Improve your Hackathon Pitch
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The document outlines key strategies for effective hackathon presentations, emphasizing the importance of structuring the content around the problem, solution, and benefits while maintaining emotional appeal through storytelling. It highlights the necessity of preparation, confidence, and engaging delivery to captivate the jury and convey future potential. Key tips include presenting with passion, avoiding filler words, and creating a memorable roadmap.
Improve your Hackathon Pitch
- 1. 1. Structure it. 1. Problem: Who has what problem and when? Connect emotionally. Stories help, but KISS. 2. Solution: Show your hack. Have a demo leader. Be extremely prepared. 3. Benefits: Why is this so awesome? Is there a market/business/future? What about the team? 4. What’s next? Roadmap, vision, etc. - make it memorable and desirable. 2. One very prepared presenter. 3. Reverse engineer. 4. Connect with the jury. Consider your emotional appeal. Tell stories, demonstrate future potential, create desire. 5. Kill the fill: No “sorry” or “um” – highlight your strengths. 6. Show, don’t tell. 7. Be a presenter: Passionate, good posture, smile. Use pauses. Entertain and sell. 8. Power Posing: Manage your stress level and confidence. Hackathon Pitch Cheat Sheet