How to give the perfect pitch - with TedX speech coach David Beckett - Young Creators Summit 2016

At the Young Creators Summit 2016 in Amsterdam, David Beckett talks about how to give the perfect pitch. And if you want your ideas to change lives, you need to make sure that they are heard.

As an experienced pitch and TedX speech coach, David shares his insights on how to pitch and get your ideas heard. According to four principles, his 'Open, three, close' Model and The Pitch Canvas, he explains how to get your audience to engage with your story.

Have you ever heard of the crocodile brain? How many words do you think fit into a 3 minute pitch?

Watch this video and know how to build your pitch, step by step.

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[sunilprasadk]

The day before pitch model conference in my college, I watched this video and then I created my powerpoint slides. I actually worked, I got appreciation. So, keep in mind that "Simplicity, Clarity and Focus"... This video is so helpful. You can invest your time to watch this video.

[Patty_k]

Watching this 6years later. Good stuff👏

[abbashaidari]

Why is the auditorium empty...?? This guy is so awesome.. the knowledge he's giving is gold..

[MB]

Possibly the single most helpful, concise, easy to understand, and practical/realistic guide to pitching and organizing one's ideas out of all the YouTube videos and instructions on this realm. Well done! Love it. Helps a lot!!!

[MySpace-Vince]

The best video I've come across that teaches pitching in such an understandable way.
Clear and simple.

[abutucollins]

This is food for thought. Thank you so much David Beckett.

[paulinewachira]

I'm in the middle of preparing myself to pitch a moneymaking idea that I would like my friends to invest in. This video is really helpful. Thanks David for sharing

[VeintiunoDiez]

This is one of the best videos I have seen on pitching an idea, the clarity, the value and the practicality are unique. Well 28:08 minutes invested. 🔥

[maciejnejman]

I really recommend to watch it from start to the very end. A fantastic way presenting ideas of how the good pitch should look like.
Greetings from Poland.

[JohnPatrick-mylifecademy]

Came here for the knowledge and joined up for the pitch canvas...bravo

[neutrallane]

I am preparing for a pitch. This is Gold

[soniaassomull]

Brilliant - impactful, entertaining, intelligent and concise - thank you very much David Beckett!!

[antextra]

One of the BEST videos I've seen on the topic of startup pitches!
Thank you amazing stuff!
Wow! Gonna give this a bunch more watches to nail it all down!

[kaleabwoldemariam]

David Beckett, Excellent presentation, or shall I say training. Appreciated!

[susrut]

This is so freaking awesome. Exactly what I was looking for. Guess how many people would have been helped by this content. Thank you so much.

[kabalisaulu]

Best video with examples on why and how to give the perfect pitch.

[divyamarkande]

Best teaching I’ve ever seen and experienced!

[marymariahoyier]

7 years old post yet very very informative 🙏🙌

[luisvaleriuspasasa]

This is such an amazing content. He can compress years of training into 28 minutes materials, gonna implement this for sure in my future work.

[petermugagga]

I have my first pitch (at 50 years), and I have leant a lot from here