Tj Walker
How to Deliver an Elevator Pitch
You can communicate one good idea and give someone a reason to want to take a meeting with you in le
Self paced
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Imagine delivering an elevator pitch to an executive who holds the future to your dreams, and the person says "sounds interesting, please call my office and schedule a meeting. I'd like to talk to you in more depth about this idea." Wouldn't it be great to know that you can entice anyone into wanting a meeting with you after just a 30 second conversation?
In this How to Deliver an Elevator Pitch course you will learn the following:
*How to craft a tight, focused elevator pitch
*How to rehearse on video
*How to appear confident and relaxed
*How to make sure your message in interesting and memorable
This course is delivered primarily through spoken lecture. Because the skill you are learning is speaking related, it only makes sense that you learn through speaking.
The skill you will learn in this class is not primarily theoretical or academic. It is a skill that requires physical habits. That is why you will be asked to take part in numerous exercises where you record yourself speaking on video, and then watching yourself. Learning presentation skills is like learning how to ride a bicycle. You simply have to do it numerous times and work past the wobbling and falling off parts until you get it right.
What are the requirements?
- Students will need to record themselves speaking using a cellphone camera or webcam
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 14 lectures and 4 hours of content!
- Deliver an effective elevator pitch
- Rehearse efficiently using video
- Create hooks for any pitch
- Avoid common blunders in most elevator pitches
What is the target audience?
- Entrepreneurs
- Job seekers
- Executives
Language of instruction: English
- How to rehearse on video
- How to appear confident and relaxed
- How to make sure your message in interesting and memorable
TJ Walker Media Training Bio
TJ Walker is the founder of Media Training Worldwide and has been conducting media training workshops and seminars since 1984. Walker has trained Presidents of countries, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Super Bowl winners, U.S. Senators, Miss Universes and Members of Parliament.
His book, "Secret to Foolproof Presentations" was a USA Today #1 Bestseller, as well as a Wall Street Journal, and Business Week Bestseller. Walker is a also a regular contributor to Forbes and the Reuters Insider Network and has written for the Huffington Post. A frequent network news communications analyst, Walker has made more than 1000 network TV and radio appearances on CBS, ABC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, NBC, CCTV, Fox Business, Russia Today, HLN, TrueTV, Comedy Central, Sirius and NPR. In 2009, Walker entered the Guinness Book Of World Records for most talk show appearances ever in a 24 hour period.
Walker is also the author of "Media Training A-Z" and "Media Training Success." Walker is also the producer/host of The TJ Walker News and Comment Channel on YouTube which has thousands of subscribers and millions of views.
Walker was a merit scholar at Duke University where he graduated magna cum laude. He has lectured or conducted trainings at Yale University, Columbia University and Princeton University.
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