Workshop: Neal Greenspan – Perfect your pitch

Neal Greenspan – Perfect your pitch

’Perfect Your Pitch’ will cover the meaning behind what a pitch actually is. It will blow away the myth that a pitch is only something those in the fields of IT and Biotech do in front of Venture Capitalists, Business Angels and banks.

Attendees will learn when they are pitching, how they pitch, the good and bad and ins and outs of what I consider a proper pitch. This translates to all attendees as member of Toastmasters since at some point, as we are all spokespeople for this organization.

If you have your own business, you will benefit by learning how to break out of the chains of today’s definition of what a pitch is has put you in. If you don’t have your own business, you will learn how important it is to hone your personal pitch in order for you to get the most out of your career.

The Perfect Your Pitch seminar will provide details on how to make your pitch clearer, more persuasive and effective. In leaving, attendees will really understand that we all pitch and will have a totally new appreciation for what pitching really means.

‘Pitching is not just for IT entrepreneurs!’

Neal Greenspan profile

I have been presenting in front of audiences and pitching in all forms as a marketing professional for more than 20 years for companies such as Verizon, American Express and now my own. In this capacity I have presented to groups ranging from just a few, to more than 1,000 people. The audiences have represented all levels of organizations from the front line customer service people, to the executive suite and CEO’s of some of the largest companies in the world.

I am the Division G Governor covering Scandinavia’s 26 clubs and around 700 members. I Was President of Malmö Toastmasters 2012-2013 and led the club to 10/10 Presidents Distinguished. Area G2 Governor, 2012-2013, Presidents Distinguished. HPL for chairing the Division G Spring Conference 2013, CC, 2012 and CL, 2013. Malmö Toastmasters member of the year, 2012-2013. I have been a Toastmaster for just over two years.

I currently run my own marketing, communications and sales consulting firm called Perfect Your Pitch. My clients include Nordic Business Forum, the premier business and networking seminar in the Nordic region.

Workshop: Barbara Hoerger & Margaret Jankowsky:  The HPL Project: “Knowledge is a treasure but practice is the key to it.” (Thomas Fuller)

Barbara Hoerger – High Performance Leadership Program

Margaret Jankowsky – High Performance Leadership Program

What does the High Performance Leadership Project (HPL) have in common with real life?

• What qualifies as a “project”?
• How do I find a team?
• How do I lead them?
• How do I deal with difficulties?
• Who should be on my guidance committee?
• How can it help me to develop, both as a Toastmaster and as a person?
• How can it help me career wise?

These are some of the issues we will be addressing during this interactive workshop. Our objective is to increase awareness of the High Performance Leadership as a leadership learning tool. After our workshop you will recognize that the steps to completing the project and the learning effect are more important than the outcome.

Come prepared to ask questions and participate in the discussion, which is ongoing on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Barbara Hoerger profile

Barbara is an American residing in Nuremberg, Germany.  She has been a Toastmaster for 10 years. After many months, 18 to be exact, of persuasive work from another Toastmaster she finally joined Toastmasters and has been hooked ever since.

She is an active member in a German, English and a bilingual advanced club. She has conducted the Youth Leadership Program twice and has mentored others in the program. She is currently working on her second High Performance Leadership Project and DTM.

Barbara has held several officer positions, including Area and Division Governor. She also had the honor to serve as District 59 Lieutenant Governor Education and was District 59 Governor 2011-2012.

She loves Toastmastering, meeting new Toastmasters and sharing moments with friends she has made along the way.

Margaret Jankowsky profile

Margaret has been a Toastmaster for over 11 years now. She is a founding member of two English speaking clubs in Nuremberg, the German speaking club and the advanced club chartered this year.

Margaret has started the program all over again and is somewhere in the middle of her second DTM – you can never get enough of a good thing!

Margaret moved to Germany 27 years ago. Since then she´s been working as a trainer and coach in the fields of intercultural communication and change management, helping to find the answer to the difficult question:

“Why do the others do things the way they do them, not the way I do them?”