Virtual pitches on Teams need a different approach than in-person ones. Start with small talk, keep eye contact with the camera, and treat it like a conversation, not a presentation. Record the call instead of taking notes so you stay engaged.
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Virtual pitching and Teams call pitching is obviously very different to what we would have done back in the day, you know, going onto site or anything like that. And so it's an art form that people are kind of just getting to grips to now because it's difficult. I'll go in quite casual and I'll, you know, talk the usual British thing, talk a bit about the weather, talk about what you've been up to over the weekend, make a bit of a jibe at it, all that sort of stuff. Try to build an atmosphere which is a little bit more jovial, a little bit more comfortable for everybody involved. And if I'm not reading from notes, I'm not, as they're talking, noting note whenever somebody's talking back to them about their requirements. I try and hit it face on because, you know, you can record meetings. Most people should be recording meetings, and you can look back for notes thereafter, but you want to be making eye contact, and you want to be speaking to somebody as if you're having a dialogue about something, and not just, you know, somebody who's there to administer some details that you want.