Pitch to Win

It's not only the big ideas that benefit from David's work. You'll learn valuable new ways of thinking and communicating for impact, and have fun along the way. Highly recommended.--Arne-Cristian van der Tang, Chief HR Officer TomTom. This book is an excellent practical toolkit. David is the best pitch coach in the world and provides you with tips and tricks to give your ideas the best possible voice and set yourself up for a winner. Guaranteed success.--Michael Dooijes, Managing Director Startupbootcamp FinTech & CyberSecurity, Amsterdam & Frankfurt. A masterful how-to manual for engaging people in what you want them to do. Beckett's focus on high-intensity, high-payoff presentations, has produced a wealth of great coaching here for all who would like to influence anyone else, about anything. Though I've done presentations for years, it's given me some real gems I'll use right away!--David Allen, author of the international bestseller, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. I've seen David transform ordinary presenters into fantastic pitchers. Follow the steps in Pitch to Win and you'll have a great shot at pitching successfully for the resources you need to make your innovation ideas a success.--Patrick de Zeeuw, cofounder Startupbootcamp. David is quite simply the Pitch-Maestro. We've worked with him on a wide variety of projects during our meetings, all of which involve culturally diverse audiences from dozens of countries. Whether he's delivering inspirational keynotes, masterfully moderating interactive breakouts, designing innovative and experiential workshops, or delivering personalised training for ICCA's young professionals, to competitively pitch their education session ideas for our next year's Congress. He always delivers beyond expectations. And now he's distilled all of his conceptual and practical knowledge into this one handy package! Of course it doesn't beat the live experience, but if you want to boost your personal impact in front of any audience, it's a great start.--Martin Sirk, CEO ICCA, International Congress and Convention Association. Pitching is not just for startups. With staff presenting our foundation's story around the world, we need to make sure they can do so in the best way, and David Beckett's training helped us immeasurably. Even if you're an accomplished public speaker, you will improve with his insights.--David Campbell, Director of Communications and Engagement, World Press Photo Foundation David was a wonderful coach when I pitched my first startup ComfyLight. I am glad David put all his key points into this book, to help everyone get their story from good to great. Our pitch raised some million euros and David certainly had a part in that development.--Stefanie Turber, founder ComfyLight.