Pitch by Danny Fontaine

Pitch

How to Captivate and Convince Any Audience on the Planet

Danny Fontaine

Profile Books · Print & ebook · August 1, 2025

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
Explore connection, storytelling, persuasion, and pitching across a range of speaking contexts.
Genres
Meetings & Presentations, Language Arts, Sales & Selling
Published
Profile Books, August 1, 2025

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genres: Meetings & Presentations and Language Arts.

  1. Life Is a Series of PresentationsTony Jeary69% match
  2. The 3-minute RuleBrant Pinvidic67% match
  3. Lend Me Your EarsMax Atkinson65% match
  4. ResonateNancy Duarte64% match
  5. Show and TellDan Roam64% match
  6. Winning the RoomJonathan Pease, Grant Cartwright64% match
  7. The Power of StorytellingJim Holtje63% match
  8. Develop Your Presentation SkillsTheo Theobald63% match

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

Pitching sucks. The word alone conjures up dull PowerPoint decks, pushy tactics, and shouty emails. But it doesn't have to be that way. Danny Fontaine, an expert in innovative pitching, presents a game-changing guide that transforms pitching into an exciting, creative and enjoyable experience.

Continue reading

Drawing from his billion-dollar pitching experience, this book delves into the psychology of connection and storytelling mastery, alongside practical methods for persuading any audience. And it's all backed with anecdotes of some of the very best, and worst, pitches of all time. These techniques work in any context, from corporate boardrooms to classroom lectures to after-dinner speeches, proving that great pitching is all about creating experiences and evoking emotions. Forget PowerPoint and discover how to captivate any audience, win more deals, and have fun doing it.

Pitching as Storytelling

Explore connection, storytelling, persuasion, and pitching across a range of speaking contexts.

Come here for

  • The psychology of connection and storytelling
  • Pitching in boardrooms, classrooms, and after-dinner speeches

Expect

  • Practical methods for persuading an audience
  • Anecdotes about some of the best and worst pitches

Where it sits

Meetings & Presentations87%
Sales & Selling50%
Language Arts45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Marketing
  • Sales & Selling
  • Sales Management
Authors
Danny Fontaine
Publisher
Profile Books
Published
August 1, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Marketing