Everyone is a public speaker. As soon as you’re speaking in front of one or more people, you’re doing it.
With the explosion of all things digital and virtual, there’s never been a better time to be a public speaker. IMHO, it will be the last remaining thing AI can’t do better than us! Human connection is and always will be innately human.
People who pitch are different, though.
People who pitch are financially rewarded when their public speaking efforts are successful. People who pitch approach the art and science of public speaking more methodically and with rigor. People who pitch are continuously working on their technique, rehearsing, and taking action based on results.
In my experience, there's nothing more rewarding than winning a pitch, and getting that elusive YES from your audience. That's why I built Winning The Room. It’s been the inspiration for my book, my executive coaching series, and this wonderful learning community.
Inside Winning The Room, we're a bunch of pitchers training in tandem. Not only does Winning The Room encourage you to move faster and rehearse the hell out of your material, but you also get the benefit of learning from the results of others.
If you’re serious about pitching, Winning The Room was made for you.
Winning The Room is designed to be small (and stay small).
I’ve coached large teams at some of the largest businesses in the world. There are a lot of great things about that style of coaching, especially the ‘energy of the crowd’, but due to the sheer number of people (often 1000+), some of the learnings are diluted and generalize.
So, I've designed Winning The Room to stay small. That allows me to invest more of my time in fewer people and gives me the space to really go deep with each and every person.
Winning The Room will be capped at 250 members. We will never exceed this number. At that point of full capacity, new spots will only become available once a member decides they do not wish to renew.
My pitching journey began in 1994 when I landed my first job as a media planner at Ammirati Puris Lintas. I spent the next 10 years wearing a suit and pitching creative work to clients for great advertising agencies like BBDO (New York), Kirshenbaum Pond + Partners (New York), and BMF (Sydney).
In 2004, I left my suit behind and took on my first creative gig as the Global Creative Director of Mambo. After Mambo, I worked as Executive Ideas Director at Naked Communications, Chief Creative Officer at AKQA, and I started my own creative agency, Tongue.
Tongue grew to over 50 people and worked with some of the best clients in the world, including Coca-Cola, Audi, and Chanel, before it was acquired by STW (now WPP) in 2016.
Since then, I’ve been running my own consultancy, Delorean, and working with my friends at We Are Unity.
I’ve been a suit, a creative, an entrepreneur, an investor, an author, and a judge on a hit TV show (that’s a story for another time). The thing that links all these diverse roles is pitching.
I bring all this experience and more to Winning The Room, which I'm determined to make one of the best communities on the internet!
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Getting people to say YES means different things to different people, but as a baseline, it means more financial rewards.
What if you could close twice as many deals? That would change your life, right? Well, 2x is just the start!
Great pitching can have a 100x return on investment. I know that sounds absurd to you right now, but I’ve experienced that level of return in my own life, and I’ve helped others create the same results for themselves.
In fact, most members tell me within weeks of joining that they’ve already got their money’s worth back.
Confidence works on two levels. You need to feel confident, but you also need to do confidence… so everyone in the room can feel your confidence.
Inside Winning The Room we’re constantly working on strategies to cultivate and demonstrate confidence.
People who like you are much more likely to trust you, and therefore buy from you. Sounds superficial but it’s scientifically proven.
As a community, we focus on ways to unlock your true personality and let it shine through when you pitch.
Your audience has a highly developed BS radar. When they detect a lack of authenticity, they stop engaging with you, and your pitch.
It usually comes down to the WHY behind your pitch. I’m often heard asking people the ‘5 whys’ in an effort to discover that relevant WHY.
You will go a lot farther when you harness the power of the collective. Every time you pitch is an opportunity to connect with and influence your audience.
This is one of the biggest benefits of a community – we all give feedback and let each other know why we’d say YES.
If your audience can’t remember you and your pitch, how are they meant to tell anyone about it… let alone say YES to it.
Together, we’ll study the art and science of human memory and strategically design your pitch story so it’s unforgettable.
The quality of the people you surround yourself with will hugely influence your level of success. Did you know that the founders of Apple, Google, and Oracle were all friends? Even a lot of the entrepreneurs and business leaders you look up to today have their own small groups of peers who push one another and share feedback.
When it comes to pitching, the biggest barrier to break through is rehearsing in front of other people. The more you do this, the better you will become. These are the rare moments when you receive the gift of honest feedback.
This community works together to push each other to grow and improve.
“If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone.
If You Want to Go Far, Go Together.”
Hi, JP here, Winning The Room is where I'm investing the majority of my time and attention outside of creating new ideas myself.
I want to help as many people as possible transform their fear of public speaking into fun. And I believe the best way for me to be successful is to ensure that the people I serve get their audience to say YES more often.
But I can't help you get your audience to say YES with a pre-recorded course. It’s also not going to happen by accident or without consistent work from you. Sorry, no 6-minute abs around here!
Winning The Room is a true give-and-get scenario.
Becoming great at pitching requires a lot of skills, rehearsing, and above all – time.
The best way for me to support you on that journey is through an ongoing relationship—a place where we can share learnings for months, if not years.
That means that inside Winning The Room, I'm extremely active in the Rehearsal Room and in direct messages. I also host weekly live sessions, including open Hot Mics and 1:1 private Hot Seats.
I also create and curate the best training resources I can to help you build your skillset.
Winning The Room is where I'm able to personalize my experience and insights to you and your specific situation, and I love it.
And even better – it's a space for us all to learn together in real-time.
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