they acquire new skills and behaviors and build connections while having a blast. She’s had the pleasure of transforming teams at organizations such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Stanford Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Intuit, Salesforce, and more.

Melissa is author of The Creative Sandbox Way™, an acclaimed book on creativity that has been called "essential for the bookshelf," "the owner's guide for the caring and feeding of the creative spirit," and "an adventure packaged as a book." Melissa holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley, a Masters in Social Science from the University of Birmingham, England, and multiple certifications in LEGO® Serious Play®. She lives in Silicon Valley with her husband and their two rambunctious cats.

POWER UP YOUR PITCH: Pitch Skills & Techniques Workshop

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