Classroom Virtual Pitch Competitions

Spring 2021
Virtual Pitch Competition

This semester, we are opening our Ambassador Pitch Competition to any teacher who wants their students to participate. As part of the competition, teachers will need to implement one or more challenges with their students and submit teams' video pitches to the Design & Pitch team. We will then score the pitches and select the top 3 to participate in a final competition. Students on the top 3 teams will receive Amazon gift cards, and the winning team will win a party for their class, compliments of Design & Pitch.

Entrepreneurship

What is entrepreneurship?

Click the image below to watch a video about entrepreneurship.

Why entrepreneurship?

Talib Graves-Manns

Click here to listen to Talib Graves-Manns, one of our Entrepreneurial Role Models, talk about why he believes in entrepreneurship.

Heather Ames

Click here to listen to Heather Ames, one of our Entrepreneurial Role Models, talk about why she believes in entrepreneurship.

The Competition

What do I need to do?

Your teacher will guide you through the process, but basically, you will:

1. Get to know your challenge,

2. Build a prototype solution,

3. Design a business proposition to show how you will make money, and

4. Record a 5-minute pitch to convince judges that your idea is the best.

5. Have your teacher submit your pitch and other documents by Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST.

It may seem like a lot, but don't worry! We have plenty of resources to help you along the way. The first thing you need to do is select one of the challenges from the options below.

The Challenges

Your teacher will direct you toward the challenge(s) that they have picked for you to do.

Click here to see the challenges.

Virtual Competition Tips

Instructional Videos

Watch these videos to learn more about what you should do for each step in the process: Launch, Prepare, Engage, and Persuade. These videos explain some of the resources you will find on the website and provide helpful tips.

1. Launch

This is an example of an edited iMovie presentation.*

2. Prepare

This is an example of a voice-over PowerPoint presentation.*

3. Engage

This is an example of a recorded Zoom presentation.*

4. Persuade

This is an example of a recorded Zoom presentation.*

*Each of the four videos above shows you an example of a different type of recorded presentation method that you can use for your final pitch. Of course, these aren’t actual pitches, but they show you what your recording might look like.

Previous Winners

Fall 2020 Winning Teams Announced!

After an energetic competition on January 13, 2021, our panel of judges announced the winners of the Fall 2020 Ambassador Pitch Competition, Express Yourself, a team from that took on the Flashy Fashion challenge and developed an LED mask that allows the user to easily change the expression (both shape and color) displayed on their mask!

Runners up included Flare, a team that also tackled the Flashy Fashion challenge and was voted as the team to have the Largest Market Share,

and Waterlux, the only team to make it to the finals with a solution for Pollution Solution and voted the team Most Likely to Succeed.

Congratulations to all teams who submitted solutions for your hard work, ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and dedication to making the world a better place. We look forward to seeing you all in future competitions!

Design & Pitch Ambassador Teachers

Design & Pitch Ambassadors are teachers who have completed a professional development with the D&P team.
If you are interested in becoming an Ambassador, fill out this form!