When tendering to award high value contracts, business and government entities often include a presentation in the procurement process. Presentations provide an evaluation committee with a chance to ...

Learning to pitch ideas persuasively is a foundational skill for today’s founders. But effective persuasion is hard, so I like to look for simple, time-tested tactics that successful communicators use ...

Contrary to popular belief, a pitch is not a presentation. A presentation is a clearly defined event allotted a fixed amount of time. The audience sits back, expecting the presentation to start at a ...

My last keynote speech was for 2000 people at a conference in Florida on March 8th, 2020. By the end of that week, 11 speaking gigs canceled. By the end of April, my calendar was wiped clean. Like ...

Journalists are busy, and they’re only getting busier: According to our parent company, Cision’s 2025 State of the Media Report, one in two journalists is inundated with more than 50 media pitches per ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Guidance for leaders and aspiring leaders, interested in career impact “Tell me a little bit about yourself.” “Pitch me your ...

The software industry is no spring chicken, and that fact has now brought us to an interesting moment in technology. Some of the biggest legacy apps — ubiquitous as they may be — are getting revisited ...