Perfect Your Pitch for Fun & Impact, with Linda Plano, PhD (2020)
Hosted by BU Technology Development
Communicating with your colleagues about your research is second nature: efficient, productive and collaborative. Communicating with people who do not share your background or about non-technical issues can be slow and even frustrating. It doesn’t have to be that way!
Join communication coach Linda Plano for an interactive seminar to learn and practice simple but effective techniques for translating your ideas into a compelling, authentic pitch that wins over your audience, whether you are talking with your department chair, potential sponsors, investors, grant managers, and others.
Participants are encouraged to bring a draft one-minute elevator pitch to receive live coaching.
All participants will learn:
- 1 useful communications mindset
- 3 parts to every pitch
- 4 types of pitches
- 10 questions every pitch should answer
These tools will help faculty to create targeted communications that engage their audience and achieve their goals while maintaining their integrity and vision.
Linda Plano, PhD, has been coaching entrepreneurs on their pitches and value propositions since 2005. She founded Plano & Simple in 2010 in order to focus exclusively on coaching, training and mentoring.
Linda has worked with nearly 600 entrepreneurs, who founded startups in life sciences, cleantech, high tech, and web-based applications. They have gone on to raise well over $250M.
Linda is based in Boston, but provides services to international clients via both online and in-person services for individuals and organizations.
Prior to 2005, Linda held positions in startup companies including research scientist and CEO, as well as management positions up to Vice President for New Business Development in more established companies. She earned a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Physics from MIT.