Pitching Your Big Idea

by | Sep 4, 2012 | Career Development, Coaching Advice, Leadership

To get support for your big idea, you have to become adept at pitching every idea. Good leaders know how to pitch. They do it naturally and easily. But this isn’t a skill anyone’s really born with, it takes some personal development. Why invest in becoming good at pitching?

You gain more influence. You get better results. You become known for your ideas (even when they get shot down once in a while.)

Watch this short video for my pitch on why your pitch is worth an investment.

Learn the art of the good pitch. Sign up for this complimentary webinar to learn the biggest mistakes we all make and a simple format for putting your strongest pitches together. Submit in advance to get your idea reviewed on the webinar.

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Dana Theus

Dana Theus

Dana Theus is an executive coach specializing in helping you activate your highest potential to succeed and to shine. With her support emerging and established leaders, especially women, take powerful, high-road shortcuts to developing their authentic leadership style and discovering new levels of confidence and impact. Dana has worked for Fortune 50 companies, entrepreneurial tech startups, government and military agencies and non-profits and she has taught graduate-level courses for several Universities. learn more
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