Creative Pitching: Nerve Bundle To Boardroom Wrecking Ball
Summary
Next time you’re nervous pitching to a client, ask yourself, “What’s my wrecking ball here?” It could be your tone, your brevity or your charisma. FACT: Most creative folk don’t get proper pitch/prezo training. They wing it. What if you could learn to tell/sell energising stories that sprinkle magic dust all over the client? Did you know this is an often-overlooked, age-old art form? Long-time SX advisor & keynote speaker Jon Burkhart has combined forces with 6x TEDx speaker Natalia Talkowska to create a program that will help you deliver & destroy in boardrooms & on stages the world over.
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Contributors
- Natalia Talkowska
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