Learn how to pitch Your Idea to Anyone
A 90-minute live Zoom workshop on November 13th, 2025 at 5:30PST (recording available to those who can’t make it)
In this class, Shelby Stanger, podcast host of Wild Ideas Worth Living, journalist, and author of Will to Wild will share her proven framework for crafting a pitch that gets attention from editors, brands, investors, and people she wants to work with, plus what to do when you get rejected and how to follow up. A live recording will be sent to all participants who sign up. Class Limited to 30 people.
pitch your story, project, or idea so people say yes.
You’ll Learn:
The anatomy of a pitch that lands (and what to leave out).
How to write subject lines and intros that get opened.
Real examples of successful pitches and why they worked. What doesn’t work.
Shelby’s storytelling formula and emotion needed for making your idea stick.
Live Q&A and on-the-spot feedback.
You’ll walk away with:
➾ A plug-and-play template you can use immediately.
➾ Confidence to pitch your idea to anyone -- investors, editors, brands, producers, or even people you want to work with.
➾ What works including what to do about subject lines, how to present your pitch (and the wildest pitches I’ve received).
➾ Confidence to pitch you idea now.
ABOUT SHELBY STANGER
…AND WHY I’M TEACHING THIS CLASS
I’ve spent the past 20 years pitching wild ideas, everything from magazine stories to podcasts to brand partnerships. I’ve also been pitched thousands of times. I’ve been told “no” plenty of times, said “yes” to ideas that caught my attention. I’ve also landed dream collaborations with brands like REI Co-op Vans, Jesse Itzler’s Build Your Life Resume Radio, and Lufthansa.
This class is about teaching you what works, what doesn’t, and how to pitch your next big idea with heart and confidence as well as what to do when you are told NO (sometimes a no just means later).
AI is here and the world may feel uncertain, but nothing replaces a great pitch written from your own big brain and voice.
