The Fast Pitch method

Using a technique borrowed from the venture capital and start-up communities, the Fast Pitch model is an eight- to 10-week nonprofit training program in storytelling. Nonprofits are matched with individual Social Venture Partners to practice, refine and hone their messages. The nonprofits then share passionate three-minute presentations about the work they do and why it matters for a chance to advance to the Lift phase of Project XLR8.

Past participants have told us they value the networking and connections made through the process as well as the training.

Social Venture Partners presented Fast Pitch as a stand-alone competition for eight years. Watch the winning pitch by the 1N5 from the 2019 event below.