Mastering Your Pitch Presence: Making Your Pitch Land with Impact

​Whether you are pitching in person, or over video, it is critical to develop awareness and skills around the 'how' of your communication. In this workshop, Rachel Cossar will go over the underlying science behind impression formation, with a special focus on the messages you are sending with your body language and nonverbals.

​Rachel will be sure to touch on aspects for in-person pitches as well as virtual pitches, so that Scroobious founders and community members can develop true fluency when pitching, regardless of the environment.

​Specifically, you will learn:

• ​The science behind nonverbal impression formation (know why it is that certain behaviors can either. enhance or detract from the message you aim to send.

• ​Concrete behaviors to consider for your next pitch (for virtual and in-person pitching).

• ​A simple framework to ensure your message is landing as intended.

​About the Speaker

​Rachel Cossar is a leader in the field of nonverbal communication and leadership presence facilitation. As a former nationally ranked athlete and professional ballet dancer, Rachel has a knack of translating unique skills into relatable business skills and competencies.

​Virtual Sapiens comes as an evolution of Rachel’s combined work as founder of Choreography for Business, a nonverbal communication consulting firm as well as a faculty member with Mobius Executive Leadership and as a leadership presence facilitator with Ariel Group. Rachel has worked with leaders from GE, BCG, Pfizer, Accenture, McKinsey, HBS and more.

​With the increased dependency of video events as a way to connect and drive impact across organizations, Rachel and her team at Virtual Sapiens are excited to open up a world of access when it comes to one of the most human, and most important skills in business – communication.