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MBA 6213 Research on Pitch Assignment
MBA 6213, Research, Pitch, Assignment
A young woman was enrolled in a community college US government course I took a
few years ago. In class, she constantly mentioned environmental issues and proclaimed
herself to be supremely environmentally conscious. Throughout the semester, she was
unapologetically and unrelentingly self-aggrandizing and condescending.
While many of the other students in the class undoubtedly supported the spirit of her
message, they grew increasingly hostile toward her because of her communication
style. I would imagine this young woman had already modified her lifestyle as much as
possible to accommodate her beliefs regarding environmental impact, sustainability,
and consumerism.
However, she failed to realize that her greatest opportunity for making a difference in
the world was in influencing others to adopt more environmentally-friendly practices.
Thus, despite general support among the class for the content of her message, the
delivery of her message irritated others and sabotaged her ability to impact them and,
thus, the world. This outcome was unfortunate but avoidable.
What are you passionate about? What ideas would you like to promote among your
peers and the greater world? Why should the world care? How does the delivery of your
message affect your persuasiveness and success?
Your task for this assignment is to write and deliver a perfect 4-minute speech
concerning something you are passionate about. Your goal is to inspire the audience
(i.e., me and your peers) to change some aspect of ourselves, such as our behaviors,
attitudes, opinions, beliefs, or values. You should inspire us to want to learn more about
your topic.
You should convince us that your behaviors, attitudes, opinions, beliefs, or values
regarding the issue are right and worthy of adopting as our own. Simply describing your
passion is insufficient.
The purpose of the Pitch Assignment is to provide you an opportunity to hone your
verbal and written communication skills, which are cornerstones of effective leadership
and the management of organizational behavior. The importance of the quality of your
verbal and written communication cannot be overstated for your career and life. As
such, this assignment explicitly requires you to craft, examine, and develop the verbal
and nonverbal content of your speech.
Beyond improving
communication as a leadership skill, this project simultaneously gives you a platform to
persuade others about the importance of something you care about.
This assignment comprises 3 deliverables. The syllabus provides the relevant due
dates. The percentages below reflect the proportion of your grade determined by each
deliverable.
1) Pitch Scripts 40%
2) Pitch Videos 50%
3) Peer Evaluations 10%
Deliverable 1 is your Pitch Script. As the name implies, it is your script (i.e., the written
text of what you will say) for the pitch you will deliver. It should adhere to all the formal
requirements outlined herein and follow university standards for spelling and grammar.
Stylistically, it should be clear, concise, and compelling. The language should be
colloquial rather than academic. Your pitch script should be just 575-625 words.
The first 50-75 words of the pitch should, as a distinct paragraph, provide an
introduction to you and your topic. What is your name? What do you do? How did you
become passionate about the subject area of your pitch? Why are you talking to us?
Most importantly, let us (i.e., the audience) know the purpose of your pitch.
Directly indicate to us what idea, social cause, behavior, attitude, opinion, belief, or
value you would like us to adopt. Also, please explicitly dedicate your pitch to someone
or something important to you and your passion (e.g., “I’d like to dedicate this pitch to
my fourth-grade teacher, Ms. Mills, who taught me the importance of mathematics.”)
The remainder of your pitch should illuminate your passion. I would encourage you to
be as specific as possible when identifying your passion. If your passion is fitness, give
us a specific sport, routine, or regimen. If your passion is nutrition, give us specific
dietary guidelines. If your passion is traveling, recommend a specific destination.
Also, I would strongly encourage you to discuss a passion more intriguing and less
conventional than fitness, diet, or traveling. For instance, you could discuss your stance
on some socioeconomic, environmental, or governmental issue. If such matters don’t
inspire you, you could discuss your passion for working with animals, teaching
underprivileged children how to read, playing classical piano, growing your own
tomatoes, or almost anything else.
Although the topic of your pitch is open-ended, several topics may be inappropriate
depending on how they are framed (e.g., coitus, religion, and anything derogatory,
racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.).
If you have any questions about the suitability of your topic, please speak with me.
Before you begin to write, it would be helpful to consider the structure of your pitch.
Beyond the introductory paragraph, you are advised to divide your pitch into three
sections, each composed of three to five main points. Below I provide loose
recommendations for the first two sections, but the final “call-to-arms” section is
required.
This structure will help you to organize and later internalize the content of your pitch.
The first section of your pitch might relate your personal interest in the topic via a story
wherein you, another person, or some other entity (e.g., a company) act(s) as the
protagonist, thereby showing some personal connection to your passion. For example, if
your passion is maintaining a connection to your culture through the elders of your
family, you might tell a story about how you and your grandmother used to make some
specific food item together when you were a kid.
The second section might discuss your passion on a more macro scale. Thus, you
might cover the history leading up to its current state, what might happen in the future,
and the ramifications of adhering to or disregarding your ideas regarding the subject.
You might provide statistics or pose and answer a rhetorical question. The third section
should convey your “call-to-arms” to your audience, wherein you ask us to change in
some way, reinforce why
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