START SMART Workshop: Pitch Training

START SMART Workshop: Pitch Training
Thursday, June 13th (9:00 AM - 12:30 PM with one break)
Startblock B2, Cottbus
FREE 
Registration: HERE

This workshop is part of START SMART - Summer School for Entrepreneurs, an innovative event, aimed at empowering entrepreneurs with the knowledge and tools to bring their startup ideas to life. The Summer School offers a series of workshops, lectures, and networking opportunities designed to blend practical skills with theoretical knowledge.

Overview

Dive into the essentials of crafting and delivering powerful pitches in this interactive workshop. Designed to enhance your presentation skills, this session focuses on enabling participants to communicate their business or startup ideas effectively and confidently. Through structured exercises in two main blocks, you'll work on your projects, receiving expert feedback to refine your approach. Whether you're seeking to impress potential investors or looking to captivate your audience, this workshop is the key to unlocking the support your business vision needs.

What to Expect  

• Core Identification: Start by identifying the core of your story, essential for any successful pitch, whether it's for a fairy tale, a blockbuster, or your startup.
• Story Development: Transform this core into an engaging, sustainable narrative that forms the backbone of your presentation.
• Framework Creation: Learn how to construct a compelling presentation framework, then animate it with text, creating a story arc filled with suspense, drama, and magnetism.
• Presentation Practice: Engage in practice sessions to test and refine your pitch, utilizing the feedback from experts and peers to polish your delivery.

Workshop Goals 

By the conclusion of this workshop, you will have crafted a persuasive pitch for your startup project, equipped with strategies to enhance how you and your ideas are perceived by others. The interactive format ensures you'll gain practical experience in presenting your ideas in a supportive environment, leaving with increased confidence in your pitching abilities and valuable insights on how to make your startup idea resonate with potential supporters.

Who should attend? 

Would you like to find out how you can convince potential investors, co-founders, your friends or other supporters of your start-up idea and yourself? Then join this pitching workshop!

Facilitator: Frank Foelsch (Tom Spike GmbH)

Registration

The number of participants for this workshop is limited to 10 in order to ensure a personalized learning experience. Please do register here in advance in order to secure your spot for this workshop or any part of the START SMART event. In case of any changes to your registration, kindly inform us at least one week prior. This allows waitlisted individuals the opportunity to participate and ensures that no spot remains unclaimed.

You can also register here for each individual START SMART event or any individual program point of your interest.

Additional Information 

• Food and Beverages: Please note that there will be no catering services available on site. 
• The workshop starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m. There will be 30-minute break in between.