Communication and pitching skills for entrepreneurs

Overview

Engineering students need to understand that the future is more than being just an engineer. There is a need to capture innovation and creativity within the engineering world and encourage young engineers to be entrepreneurial for themselves, or their organisations. In the following set of topic areas, you will unpack and understand communication, which is a skill that you may take for granted and, as a result, underestimate the importance for engineers. You will look at it from an engineering and enterprise angle. This will lead to planning and delivering compelling pitches to investors, and customers that is engaging and backed up with facts and data.

Overarching themes

• Look at audience types, and forms of communication in engineering.
• Understand features of any high-quality communication in an engineering enterprise.
• Upholding professional ethics when communicating in engineering enterprise.
• Explain the purposes and audiences for pitches.
• Know the features and content of high-quality pitches. 

Communication skills for entrepreneurs

Pitching for entrepreneurs