Whimsyy's Fourth Week

We were asked to make a pitch to present during class just to help us get into the flow of presenting. I decided to go with "the question pitch" which I felt went best with what I wanted to pitch.

"The Question Pitch

Ask yourself, ‘Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

If your presentation’s central idea is already understood by your audience, a question pitch may be ideal. In the 1980 US presidential election campaign between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Reagan asked a simple question, “Ask yourself, ‘Are you better off now than you were four years ago?’” Most people immediately understood the question and its context. Reagan became the 40th President of the United States. For Hydrolyzier it might be, “How can you supply a rural village in Ghana, West Africa with clean drinking water in under 36 hours, and at less than 60% of the cost of other water purification systems?”

Having been put into groups and discussed last week the pros and cons of being in a group, it reminded me of in the film Harry Potter when Harry was getting placed into a housing group with the sorting hat. I wondered how it would be if you had to do a presentation with a group of similar people, would everyone be fitting for the same roles? Or would everyone see the same and get on well.

My pitch:

Are you brave/ loyal and adventurous?

Or more so wise/ creative and clever? How about hard working/ patient and dedicated?

Or are you prideful/ resourceful and ambitious? Want to feel welcomed into a group of relatable people?

What family do you belong to?

Only one way to find out, get sorted into your house now!

- Housing Quiz

I chose to go ahead with my pitch just to get it out of the way as my nerves were bubbling up from procrastinating. I hand to make my avatar stand in front of the rest of the class to do so. Even though it was a virtual presentation, I was still trembling in real life, I thought it would have been easier as no one could really see me but it felt worse as they are hanging on my every word instead. I went ahead with it and felt I did ok I was happy I done it to get use to virtual presentations.

"The Question Pitch" - https://strategypeak.com/elevator-pitch-examples/?fbclid=IwAR1nR3ovjqnl1ZVatiAVjHqG0u_uDsReh4FfMpjBQRyyswpXapFGFvx81pA

'The Hogwarts Sorting Quiz' - https://www.playbuzz.com/emilyz14/the-hogwarts-sorting-quiz-pottermore-version

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