Pitching Skills We Can Learn from Gymnastics
Gymnastics is not solely about learning split leaps, jumps, and handstands. It’s about harnessing an individual’s physical strength, agility, and determination to execute astounding…
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5 Pitch Speaking Tips from Winston Churchill
One of the most effective speakers we can learn from is Winston Churchill. In fact, both advertising agency gurus and pitch experts have cited…
4 Tips on Speaking like a Professional Pitch Deck Presenter
A well-crafted and rehearsed speech is crucial for an effective professional pitch deck presenter. Once you’ve made your deck, sync up your words with…
Paul Boross: The 7 Secrets of a Successful Business Pitch
Competition exists in every business. It’s what drives them to introduce new and original ideas that stand out from those of other companies. To…
Alan Monroe’s Motivational Sequence in Sales Pitches
Monroe’s motivational sequence is a powerful speech writing technique based on the power of persuasion and developed in the 1930s by Alan Monroe, a…
4 Components for Planning Speeches Like Pitch Experts
According to communicologist Eugene White (1960), there are four interrelated components for presentations: speaker, speech, audience, and occasion. These help pitch experts plan their…
How to Use Body Language Like a Pitch Expert
People communicate not only with words but with small actions like smiling, raising eyebrows, hand gestures, and other non-verbal cues. Words aren’t enough to…
Canons of Rhetoric: Applying Arrangement to Pitch Decks
We’ve discussed the canons of rhetoric and examined invention’s importance in public speaking. This post focuses on the second canon—arrangement. In Classical Roman oration,…
