pitch presentations

An introduction to

Presenting your pitch

Before you start

Before you start

Define your purpose.Create a structure.Make a handout.

Slide Design

Do Don’tReinforce. Repeat.

Make images. Use PPT line art.

Use highres images. Use lowres images.

Make video and audio. Use PPT audio.

Make a template. Use a PPT template.

Words are images.

(And you only need six)

Activity:Mr. Bean entered the room.

Images

Then

Now

Student Engagement

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Student Engagement

Pie Charts Bar Graphs Flow Charts

Venn Diagram Cluster Map Quadrant Map

Teacher Subject

Room

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Room Subject

Teacher

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Activity:Describe the student body at your high school.

Layouts

Layouts

Divide into thirds.Use the negative.Apply hierarchy.

Activity:“In Ohio, 84.3 percent of students graduated from high school in 2010, up 1.3 percentage points from the previous year.”

Delivery

Practice your pitch.Be passionate.Start with gusto.Make eye contact.

Pitch Structure

Pitch Structure

The problem

Why it is important.

Your solution.

Why it is great. The details.

Tell a story.Elevator pitch.

Start your pitches!

Activity:Our ________ is the only ________ that __________.