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Elevator Pitch Coaching

Help Urban Boatbuilders, Inc. win over new donors and supporters with a refined 60-second pitch that covers the essential information about their work and includes a request for support.
Urban Boatbuilders, Inc.
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Urban Boatbuilders, Inc.
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Saint Paul, MN, USA

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Posted June 20th

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Elevator Pitch Coaching

Project details

What we need
  • Document outlining feedback on pitch delivery with suggested next steps and/or resources
  • A script for a 1-minute verbal pitch that communicates your Organization's mission, work, and why people should care
What we have in place
  • We currently have boilerplate language and program descriptions, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $2,397 , allowing us to invest more in our life-changing youth programs.

Urban Boatbuilders attends numerous outreach events throughout the summer and fall months. The events are staffed by youth, volunteers, board members, and paid staff. It would be incredibly helpful to have a common elevator pitch for everyone to use.

Project plan

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Prep: Initial Assessment & Goal Setting
  • Volunteer Manager provides the Professional with information about the goals of your pitch and target audience
  • If applicable, the Volunteer Manager shares existing version(s) of Organization’s pitch
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager decide on specific areas to focus on and goals for coaching sessions
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Milestone 1: Brainstorm & Coaching Plan Draft
  • Professional shares first draft of elevator pitch with Volunteer Manager
  • Volunteer Manager gives feedback with comments and questions, with focus on target audience and goals of ask
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager agree on/set dates for coaching sessions, as well as any preparatory work required
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Milestone 2: Coaching Session
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager connect up to 3 times to practice and tailor presentation for a specific audience
  • Professional begins to draft a document with feedback and next steps for the Volunteer Manager
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Milestone 3: Wrap-up Session
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager meet for a wrap-up session to review the final pitch
  • Professional presents a written document with pitch feedback that can be shared with other team members moving forward
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About the org

Urban Boatbuilders, Inc.
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Michael W
Michael W.

Community Engagement Director

Our mission

It is the mission of Urban Boatbuilders to empower youth to succeed in work and life through woodworking and experiential learning.

What we do

In 1995 a small group of community leaders saw an increased lack of opportunities for youth to learn and develop through hands-on activities, and thus formed the nonprofit Urban Boatbuilders. Since that time, this lack of hands-on opportunities has increased, along with youth unemployment rates and an increased emphasis on standardized testing in schools. Urban Boatbuilders seeks to address the gap this creates for youth to gain technical, social, and emotional skills that will prepare them to pursue their academic and vocational goals. Since Urban Boatbuilders was founded more than 20 years ago, the foundations of hands-on learning and skill-building have been used to create and continuously improve strong programs that help youth prepare themselves to pursue their own success in the modern world.

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