{"id":2588,"date":"2018-01-25T18:13:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/?page_id=2588"},"modified":"2018-01-25T18:13:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:13:32","slug":"lizzy-wallace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/lizzy-wallace\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzy Wallace &#8211; Pitch Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzy Wallace is the <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/leadership\/can-a-founder-become-ceo\/\">founder<\/a> of \u201cPitchPolish\u201d, a consulting and coaching practice focusing on improving public speaking and communication skills.<\/p>\n<p>With her background in public relations, marketing, and theatre, she provides private training sessions and group workshops using the fundamentals of improv, scripted theatre, and media training.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bLizzy currently teaches at General Assembly, a world renowned technical school, and is a mentor of the gaming <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/startups\/how-to-choose-the-ideal-online-accelerator-or-startup-program-in-the-usa\/\">accelerator<\/a> program YetiZen, US Market Access Center, Santa Monica New Tech, Project Echo, MakeinLA, and Grid110. She has been a guest speaker at East Los Angeles College, CalArts, Emerson College, UCLA, and USC. She has taught all over the United States as well as internationally.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nLizzy was the delivery <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/pitch-deck\/why-emotional-pitching-outperforms-technical-presentations-the-key-to-winning-over-investors\/\">pitch<\/a> coach for Dreamforce&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/go-to-market\/programmatic-advertising-the-secret-weapon-your-startup-isnt-using-but-should-be\/\">startup<\/a> pitch <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/startups\/everything-weve-been-taught-about-business-is-wrong-a-new-perspective-on-success\/\">competition<\/a>, Dreampitch, which included notable judges Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca and continues to mentor for their ongoing worldwide pitch events. She has provided training for major projects for The Republic of Poland, The Chilean Goverment, National IT Promotion Agency of Korea, and has designed the first improv communication program for the Creative Language Center in Switzerland which debuted in the fall of 2016.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nLizzy has independently consulted with many companies including: <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/business-strategy\/how-microsoft-empowers-entrepreneurs-to-build-scalable-and-impactful-businesses\/\">Microsoft<\/a>, The Grammys, <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/business-strategy\/why-netflix-captures-the-world-a-strategic-blueprint-for-founders\/\">Netflix<\/a>, Redbull, T-Mobile, LA Metro, CAA, Est\u00e9e Lauder, Electronic Arts, Zynga, Capcom, Laundry Locker, and AIESEC.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nLizzy has been featured on CNBC, Refinery29, and has provided spokesperson and hosting talent for VidSF, NBC, Verizon Wireless, Nissan, SF Weekly, IM Magazine, ArtWorkSF, Swagg, <a href=\"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/blog\/business-strategy\/how-airbnb-revolutionizes-travel-lessons-for-startup-founders\/\">AirBnB<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzy Wallace is the founder of \u201cPitchPolish\u201d, a consulting and coaching practice focusing on improving public speaking and communication skills. With her background in public relations, marketing, and theatre, she provides private training sessions and group workshops using the fundamentals of improv, scripted theatre, and media training. \u200bLizzy currently teaches at General Assembly, a world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1040,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2588","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccelerator.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}