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SVP Fast Pitch 2017

Coach Guide

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Table of Contents

Process Information & Overview....................................................................................... 3Mandatory Dates & Session Information:.................................................................................3Pitch Sessions – What to Expect!..................................................................................................3Pitch Session Tools............................................................................................................................ 4Nonprofit Expectations:.................................................................................................................. 4Coach Expectations:.......................................................................................................................... 4Pitch Content....................................................................................................................................... 5SVP Fast Pitch – Final Event Awards...........................................................................................5

Coaches Award – Criteria.............................................................................................................................5FAQs....................................................................................................................................................... 6Scorecard.............................................................................................................................................. 7

Fast Pitch Tools – What you need to succeed!................................................................9SVP Connect - General...................................................................................................................... 9

Username & Password...................................................................................................................................9Access Instructions.........................................................................................................................................9

Social Media...................................................................................................................................... 12Between Pitch Sessions – Connecting with your Nonprofit..............................................12

Additional Fast Pitch Opportunities...............................................................................13People’s Choice Award.................................................................................................................. 13Ticket Sales Award......................................................................................................................... 14


Process Information & Overview

Mandatory Dates & Session Information:Date Session Title Time LocationWednesday 12/7/16 Pitch Strategy

Workshop10am-1pm for nonprofits, 10:30am-12:30pm for coaches

Entrepreneur’s Campus – 909 Mormon St. Folsom

Tuesday 1/10/17 Pitch Session #1 5pm-9pm Entrepreneur’s Campus – 909 Mormon St. Folsom

Monday 1/23/17 Pitch Session #2 5pm-9pm Entrepreneur’s Campus – 909 Mormon St. Folsom

Thursday 2/9/17 Pitch Session #3 5pm-9pm Entrepreneur’s Campus – 909 Mormon St. Folsom

Thursday 3/9/17 SVP Fast Pitch 2017

5pm-9pm Golden 1 Center

Pitch Sessions – What to Expect!Pitch Strategy Workshop:

The Pitch Crafting Workshop will provide you with more information on the entire Fast Pitch process, a chance to hear from past participants and coaches, and a overview of what’s expected of you as a process coach! You’ll meet all of our 2017 Fast Pitch nonprofits. This is your chance to see who you click with and which of the 20 organizations you’ll rank to be paired with (you must rank at least 10/20 on your list).

Pitch Sessions:Each pitch session follows the same format – and each pitch contestant gets

the chance to pitch and receive feedback. Nonprofits assigned a random pitch order at the beginning of the session Nonprofit pitch performer gives their 3-minute pitch to all 40 coaches and

nonprofits Feedback:

o Coaches record anecdotal feedback on notecardso 5-7 minutes of verbal feedback from coaches


o Coaches score each pitch performer on areas of impact, innovation, and pitch (see: SCORECARD in ‘Tools’ section)

Next nonprofit pitches

Pitch Session ToolsWithin 48 hours of each Pitch Session, you will have access to several tools to support your team’s pitch refining efforts. Through SVP Connect, you will be able to access a video of your pitch from the session and your team’s comparative scores (as submitted by process coaches) in the areas of impact, innovation, and pitch. You should plan to meet as a team (pitch performer and coaches) AFTER these tools have been released – ideally, your team meetings will occur 48 hours or more after each session.

Nonprofit Expectations: Pitch performer must attend all four sessions and be available to present at

the 3/9/17 SVP Fast Pitch Event. If an emergency arises and the main pitch performer is unable to attend a mandatory session, a secondary representative from the organization MUST attend or eligibility for participation at the final event will be in jeopardy

Each ‘team’ – two coaches and the pitch performer – will be paired no later than 1/10/17. It is the Pitch performer’s responsibility to schedule team meetings in between each session to review pitch content and receive feedback from your coaching team. See ‘TOOLS’ section for ways to connect and schedule with busy coaches!

Incorporate coach feedback into your edits – your pitch should change from pitch session to session

Pitch performer must be completely off book for Pitch Session #3, 2/9/17.

Coach Expectations:While all nonprofits will receive feedback from all coaches at Pitch Sessions, each nonprofit will have two dedicated coaches that support them between each pitch crafting session. Your organization’s pitch performer and two dedicated coaches make up your ‘team’. Coaches are advised to schedule a site visit with their nonprofit, but this is optional and coaches are not required to do so.Due to our intentional pairing process, at least one of the two dedicated coaches for each team will attend each Pitch Crafting Session (though ideally and in most cases, both will be in attendance). Coaches must also dedicate an hour of time between each Pitch Session dedicated to providing your nonprofit feedback on their pitch.

Some coaches go well beyond their minimum coaching commitment, but this is up to each individual coach and is not a requirement of the process. This may include additional time spent working with nonprofit on their pitch, funding or donating to your nonprofit, or working with your nonprofit on visual components that can accompany the pitch in settings outside of SVP Fast Pitch.


Pitch ContentNonprofits will be scored in three areas- Impact, Innovation, and Pitch. Beyond highlighting how your team’s organization is impactful and innovative, you must also include a ‘big ask’ that would take the organization to the next level. This could be a funding amount, specific type or quantity of volunteers, or an in-kind ask. Determine which type of ask is the best fit for the organization right now and clearly articulate how fulfilling that ask will make a difference for the population(s) served.

SVP Fast Pitch – Final Event AwardsThe following will be awarded at our 3/9/17 SVP Fast Pitch Event.

$10,000 - Overall Winner – Awarded by Judge scores, only available to Finalists

$2,500 – 2nd Place – Awarded by Judge scores, only available to Finalists $1,500 – 3rd Place – Awarded by Judge scores, only available to Finalists $1,500 – Coaches Award – Determined by coach vote, available to any

semifinalist, based on presenter improvement over time $7,500 – (in-kind) Blanket Marketing Group Media Marketing Award $5,000 – (in-kind) KJ2 Productions Video Content Award $3,000 – Audience Award – Determined by audience vote night of Fast Pitch,

only available to Finalists $1,000 – Ticket Sales Award – Given to nonprofit semifinalist who sells the

most tickets to the final event $1,000 – People’s Choice Award – Award method TBD

Coaches Award – CriteriaThe Coaches Award is given to the participant who is the most improved and who doesn’t win the judges award. Coaches will participate in a voting process at the final session (2/9/17) to determine our Coach’s award winner. The Coaches Award cannot go to the nonprofit who wins 1st, 2nd or 3rd place at the event. If the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place winner is identified as the coaches award winner, we will go down our list and select the next winner.

What to look for in the most improved participant? The person should: Have materially improved at least one aspect of their presentation such as:

o Delivery of their content- voice quality, diction, hand gestures, contact with audience, use of pauses and other effective speech qualities

o Content- Organization, effective communication of major points, humor

o Made major effort to engage with the process, incorporating feedback and making changes because of it and putting for effort to improve.


Coaches will have the chance to speak on behalf of their participant to make the case of why their person should receive the coaches’ award since the effort made may not be visible to other coaches.

FAQs SVP Fast Pitch 2017 – FAQs

What nonprofits receive as selected semi-finalists: 3-hour Pitch Crafting workshop & training 30-second commercial quality pitch ad Mentoring from two coaches on 3-minute pitch and across 3 group pitch

sessions 2:1 coaching support refining your pitch between group sessions A chance to pitch for your spot at Fast Pitch 2017! (10 / 20 eligible)

How do nonprofits get to the final pitch stage?All first round participants are eligible to move on to the final ‘Fast Pitch.’ A combination of coach/mentor feedback, Fast Pitch Committee Review, and input from the Sacramento Region Community Foundation will be used to determine which organizations will pitch for a chance to win cash and in-kind support. Organizations that do not attend mandatory training dates may not be eligible for Fast Pitch. If the designated pitch contestant is unable to attend any given training, the secondary designee must attend in their place.

How do practice sessions work?Each nonprofit presenter will have a chance to present. The general order of each practice session will be:

Presenters randomly assigned presenting order Presenter pitches to all 20 nonprofits and 40 coaches (approximately 3

minutes) 5-7 minutes of feedback from all coaches on impact, innovation, and pitch 1 minute for coaches to record anecdotal feedback and scores Next pitch

Will there be access to coach feedback and video from each practice session?Yes – prior to leaving each practice session, nonprofits will receive anecdotal feedback from all 40 coaches written on notecards. Within 48 hours of each practice session, teams will receive a video of their pitch and coach comparative scores in the areas of Innovation, Impact, and Pitch. You will know whether your team fell in the top, middle, or bottom third of each category as compared to the other 19 pitch contestants.

When will I connect with my nonprofit for 2:1 feedback and support?


It is up to you and your nonprofit to schedule 1-2 hours between each session to review the pitch and make adjustments. The nonprofit pitch contestant is responsible for reaching out to coaches to schedule these sessions. We highly recommend scheduling these sessions before the first pitch session in January to ensure that busy schedules don’t hinder your pitch development. You will be paired with your nonprofit no later than 1/10/17.

ScorecardThe following is an example of the score sheet and criteria that will be used by all coaches at all sessions and by our Judges panel at the final SVP Fast Pitch Event.


Fast Pitch Tools – What you need to succeed!

SVP Connect - GeneralSVP Connect allows the SVP Fast Pitch Committee, coaches, and nonprofits to communicate with the entire group and with their specific teams through an easy to use online platform. You might compare connect to Google docs or Basecamp – but with a bit more functionality! Each pitch performer and coach will receive a username and password to SVP Connect. Please ensure you are able to login and access your team page before 1/1/17. If you are unable, for any reason, to access SVP Connect, you should reach out to Bree to resolve before the 1/10/17 Pitch Session.

Username & Password

Username: _______________________________________

Password: ________________________________________

Access InstructionsGo to Connect.SocialVenturePartners.org

Enter your username and password. You may change your password once you have logged in if you so chose.

Go to the top left of the screen – in royal blue in the picture above. Click on ‘spaces’. Select ‘SVP Sac Fast Pitch 2017’ (this should be your only option).


https://connect.socialventurepartners.org/

Clicking on ‘SVP Sac Fast Pitch 2017’ should take you to the Sac Fast Pitch homepage:

As you scroll down on this page, you will see the Fast Pitch calendar and a ‘teams’ chart that will show you which coaches are paired with each nonprofit. In the upper right, where you see the options ‘Edit’, ‘Watch’, and ‘Share’, you may select ‘Watch’ if you would like to receive emails when something changes in this space or on this page. (Note: space refers to ALL pages within a space, page is just the page you’re scrolling through at the moment you select ‘Watch’).

Look to the right – under ‘SVP Sac Fast Pitch 2015 Home’ there is an option that says ‘2017 Nonprofit’ – click this.


Now, you should see your team name pop up. Each team should see THEIR team name when they click on this link. If another team name pops up, please email [email protected]. These pages should be private to each team and are intended for the dedicated coaches and pitch performer for that organization only. In the picture below, ALL teams pop up because these instructions and pictures were created using an admin account.

Click on your team – this will take you to a page where YOUR scores, documents, and pitch videos will be available.

This is where you will access tools within 48 hours of each pitch crafting session.


mailto:[email protected]

Social MediaYou are encouraged to tweet / share / favorite and like everything Fast Pitch! Help spread the word about the process, each other, and drum up support for SVP Fast Pitch 2017! Twitter:

@SVPSacramento#SacFastPitch

Other organizations & Participants:@MaryCLBL; @CristoReySac; @FoodLitCenter; @RPNorcal; @RedRoverOrg; @RobFamDevCen; @SacKidsMuseum; @DCIMandarins; @SacUrbanDebate; @TeamSTS; @TheCenterNow; @We_Works

Between Pitch Sessions – Connecting with your NonprofitYou are advised to set meeting times with your nonprofit and other team coach IMMEDIATELY upon receiving your team assignment. Teams are expected to meet for one hour between each pitch session starting after Pitch Session #1 on 1/10/17. To ensure you have access to the provided process tools before you meet as a team, schedule team meetings at least 48 hours after each pitch session.

While it is preferable that you meet as a team (i.e., both coaches and nonprofit pitch performer) and in person, we understand this may not always be possible. Below are some options for meeting and interacting if you are to meet either in person:

SKYPE – web conference in! FreeConferenceCall.com – set up a free call between the three of you Connect.SocialVenturePartners.org – unable to schedule time with a coach

who is traveling or unavailable by phone? Have them provide written feedback by reviewing your video(s) and scores on SVP Connect.


Additional Fast Pitch Opportunities

People’s Choice AwardLast year, leading up to SVP Fast Pitch, 30-second nonprofit pitch videos were released to an online site ‘Votdo’. Supporters could view the videos and vote – at $1 / vote – for their favorite. Nonprofits received all profits (above Votdo costs) from the votes they received and the overall winner with the most votes received the $1,000 People’s Choice Award prize. We hope to bring this contest back again in 2017. In order to bring this contest back in 2017, nonprofits will film their 30-second pitch at Pitch Session #2 (1/23/17).

SVP Fast Pitch – People’s Choice Award Online Contest

The SVP Fast Pitch People’s Choice Award Online Contest will run until 3/8/17 at 11:59pm. All votes cost $1 – and nonprofits will receive a portion of each vote received. In addition to receiving a portion of each vote received*, the nonprofit with the most votes by contest’s end will receive an additional $1,000 in unrestricted funding as the People’s Choice Award Winner! This nonprofit will be recognized on-stage at the March 9th Fast Pitch event. Consider this your opportunity to engage community members and supporters who may not be able to attend our March 9th Fast Pitch Event. Below are several suggestions on how to get the word out to your networks.

Why drive engagement / voting?See this as a major marketing opportunity. The winner becomes an “Award Winning Non-Profit” Tell your friends and supporters that THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO WIN. Encourage them to check the leader board and help you get to the top!

How to get the word out: A key to getting out the vote is to recognize that the People’s Choice Award is an

opportunity to get the more competitive of your donors fired up- the ones who believe both in the cause and take pride in being associated with it. Beyond giving, it is an opportunity to fly the flag in a new way. Top business people tend to be competitive. Let them challenge each other. For example Mary from Wind should challenge Joe from 916. Make it personal!

Use it as an opportunity to get the importance of the work you do OUT THERE and spread your message. You can do individual press and promotion. Add it to whatever you are already doing. “Nonprofit X will be participating in the SVP Fast Pitch Competition in March and, if you can’t get down to see it live, you can still make a big difference by helping us win the People’s Choice Award by going to our web site and voting for us by donating.”

Place the voting link to their entry prominently on your web site. Embed the link into your e-mails and add “Don’t forget we are trying to be named the

SVP’s People's Choice Award Winner for 2015 etc... the money goes to (our mission).


Talk it up on your Facebook page and include the link to your entry. Send a special e-mail. “We’re still in 4th place!” Offer your donors a premium. If they send you a copy of the receipt for 100 votes you

will give them…

*The credit card processor receives $0.30 on each transaction (whether it is one vote or one hundred). Taking out that processing fee and naming the remainder 100%, nonprofits will receive 80% of funds raised. 12.9% will go towards Votdo contest and percentage based processing fees. 7% will go to SVP to partially cover the cost of filming the 30-second pitches.

Ticket Sales AwardIn 2017, all 20 semi-finalist organizations are eligible to win the $1,000 Ticket Sales Award. This award goes to the participating nonprofit who sells the most tickets to our 2017 event. On January 10th, 2017, you will receive a unique ticketing link that you can use to sell tickets to the event. Your nonprofit will receive the same link – so tickets you help sell will count towards their total. An additional benefit of having the most attendees in the room for the 3/9/17 SVP Fast Pitch Event is the chance to have champions in attendance to be part of the vote for the audience award winner. The more board members, volunteers, and friendly faces you have in the room, the better your team’s shot at both awards! Winner will be announced at the 3/9/17 event.


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