The Creative Activist Toolkit is a series of PDF booklets designed to help today’s youth impact the world through creativity and social entrepreneurship. Produced by the Global Youth Fund and the Creative Visions Foundation, the toolkit chapters are offered free to download. Email us if you would like to contribute a chapter. This chapter is a PowerPoint template that helps young changemakers create an effective presentation to show funders.

1. Pitch Template Creative Activist Toolkit 008

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3. How to use this template: 1. Download from Slideshare.net You can download this template in PowerPoint & Keynote formats in order to customize with your content. 2. Consult Perfect Your Pitch Follow advice in Chapter 7 of the toolkit when creating your pitch 3. Share your pitch! Upload your presentation to globalyouth.ning. com Creative Activist Toolkit 008

5. Table of Contents [your logo] 1. Team 2. Mission & Vision 3. Problem 4. Solution 5. Market/Need 6. Financing 7. Timeline 8. Outcomes

6. The Team Team Member Name Brief description of team member and his or her skills and strengths. Team Member Name Brief description of team member and his or her skills and strengths. Team Member Name Brief description of team member and his or her skills and strengths. [Replace with photo] [your logo]

7. One sentence summary of what your venture is and does. Your elevator pitch. Mission A short phrase or sentence that sums up your mission. Vision A short phrase or sentence that sums up your vision. [insert team photo] [your logo]

9. [Optional: insert photo(s) here to illustrate the problem you are addressing]

10. Solution In one concise sentence, describe your solution. Try to speak to the following: who , what when , where , how , why . Add a second sentence that talks about what makes this solution innovative or special. For example... Each week day , youth volunteers collect day-old bread from bakeries on their way home from school and deliver them to local homeless shelters so that food does not go to waste, homeless people are fed and young people are actively engaged with the poor in their community . It allows teens to help homeless shelters without having to raise or spend money. [your logo]

12. Market/Need Use numbers to show: How many people or organizations can you help? How many people or organizations need your product or service? [your logo] 2000 15% 300 Explanation of what this number represents Explanation of what this number represents Explanation of what this number represents

13. Financing [your logo] Funding Sources (Year 1) Amount Existing funds $xxxx.xx Fees for your service $xxxx.xx Fundraising activity 1 $xxxx.xx Fundraising activity 2 $xxxx.xx Other grants $xxxx.xx Total $xxxx.xx

14. Financing 2 [your logo] Revenue Total $xxxx.xx Expenses (Year 1) Amount Major expense 1 $xxxx.xx Major expense 2 $xxxx.xx Major expense 3 $xxxx.xx Major expense 4 $xxxx.xx Major expense 5 $xxxx.xx Total $xxxx.xx

15. Timeline [your logo] 1 2 3 4 5 Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Milestone 1: Launch Project Milestone 2: Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below Milestone 3: Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below Milestone 4: Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below Milestone 5: Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below

17. [your logo] [your venture’s email address] For more information, please email us at...

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22. about the author thanks The Creative Visions Foundation The Vancouver Foundation The Steve Nash Foundation Jon and Amy Eldon Turteltaub Elaine Munro, Debbie Riopel, Jaspal Lisa Rai Bruce Johnson, Brooke Kuhn, Serge Martin credits Amy Eldon Turteltaub Executive Producer Charles Tsai Managing Director Creative Activist Toolkit 008 Charles Tsai is the founder and Executive Director of Social Creatives. Previously, he worked for Ashoka’s Youth Venture as Director of Virtual Program and at CNN as a reporter and producer. www.charlestsai.com creative activist toolkit The Creative Activist Toolkit is a series of PDF booklets designed to help today’s youth impact the world through creativity and social entrepreneurship. Produced by Social Creatives and the Creative Visions Foundation, the toolkit chapters are offered free to download . Email us if you would li ke to contribute a chapter. Copyright ©2009 Social Creatives Feel free to pass this booklet on but you may not alter the content or charge for it. You may quote brief sections if you credit Social Creatives and provide a link to socialcreatives.org

23. Charles Tsai Social Entrepreneurship Educator Charles Tsai is a journalist, writer, speaker and consultant for social entrepreneurs. A former reporter and producer for CNN, Charles ventured into the social sector to help youth design and implement their own solutions for change. He then helped Ashoka launch its first global campaigns to support youth-led social ventures. Now, he has launched SOCIAL Creatives, a new framework to learn, teach and practice social entrepreneurship.

24. Charles Tsai [email_address] www.socialcreatives.org