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Elevator Pitch Coaching

Help Community Empowerment Fund 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.
Community Empowerment Fund
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Community Empowerment Fund
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Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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Housing & homelessness
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Communications Entrepreneurship Sales

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 have developed a quick 3 minute pitch outline, but would like to shorten it to a very quick explanation, and also create a couple of different "elevator pitch" options depending on what the listener is interested in. We have many one-pager or two-pager intro documents, but our work and our community is complex, and it is definitely a challenge to succinctly describe the organization!
How this will help
This project will save us $1,187 , allowing us to better support our community with securing housing, increasing income, and building greater financial wellbeing.

CEF's work is adaptive to our community and crosses different fields and sectors -- because of this, it can be a challenge to summarize what exactly we do. I have worked at this organization for 8 years now and still don't know how to succinctly answer, "So what is it that you do?"

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

Community Empowerment Fund
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Causes
Housing & homelessness Community & economic development Human services
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Janet X.

Co-Director

Our mission

The Community Empowerment Fund offers savings opportunities, financial education, and assertive support to individuals who are seeking employment, housing, and financial freedom. The opportunities for employment and greater housing that CEF advances motivate participants to build personal assets, gain higher income, engage in a healthy community, and sustain transitions out of poverty.

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