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Refrain from assuming your audience knows what you are talking about. I pitched a student-led university fund. We had a great conversation until I asked his opinion on our project. He stated that he was lost initially because his life experiences did not include the data set required to understand it. He would have if he had been confronted with a typical life journey outside of his controlled environment. --- This post was migrated from connect.com and was originally published at an earlier date.
Such a good point Jeff Nelson - during the pitch process this is something a lot of people struggle with! Educating your audience and getting them to a place where they can understand your expertise is a huge communication challenge! Something we should explore in a stortelling session. --- This post was migrated from connect.com and was originally published at an earlier date.
The point being is that as a student he had not had the experiences that everyone else has had. The concepts were simple but no context for him to recognize due to his status and age. --- This post was migrated from connect.com and was originally published at an earlier date.
And as a follow up, this student group makes the decisions on where and how the endowment funds are allocated. Very much an outlier, and I will probably never encounter this again 
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I see, that makes sense, thanks for clarifying! --- This post was migrated from connect.com and was originally published at an earlier date.