http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog You may be good, but could you be better? Let's discuss... Mon, 20 May 2013 05:39:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-614 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » The power of words Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:19:37 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=139#comment-614 [...] the greatest pitch of the last ten years was that of the London 2005 bid team. (London 2012. A triumph of emotion ) In making the emotional connection with the voting IOC members it used every weapon in the [...] [...] the greatest pitch of the last ten years was that of the London 2005 bid team. (London 2012. A triumph of emotion ) In making the emotional connection with the voting IOC members it used every weapon in the [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=4128&cpage=1#comment-258 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » THE PITCH was not awesome. Sun, 20 May 2012 22:00:45 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=4128#comment-258 [...] The ‘creative process’ got the usual brainstorming treatment, walls festooned with notes, lots of off the wall ideas and noisy group think .The reality is most campaign ideas are the product of the reflective time of individuals sitting quietly in an office. This  does not make entertaining television.  ( Susan Cain in Quiet “ The best ideas tend to come from individuals- often the introvert- working in solitude, a crucial ingredient of creativity.”  A quiet pitch… [...] [...] The ‘creative process’ got the usual brainstorming treatment, walls festooned with notes, lots of off the wall ideas and noisy group think .The reality is most campaign ideas are the product of the reflective time of individuals sitting quietly in an office. This  does not make entertaining television.  ( Susan Cain in Quiet “ The best ideas tend to come from individuals- often the introvert- working in solitude, a crucial ingredient of creativity.”  A quiet pitch… [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3622&cpage=1#comment-89 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » Frost versus Nixon. The ultimate Q&A? Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:36:35 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3622#comment-89 [...]  Nixon was also ferociously well prepared, relying on memory allied to a formidable lawer’s brain.  For someone who had suffered  for his lack of telegenic appeal, notably in the Kennedy debate, he handled himself well. Good eye contact and body language, he answered the question as asked and if he did deviate he acknowledged this. The coherence of his replies, as he skirted the very large ditch, was impressive. (Compare the way Murdoch et al skirted their particular ditch! Questions and ‘appropriate’ answers!) [...] [...]  Nixon was also ferociously well prepared, relying on memory allied to a formidable lawer’s brain.  For someone who had suffered  for his lack of telegenic appeal, notably in the Kennedy debate, he handled himself well. Good eye contact and body language, he answered the question as asked and if he did deviate he acknowledged this. The coherence of his replies, as he skirted the very large ditch, was impressive. (Compare the way Murdoch et al skirted their particular ditch! Questions and ‘appropriate’ answers!) [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3566&cpage=1#comment-85 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » Who is swaggering now? Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:10:01 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3566#comment-85 [...] Only two weeks ago Ed Milliband’s body language was so poor that he seemed doomed to be one of those unfortunate politicians who must regret, as Nixon did, that radio is no longer the medium of voting influence. Body language fit for television? Or radio only? [...] [...] Only two weeks ago Ed Milliband’s body language was so poor that he seemed doomed to be one of those unfortunate politicians who must regret, as Nixon did, that radio is no longer the medium of voting influence. Body language fit for television? Or radio only? [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-82 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » Olympic pledge “a sales pitch” Tue, 24 May 2011 12:08:47 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=139#comment-82 [...]  A reminder of that bid winning pitch that now seems so long ago:   London 2012. A triumph of emotion. [...] [...]  A reminder of that bid winning pitch that now seems so long ago:   London 2012. A triumph of emotion. [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3357&cpage=1#comment-81 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » Prince Harry needs a good start. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:05:42 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3357#comment-81 [...] Prince would do well to listen to Caroline and also check out two recent posts,  The start!  and  Pause for [...] [...] Prince would do well to listen to Caroline and also check out two recent posts,  The start!  and  Pause for [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=2688&cpage=1#comment-80 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » Pause for effect. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:51:40 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=2688#comment-80 [...] is something of a hobby horse and covered in earlier posts: The King’s Speech. Some pitch!  Churchill 1, Obama 0. Next time imagine your hidden prompter and        pause      for dramatic [...] [...] is something of a hobby horse and covered in earlier posts: The King’s Speech. Some pitch!  Churchill 1, Obama 0. Next time imagine your hidden prompter and        pause      for dramatic [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?page_id=144&cpage=1#comment-77 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » If Demosthenes practised, shouldn’t you? Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:02:52 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?page_id=144#comment-77 [...] Whilst oratory and business pitches are very different both aim to persuade and the structure tricks of the ancients still work today. The classical tricolon,  sentences in three equal parts, is the precursor to the ‘rule of three’,  accepted by many as one of the easiest and most effective ways of organising  content effectively  in any pitch. See  Content and Staging [...] [...] Whilst oratory and business pitches are very different both aim to persuade and the structure tricks of the ancients still work today. The classical tricolon,  sentences in three equal parts, is the precursor to the ‘rule of three’,  accepted by many as one of the easiest and most effective ways of organising  content effectively  in any pitch. See  Content and Staging [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3195&cpage=1#comment-76 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » PAUSE………………….for effect Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:00:25 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=3195#comment-76 [...] pause is something of a hobby horse and covered in earlier posts: The King’s Speech. Some pitch!  Churchill 1, Obama 0. Next time imagine your hidden prompter and        pause      [...] [...] pause is something of a hobby horse and covered in earlier posts: The King’s Speech. Some pitch!  Churchill 1, Obama 0. Next time imagine your hidden prompter and        pause      [...]

]]> http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-49 Pitch Coach » Blog Archive » PITCHCOACH READERS AWARDS 2009 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:50:34 +0000 http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?p=139#comment-49 [...] Arguably, the pitch of the decade was London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympics. It was glorious, it was theatre at its most compelling, it had the whole country on the edge of its TV sofas. It was, as Seb Coe said, about making the emotional connection.London 2012. A triumph of emotion. [...] [...] Arguably, the pitch of the decade was London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympics. It was glorious, it was theatre at its most compelling, it had the whole country on the edge of its TV sofas. It was, as Seb Coe said, about making the emotional connection.London 2012. A triumph of emotion. [...]

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