Archive - Pitch + Persuade

How to Answer Any Question—Even the Tough Ones

3 tactics to answer any tough question with confidence. Stop rambling and start and respond on the spot, with clarity and authority.

Jan 31 •

September 2023

The 4-Minute Persuasive Speech

Use four sticky notes to make a persuasive speech

Sep 15, 2023 •

August 2023

Persuade with One Page

How to create a compelling one-pager for your next high-stakes meeting.

Aug 26, 2023 •

August 2022

Write Useful Books summary & challenge

Have you ever finished a business book and thought, "It should have been an article." It could have been 25 pages instead of 250 pages of fillers and…

Aug 9, 2022 •

June 2022

3 Stories for Your 6-Figure Job Interview

Know exactly what to say at your next interview

Jun 14, 2022 •

May 2022

What type of trust are you creating?

After the invention of the telephone, a strange thing happened.

May 28, 2022 •

Persuading customers: The new versus the familiar

Remember those exercise ball office chairs that made a splash in the late 2000s as the new, healthy way to sit?

May 14, 2022 •

Albert Einstein’s Mistaken Identity

How a simple error made Einstein famous. A century ago, Albert Einstein became famous overnight. It wasn’t from his experiments, theory of relativity…

May 7, 2022 •

August 2021

3 Frameworks for Feedback

Giving someone your feedback can be tricky to navigate. But it can be easier when you use these 3 feedback frameworks

Aug 10, 2021 •

March 2021

The Pitch Path: An Ultimate Guide to Pitching a Major Donor

Fundraising is not magic. It’s a method. There is a unique system for building a great fundraising pitch that just about anyone can learn. It’s called…

Mar 19, 2021 •

August 2020

What we learned switching from in-person to a live-streamed workshop

In 2020 we pivoted our in-person training to a live online format taught on Zoom. Here’s what we’ve learned along the way.

Aug 18, 2020 •

May 2020

Insights into how we present, persuade and take action.

Welcome to Pitch, Present & Persuade by me, Trevor Bragdon.

May 1, 2020 •

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