Acing Your Pitch, Strategies for Persuasive Presentations

February
26
2026 (Thursday)
Time 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
87 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 210725
Instructor
Yoke Van Dam 
Live
Recorded
Live + Recorded

Overview

You only get one chance to make your idea land. Whether you’re pitching a new strategy to executives, a project to clients, or an innovation to investors your success depends on how clearly, confidently, and convincingly you deliver your message.

Too many professionals lose their audience with cluttered slides, monotone delivery, or lack of emotional connection. Acing Your Pitch will help you change that.

Led by communication strategist Yoke van Dam, this dynamic, high-energy session will show you how to structure your pitch, tell compelling stories, and deliver your message with clarity and impact. You’ll learn to connect deeply with your audience, how to stay present, and persuade with authenticity.

Why you should Attend

If you’ve ever finished a presentation and thought:

"They listened but they didn’t buy in,"this session is for you.

You’ll walk away with tools to transform your presentations from flat to unforgettable, and your delivery from anxious to assured.

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Craft messages that capture attention from the first minute
  • Structure your presentation for clarity, emotion, and action
  • Use the psychology of persuasion to build trust and influence
  • Tell stories that move people, not just inform them
  • Use voice, body language, and visuals for maximum engagement
  • Rehearse with confidence and improvise under pressure

Who Will Benefit

  • Sales & Business Development Teams
    • Account executives, client relationship managers, and sales leaders who must pitch products, solutions, or ideas persuasively
    • Ideal for teams who need to improve closing rates or storytelling ability in client meetings
  • Executives & Senior Leaders
    • CEO's, VP's, and department heads who present strategies to boards, investors, or large teams
    • They need to present complex strategies clearly, confidently, and with emotional resonance
  • Marketing & Product Teams
    • Brand managers, marketing directors, and product marketers who pitch campaigns, launch ideas, and present creative concepts
    • They need to make presentations that inspire decision-makers and align cross-functional teams
  • Consultants & Professional Services Firms
    • Partners, associates, and project leads who pitch ideas, proposals, or solutions to clients
    • Their success depends on credibility, persuasion, and client trust
  • Technical Experts & Analysts
    • Engineers, data scientists, financial analysts, and compliance professionals who present data-heavy findings
    • They need to translate complexity into clarity and influence decisions through storytelling
  • Training, L&D, and HR Professionals
    • Facilitators, trainers, and internal communicators who need to hold attention and drive engagement in workshops or internal pitches

Speaker Profile

Yoke van Dam has been called the Kintsugi queen™ because of her ability to join, repair and transform teams into something quite wonderful. Her work is like Kintsugi, the Japanese art form that mends broken pottery with gold. Yoke works with teams that may have become disjointed, to reconnect and -find their flow again. This approach helps leaders stay optimistic when they encounter flaws and missteps in their organizations leading them to the gold at the 'end of the rainbow.’ As a qualified behavioral change coach with veri-fiable in-the-eld experience (2000+ team members, 2 300+ hours training, and 350+ coaching hours) she’s eminently suited to uncover the real issues holding teams back. Her hard-won experience (15 years) and tried and tested high-performance processes have seen even the most under-performing and fractured teams join together and become stronger and more remarkable. She works with leaders who want to effectively articulate and communicate their vision so that their teams buy into it and are prepared to follow them to hell and back to make sure that vision is achieved, as well as new, untested leaders who need a strong foundational roadmap of how to work with and lead teams to successful outcomes. Her advisory, speaking and coaching work empowers leaders and teams to create meaningful workspaces by tapping into their purpose and enhancing human connection. She empowers leaders and teams with confidence and influence, to find their flow and develop a growth mindset. The specific areas she focuses on are Leadership development, Culture, Emotional intelligence, Time-management, Negotiation, Communication, and Presentation skills. Her clients have been as diverse as sales executives, business leaders and owners, customer service agents, marketers, lawyers, engineers, and accountants. The industries she has covered range from automotive, retail, manufacturing, and engineering to advertising, publishing, legal, and academic. She is the founder of Y-Connect and a Professional member of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA). Her Emotional Intelligence program, and Women in Leadership for Executives have been offered in Canada, Dubai, Egypt, South Africa and is scheduled for Malaysia.
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