KJ Wong’s Post

Your pitch isn't about you. It's about what you can solve for your prospect. How do you make your pitch client facing? Please share in the comments.

This is a 43-second elevator pitch example. Does your elevator pitch sound like an opera singer? Me-me-me-me-me. That's the wrong emphasis. It's about your prospect, not you. It can be client facing when you take the pain points of your ideal prospect and use them with emotional trigger words to get the attention of your listeners. The pattern is: give a compliment, share a pain point, then the impact if that challenge isn't resolved. Always end your "short message" (aka "elevator pitch") by asking a question that gets the listener to respond. #elevatorpitch #salestips #salesconsulting #jimkerlinconsulting

Are you familiar with this famous opening line from the soap opera Days of Our Lives? “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives”    Do you see time as finite or expandable?   You know time is precious, but do you act like it every day?   Daily Shake Up No. 892 highlights the nature of time as both finite and infinite. Limited and expandable. Precious and forgotten. We all say we want more time, but the truth is we would squander extra time the same ways we squander the time we have. Time is not the problem – it’s our approach to time that’s the problem. We say time is precious, but do we act like it’s precious? We say time is precious, but are we typically present in each moment of time. We say time is precious, do we notice and learn from the situation where time stands still or disappears? Time is precious but only if we act like it’s precious. Time is expandable and can be amplified when we are present in and with the time we have. Don’t wish for more time. Practice making more of the time you have. #SnowGlobeLeadership #NischwitzGroup #SnowGlobeLiving #Leadership #Time #Presence #BePresent

Are you familiar with this famous opening line from the soap opera Days of Our Lives? “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives”    Do you see time as finite or expandable?   You know time is precious, but do you act like it every day?   Daily Shake Up No. 892 highlights the nature of time as both finite and infinite. Limited and expandable. Precious and forgotten. We all say we want more time, but the truth is we would squander extra time the same ways we squander the time we have. Time is not the problem – it’s our approach to time that’s the problem. We say time is precious, but do we act like it’s precious? We say time is precious, but are we typically present in each moment of time. We say time is precious, do we notice and learn from the situation where time stands still or disappears? Time is precious but only if we act like it’s precious. Time is expandable and can be amplified when we are present in and with the time we have. Don’t wish for more time. Practice making more of the time you have. #SnowGlobeLeadership #NischwitzGroup #SnowGlobeLiving #Leadership #Time #Presence #BePresent

Leonard Cohen said the discipline of rhyming allows one to go through one’s inventory of words. Meaning, the right rhyme is secondary to the right word. So in this case, a rhyming dictionary, which I use, is a kind of Thesaurus. This is one example where limitations (the discipline of rhyming) can lead us to more creative choices, using words we might not have considered otherwise. Coal Mine Theatre has built a solid reputation with this approach of using limitations to their advantage. The current production of Dion: A Rock Opera could not have been created anywhere else. The limitations make it what it is: an alternative to the conventional rock opera. In another theatrical space, perhaps one that is more conventional, it would be a very different show. All this to say, how pleased I am to have witnessed this incarnation. Whatever might come next, in whatever venue, will benefit from the unconventional approach that took the show to this point. I hope that is something we can build on.

My elevator pitch is a selfie. People won't remember what you said. People won't remember what you did. People will only remember how you made them feel. How does your elevator pitch make people feel? I love being memorable and being creative. Here are 10 ways I have presenting my 15 to 30 second pitch. 1. As a rap. 2. As an opera song. 3. As a poem 4. As a dance 5. Chirping like a bird with a whistle 6. Asking Questions 7. Sharing Stats 8. Gratitude for successes 9. Popular Quote 10. Personal Story Which one is your favorite 😍?

Opera: Not everything is for everyone, but there must be something for everyone. In a climate of diminishing funding for the arts, never complain. Don’t feel insulted, even if you have been. Be inspired and inspiring. Be brave, proud, resilient, and humble. Tell your audiences you love them; they’re your best ambassadors. Say what you do and do what you say. Turn the vision of today into the reality of tomorrow. Be a pragmatic idealist. Finish what you’ve started. Never compromise on excellence. Adhere to your budgets. And above all: strive to change the way that people think about themselves and the world in which they live.

A snippet of the collaborative A.I. opera piece, "Song of the Ambassadors" (SoTA), that I composed at the opening ceremony for TED Conferences last year with text by K Allado-McDowell and multimedia by Refik Anadol. This piece explores our ever-changing relationship with A.I., merging traditional art and artificial intelligence. A pretty unique experience! Watch the full experience here: https://lnkd.in/getnrMsR

When we go through presentations with clients, I ask: how do you prepare for a presentation? - Well... I go through the slides, go through all the theses. #publicspeaking #mentalpreparation #presentation That's right. And how do you prepare mentally? - People look at me surprised: Do you have to prepare in any way? You don't. That's the source of the fear of public speaking. For example, in opera we rehearse 6 weeks before the premiere, almost every day, almost without a day off. Why? We develop psycho-physical memory so that at the most crucial moment, fear doesn't ruin the whole work: [https://lnkd.in/ed6YFgaa]

💁👄Unleashing the Power of Speech: Exploring the Complexity of Language Discover the awe-inspiring complexity behind the seemingly simple act of speaking. From the intricate coordination of lips and tongue to the astonishing feats of opera singers and freestyle rappers, delve into the fascinating world of human communication. 💁 www.besser-formuliert.com #LanguageComplexity #PowerOfSpeech #OperaSingers #FreestyleRappers #HumanCommunication #Linguistics #SpeechScience #SpeechMotorSkills #LanguageEvolution #LanguageMastery