If You Blow the Pitch, You Won’t Win Regardless of the Idea @ Regis University!

If You Blow the Pitch, You Won’t Win Regardless of the Idea @ Regis University!

The Innovation Center is a great opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to hone their ideas and build their teams, culminating with a massive Innovation Challenge where entrepreneurs get to present their ideas in front of hundreds of potential investors.

Knowing that public speaking is a weakness for most Dr. Ken Sagendorf, Professor and Director at Regis University Innovation Center, thought it would be beneficial to equip his entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to “nail” their pitches.

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Stand Up for Staffing @ Robert Half Technology!

Stand Up for Staffing @ Robert Half Technology!

Whether speaking to board-room of peers or pitching services to a prospective client, public speaking can be a challenge even for the most seasoned sales professional

That’s why we invited Pitch Lab to come work with our team at Robert Half to talk about how to become more engaging speakers using principles of stand-up and improv comedy.

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MBA Students Learn the Art of the Pitch @ CU Boulder Leeds School of Business!

MBA Students Learn the Art of the Pitch @ CU Boulder Leeds School of Business!

In a unique, professional development workshop, Leeds MBA students learned how to harness public speaking techniques used by their favorite comedians.

In collaboration with Dr. Peter McGraw, Pitch Lab helped incorporate communication, creativity, and charisma lessons into CU’s already stellar Marketing Management course.

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Pitch Lab @ Women Who Startup Headquarters!

Pitch Lab @ Women Who Startup Headquarters!

Working with Lizelle and Women Who Startup was one of the highlights of our year!

Not only did Toni Mays kickoff the workshop with a story about the importance of women in leadership, but we had the opportunity to share the stage with comedy great Nancy Norton!

It was so much fun learning from Nancy's 20+ years of stand-up comedy experience and hearing her amazing personal stories about comedy legends like Mitch Hedberg, Dane Cook and Ellen DeGeneres!

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How To Be A More Engaging Storyteller @ General Assembly!

How To Be A More Engaging Storyteller @ General Assembly!

In this workshop hosted by General Assembly Denver, Pitch Lab helped a diverse group of professionals from DaVita, Monarch and Company & Ibotta learn how to be more confident, engaging storytellers.

Tim Shisler, founder of RackFocus, was on hand to share a decade worth of startup storytelling experience he's gained from working with organizations like Techstars, Denver Startup Week and TEDxBoulder.

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Public Speaking: Terrifying or Terrifyingly Funny? Pitch Lab @ Moore Communications Group

Public Speaking: Terrifying or Terrifyingly Funny? Pitch Lab @ Moore Communications Group

Pitch Lab joined Moore for an afternoon to improve pitch delivery while intertwining interactive exercises to build new strengths for their customer facing team.

The workshop concluded with a few brave members of the MCG team being put to the test by presenting a humorous, fictional product pitch for 3D Cheese Printers!

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Pitch Lab at Thrive Workplace ft. Ben Kronberg from Comedy Central!

Pitch Lab at Thrive Workplace ft. Ben Kronberg from Comedy Central!

On a somewhat standard Tuesday, a group of salesmen, entrepreneurs, and creative minds gathered at Thrive Workplace to learn about and practice public speaking.

What made this Tuesday special was Ben Kronberg from Comedy Central, Late Night with Seth Meyers & Jimmy Kimmel Live was on hand to break down stand-up comedy techniques the pros use on stage to help these Denver professionals be funnier, more engaging speakers at work.

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Pitch Lab Headlines Denver Startup Week 2017

Pitch Lab Headlines Denver Startup Week 2017

2017 marked Denver Startup Week’s 6th birthday and a record breaking 18,900 registered attendees!

Pitch Lab was honored to be selected for two headline sessions during the week. These events were without a doubt, the highlight of our year.

Over 1,100 folks registered to see Pitch Lab's workshop and we had a blast helping Denver’s startup scene find its funny!

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AmeriCorps VISTAs Improv Comedy Workshop!

AmeriCorps VISTAs Improv Comedy Workshop!

Pitch Lab was thrilled to help The AmeriCorps VISTA program utilize improv comedy skills to problem-solve within the vulnerable communities the VISTAs serve.

And no one knows better than improv coaches, RJ Owen & Joel Lutz how powerful improv comedy can be as a tool for creative problem-solving.

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Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin & Meat Water, Oh My! Pitch Lab Comes to Volume Nine

Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin & Meat Water, Oh My! Pitch Lab Comes to Volume Nine

At Volume Nine, everyone joins in on a client pitch at some point, whether they’re leading the charge or there for support.

No matter our personal feelings about public speaking, everyone here at Volume Nine was excited to have Jay Mays, founder of Pitch Lab, stop by for an afternoon “beer-and-learn” talk recently.

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