how to pitch yourself [and get what you want]

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How to Pitch Yourself ...and get what you want!

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How to Pitch Yourself

...and get what you want!

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Getting what you want means

knowing what you want

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What do you want the outcome to be?

What is your goal?Who is your audience?

STEP 1:

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Crafting Your Story

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The Basics

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

STEP 2:

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The “Roadmap”

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

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How to be Interesting

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

STEP 3:

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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:

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PresentationDo’s and Dont’s

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Do...

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Look your audience in the eye

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Memorize the Intro and Ending

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Embody what you

want to say

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Say Thank You.

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Practice. Practice. Practice!

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Don’t...

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DON’T: Use notes or memorize

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DON’T: Overcome the ‘Um’

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DON’T: Be afraid to pause

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Impact and meaning will be lost

DON’T: Fill time

just because you have it

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How to Practice:

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❏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

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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