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The Elevator Pitch: Advocating for Your Good Ideas (e-Learning Module)
Summary
Get guidelines for preparing and delivering brief, effective pitches, anytime and anyplace, to a wide variety of decision makers.
Description
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As engineering professionals, graduates will be expected to present solutions to engineering problems and related opportunities in a clear and time efficient manner.
The module “The Elevator Pitch: Advocating for Your Good Ideas” introduces students to the essential skill of advocating for themselves, their product, or their solution to various individuals. The module provides guidelines for preparing and delivering brief, effective pitches, anytime and anyplace, to a wide variety of decision makers.
The module is divided into four lessons:
1. Stakeholders and Their Needs
2. Criteria That Yield a Successful Pitch
3. Outline a Process for Developing Elevator Pitches
4. Persisting Through Failure
Curiosity
- Explore a contrarian view of accepted solution
Connections
- Integrate information from many sources to gain insight
Creating Value
- Identify unexpected opportunities to create extraordinary value
- Persist through and learn from failure
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