Episode 60: Live at Five- Your Pitch, Your Presence, Your Magic Wand

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In this episode, Faithann takes you behind the scenes of her Live at Five trainings inside The Networker’s Tour Guide Facebook group. You’ll hear a curated compilation of four short lives (from August–November 2025) all focused on one thing: helping you use your introduction time with confidence, clarity, and curiosity—without rambling or listing everything you do.

You’ll also hear Faithann reflect on why repeating powerful concepts matters. Just like the decision-making framework she learned from former guest Danielle Baily, some ideas need to be heard more than once before they show up in how we actually behave in the room.

If you’ve ever felt rushed, scattered, or apologetic during your pitch time, this episode will feel like a mini-workshop you can replay again and again.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to weave gratitude into your pitch
  Use one of your weekly pitches each year to publicly thank someone in your networking group—like the person who invited you, a member you look up to, or your leadership team—and why this “word hug” builds trust and goodwill in the room.

• Why going over your time hurts your credibility
  What really happens when you say, “Just one more thing…” after your time is clearly up—and how it impacts both your reputation and the leader’s ability to end the meeting on time.

• The “elevator” analogy for your elevator pitch
  How to take your listeners down into one clear scenario (who you’re looking for, what they’re saying/feeling/doing) and then gently bring them back up with a simple way to bring you up in conversation—instead of doing a sideways, “Tasmanian devil” list of everything you offer.

• What Sesame Street can teach you about your introduction
  Why you should skip caveats, apologies, and “I was going to talk about…” and jump straight into your name, your business, and the story or scenario you want people to remember.

• How to bring “fairy godmother energy” to your pitch
  A fresh way to see yourself as a powerful problem-solver—waving one clear magic wand to help clients get from stuck to the result they really want, instead of trying to cram tacos, Mustangs, and trips to Tahiti into one minute. 😉

• Five simple tweaks to make your pitch more memorable
  Including:

  • Saying your name and business twice (beginning and end)

  • Enunciating clearly if your name/business is uncommon

  • Using pauses to let important phrases land

  • Matching your tone to the emotion of your story

  • Focusing on one kind of referral per pitch, not all of them

• How repetition helps you actually use these ideas
  Why hearing these concepts multiple times makes it more likely they’ll come to mind in the moment—right before you stand up to speak.

Mentioned in this episode

• Danielle Baily – Decision-making framework that inspired Faithann’s reminder that some ideas need to be heard more than once

• Episode 27- The Experts We Meet Part 3 with Danielle Baily

• The Networker’s Tour Guide Facebook Group – Faithann’s free community where she hosts weekly Live at Five trainings, invites members to share offers and events, and helps you sharpen your pitch in real time

🎧 After you listen:
Ask yourself, “What’s one small tweak I can make to my next pitch—this week?” Then try it at your next meeting and notice how the room responds.