1. Project Planning and Pitch Preparation
YSEALI – STEM Education Workshop
Project Planning
and
Pitch Preparation

2. What are the judging criteria?
Be Prepared!
What are the judging criteria?
Project Planning
Creativity
Usefulness
Technical Understanding
Engineering Design Process
Pitch and Presentation Prep

3. Preparing your project
Use SMART questions to create a SMART project and pitch.
Be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-oriented.

4. Judges are people, too! What would you want to hear?
Put yourself in their shoes.
Judges are people, too!
What would you want to hear?

5. Do your research.
What are the judging criteria? How does your project fit?
What can you find out about the judges?

6. Make your pitch and story accessible.
Remember, the judges are going to hear a lot of pitches.
What makes yours stand out?

7. Keep your slide decks simple.
People love infographics, icons and pictures that tell a story.

8. Demonstrate your knowledge.
Show the judges that you understand the problem and your target users.
Use simple data and stories to make the judges care.

9. Use simple words and concepts that are memorable.
“Make your project
stand out!”
Use simple words and concepts that are memorable.

10. Now you are on your way.
Don’t forget to practice your pitch, time yourself, and get feedback from others about how you can improve it.