Good morning Miss Sofia,
The session was centered on answering two major questions that guide effective communication. These questions are:
Firstly, what is the WHY? Why do you wish to communicate? Why is it important that you communicate? Why does it matter for the audience?
The second question is, what is it? What is it you wish to communicate? What do you want the audience to take from your communication? What is the end goal/achievement of doing this communication?
These guiding questions, when answered properly, will help one pitch ideas well and introduce themselves effectively, leaving an impact on the audiences, investors, directors, philanthropists, and so on.
My personal pitch/introduction
My name is Ninsiima Doreen. I am a recent graduate of biomedical engineering from Mbarara University of Science and Technology. I am currently practicing clinical engineering with Divine Mercy Hospital.
I have great passion in robotics and autonomous systems in artificial intelligence. I believe this field will be a transforming point for Uganda to dare start local in-house medical devices and technologies to fit local unique medical challenges. By gaining expertise in this field through a master degree, I could become an access point of guidance on how the industry in medical devices and AI policy shaping can be holistically grown.
The above introduction aims to request a scholarship from a potential funder to support my master’s degree. The pitch has an introduction (who am I, what do I do) in blue color, it goes on to present my passions and interests in brown color (what do I hope to become, what challenge am I setting for myself), and finally it presents a win, not only for myself but also my country Uganda in green color (Who wins from my itch, who is benefiting, earning), it also presents a call to action to better prepare Uganda to have locally available experts in fields that are crucial to expand its industrialization sector.
The personal pitch I crafted is a compilation of the tricks I learned during Miss Elena’s session.
Thank you.