Coaching Session with Dr. John Bandler for the Big Ideas Pitch Week
Ever suffered from those pesky butterflies before appearing on a stage, or showing up at an unfamiliar event or location? More simply, have you ever had butterflies? No? Then perhaps you’ve never taken a risk. Reasons for your butterflies include fear of failure, and your conviction that there’s no second chance at a first impression.
As a writer and director of plays as well as a professor and entrepreneur—with experience both in commercial exhibition booths and in mentoring candidates for Three Minute Thesis competitions, Dr. John Bandler elaborates on effective presentations and pitches: embracing your audience’s needs; gaining trust, those crucial first few seconds, and more. He will discuss story, subtext, articulation, theatricality, etiquette, being remembered, ethics, authenticity, admitting setbacks, and how to identify and avoid possible traps and pitfalls.
In preparation for the upcoming Big Ideas Pitch Week, we encourage faculty and students who have registered their pitch to attend one of Dr. Bandler's workshops being held on Thursday, September 20th and Monday, September 24th.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please register by Tuesday, September 18 2018.
Pitch Week Website: Click Here
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