“The greatness of your idea should not be limited by your ability to explain it.”
MATT BOARDMAN
Matt is a Madrid-based communications coach who has helped more than 300 organisations, including Roche, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Coca Cola, Accenture and the European Commission, identify their essential story and sell it to clients through a concise, exciting elevator pitch. He believes that, whether in a formal pitch or a casual conversation, we only have one chance of 2-5 minutes to win a client or lose them.
Originally from England and a graduate of Cambridge University, Matt was a leadership consultant in Deloitte for several years, during which time he worked on hundreds of client bids and presentations and managed the Major Projects Leadership Academy for Oxford Saïd Business School and the Government of the United Kingdom. For five years he delivered training in public speaking to charity volunteers in the UK, Kenya and Uganda. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Communication at IE University (Instituto de Empresa) in Madrid.
Selection of previous clients:
What's your pitch?
I’m a communications coach and business speaker. I have helped more than 300 startups and large companies identify their “essential story” and sell it to clients and investors through a concise, exciting elevator pitch.
I believe that:
Your expertise, product or idea is worth nothing unless your client or investor believes in it enough to pay for it.
Whether or not they believe in it usually depends on a single 2-5 minute "elevator pitch".
This elevator pitch could be in a formal presentation or a 1-to-1 networking conversation, but the principles for success remain the same.
“Matt, the presentation skills training course in Madrid was invaluable, really effective with great techniques and advice - I would definitely recommend to anyone!”
“As well as showing me how to communicate with my team in a more interesting way, Matt gave us techniques about how to focus our message, to emphasize the most important points, and how to sell “my product”. I recommend his training 100%.”
“Overall speaker rating (20 participants): 5.00 out of 5.00
Comments: “Highly professional”, “really dynamic”, “innovative content”, “very energetic”
Services:
Elevator Pitch Rescue
Are you giving an important pitch next week that you’re just not satisfied with?
I’ll work intensively with you and your team to perfect the pitch before the big day. No matter what state it’s currently in, together we’ll make sure you win the sale.
Elevator Pitch Boot Camp
Do you sell to clients or investors through a pitch or presentation?
Transform your team's pitching power with my intensive boot camp training and don't miss out on a single sale.
Click Networking
Building relationships is vital to your business, so why does it often feel difficult and artificial?
If networking is dreaded by you or your team, you’re doing it wrong. I’ll show you how to “click” with colleagues and clients and maintain meaningful professional relationships that feel natural, never forced.
Mind Coffee
Do you ever feel like you and your team are losing sight of the big picture?
It's far too easy to rush through each week without reflecting on what you're really aiming for. Book a 45-minute Mind Coffee session and re-energise your team's creativity, confidence and even luck.
Senior Manager, Business Development - Repsol
“Matt's engagement breaks the worn-out mold of typical communications course dogma. Combined with his dynamism and magnetic engagement style, his curriculum pulled our participants toward the new age of focused, intentional messaging without ignoring underlying fundamentals.
We were left with new skills and approaches around the "live" aspect of communicating, but also having an innovative structure and process for crafting the message.
10/10 will bring him back.”