#13 - A Chat with Bill Thompson, Executive Director of Young Storytellers

Episode Details

Leah and Angel talk with Bill Thompson who heads up Young Storytellers (a non profit that Pitch Premium subscribers help support). We talk about how pitching for business intersects with creative pitching, how to inject your personal story into your pitch (and why that’s important), as well as how and why people connect to certain stories. Quote of the episode by Bill, “People pitch to people…I’m the best way to move somebody”.

You can find Young Storytellers here: https://www.youngstorytellers.com/

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