Talk – How to Pitch Ideas (So People Actually…
Corporate Talk
How to Pitch Ideas (So People Actually Hear Them)
Most of us struggle to pitch our ideas at work in a way that decision makers can actually hear and fall in love with. We tend to share too much information, or the wrong information, or the right information, but in a terminally insecure sounding voice where everything you say somehow sounds like a question? And suddenly you find yourself marinating in a confused moment of silence before someone changes the subject entirely and moves to the next order of business. So much for your amazing idea making it onto the roadmap. Ugh.
Getting your ideas heard and adopted at work is essential to your ability to lead and move up the chain of command. You’ve got to be able to rally folks around your vision if you want to be an effective leader. And the good news is, it’s a completely learnable skill!
Talk Outline
This talk will focus on techniques for your staff to share their ideas with decision makers so they can see the potential your staff and their ideas bring to the table. We’ll cover:
- The 4 key principles to successfully pitching ideas
- What executives and senior managers are listening for
- How to come across as confident and credible so people will back the idea
- Demonstrations of exactly what a good pitch sounds like – and what it doesn’t sound like!
The goal of this talk is to help people learn how to pitch their ideas so they get adopted – and they get the credit for their amazing business insights!
About Holly
Holly is speaker, facilitator, consultant, and coach with expertise in leadership, career development, feminist theory, and the unique mix of issues that make it challenging for women to succeed in STEM fields.
Holly spent the first ten years of her career as a mining engineer in an industry that is only 17% female. She now coaches ambitious women that want to advance their careers and works with companies to develop programs to retain female talent.
Holly speaks regularly at organizations including EA Games, PayPal, HSBC, MDA Systems, DevOps Days Vancouver, Women in Mining BC, Disrupt HR, The BC Women in Energy Network, UBC Masters of Public Policy & Global Affairs, The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST), The Women in Leadership Foundation, and her own Women in Male-Dominated Industries.
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