TCD STAFF ONLY

Pitch to Win:

• Basic ingredients of any pitch: know your audience,know your facts, tell a good story about yourself AND your potential “customers”.
  
• What specific information are investors looking for? (Market fit, legal, team, etc)
• How to grab attention and make your message memorable.
• How to talk about something that doesn’t exist yet in a way that makes it feel real.
• Practise elements of your pitch, with feedback from tutor and peers.

Learning Outcome

• Focus on what your audience needs. Understand the power of story
• How to use what’s “front of mind” to hold your audience’s attention.
• Learn the strengths and weaknesses of your current pitch style.

Delivered by Steve Rawling, International author, BBC Academy Trainer and former BBC journalist who helps people come up with new ideas and tell brilliant stories about their work.

Notes

Cancellation Charge: There is no cost for staff attending our courses, but your department will be liable for a charge of €150 if you fail to show without 48 hours prior cancellation by email to staffdev@tcd.ie.

Approval for Attendance: Please note that your manager needs to be aware of any planned absence from your area, please discuss with your manager/head of school in advance of booking.

Food Requirements: We offer a light lunch on our full day courses which consists of sandwiches, wraps, tea /coffee. We endeavour to accommodate allergies including coeliac; shellfish/nut allergies; and vegan/vegetarian staff (Please notify us in advance). However we rely on the capacity of providers in this regard. Participants are encouraged to make their own arrangements where this better meets their requirements. For half day courses we offer tea/coffee biscuits.