Producing a Virtual Fast Pitch
We often get questions from colleagues across the SVPi network about how we organize and execute our Fast Pitch, since we've had a lot of time for trial and error in the last 12 years.
We hosted a 90-minute webinar on September 10th for any staff, Board, or Partners interested in learning more about our approach. You can watch a replay of our 12th annual but first virtual Fast Pitch event here.
You can watch a replay of the webinar below.
Webinar Timestamps
2:26 >> About the Nonprofit Selection Process
8:12 >> Matching Partners to Nonprofit Leaders
12:09 >> Applicant Workshop: Narrowing down to cohort
14:10 >> Overall Project Management
22:19 >> Navigating Team Dynamics
25:05 >> Post Reception Tables at In-Person Event
26:00 >> Pivoting to Virtual: Creating a not-typical Zoom event
34:41 >> Production of Pitch Video
38:49 >> Virtual Event Budget
40:47 >> Funding: cooperation vs. competition
42:43 >> Collective Fund
46:24 >> Perks and Challenges of doing Fast Pitch virtually
54:41 >> Using Fast Pitch as a Partner-Recruiting Event
56:18 >> Value of Program to Nonprofits
1:01:18 >> More About the Applicant Workshop & Selection Process
1:09:04 >> Musical Performance: How we chose Ozomatli
1:11:29 >> In-Person or Virtual (in the future)?
1:15:12 >> Makeup of Our Fast Pitch Coaches
Tech Tools Used to Produce Event
Zoom Webinar: to stream the event.
Ecamm Live: our Live Streaming Producer, CG Media Solution, used Ecamm’s "Broadcasting Studio" to easily switch between different segments (e.g., videos) during the event. If you don't have a Mac, OBS Studio works for Windows computers.
Pledgeling: process donations through a Fundraising Page. We were also able to incorporate an overlay during the event that showed real-time donation activity (you can see an example of the overlay below):
