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Workbook · Module 7

Translate the Proposal into the Pitch

You have written the proposal. Now you have to stand up and win the room. This activity takes what is already on paper and forges the spoken pitch — one big idea, three answers, a defended flank, and a close that asks for the yes.

Time  35–45 min Team  2–5 Bring  your written proposal Feeds  the Capstone pitch
The brief this example runs on

LUNA RISE · "AURA" comeback launch

Stellar Entertainment is releasing "AURA," the comeback mini-album from five-member group LUNA RISE. The group is strong at home but almost invisible on Western short-form. The goal: convert domestic fandom into international streaming and a first global-chart entry — in an 8-week window, on a lean budget.

Client Stellar Entertainment
Audience Global Gen Z, 16–24, short-form native
Window 8 weeks to release day
The gap Big in Korea, near-zero on TikTok / Reels
Part A

The one-breath test

Choose three of the densest passages in your written proposal. For each, write the single spoken line you would say on stage instead. If you can't say it in one breath, it isn't a pitch line yet.

Passage from the written proposalThe one line you'll say on stage
1
"The integrated campaign leverages a synchronised cross-platform content ecosystem across owned, earned, and paid media to maximise pre-release awareness and conversion among international Gen Z segments."
"For eight weeks, everywhere your fans already scroll, LUNA RISE shows up — and we turn scrolls into streams."
2
"Consumer insight research indicates 68% of the target demographic discovers new music through short-form video prior to streaming-platform engagement."
"Your future fans meet the music on TikTok before they ever open Spotify. So that's where we start."
3
"Budget allocation prioritises high-efficiency channels, with the majority of spend directed toward platforms demonstrating the strongest engagement-to-conversion ratios for the segment."
"Seventy percent of the budget goes where the fans already are — TikTok and Reels. The rest just amplifies what's working."
Part B

The three questions

Every panel is really asking the same three things. Answer each in one strong sentence — specific, evidenced, no hedging.

01 · Why this?

Why this strategy over the obvious alternative?

A dance-challenge-led short-form strategy — because 68% of global Gen Z find music on TikTok before they stream, and LUNA RISE's choreography is their single strongest asset.
02 · Why now?

Why is this the moment — what does waiting cost them?

The comeback drops in 8 weeks, and the 3 weeks before release are when the algorithm decides who wins. Miss that window and we pay for months to catch up.
03 · Why you?

Why should they trust your team to run it?

We mapped the exact posting cadence of three groups that broke internationally last year, and we've already taken two comeback challenges past 2M organic views.
Part C

Name the objection first

You already know the two weakest points in your campaign. List them — then write the sentence that defuses each before the panel asks.

The objection the panel will raiseYour pre-empt: the sentence that answers it first
1
"Eight weeks isn't enough to build an international audience."
"You're right that 8 weeks won't build a fandom — but it's exactly enough to seed a viral dance challenge, and the challenge builds the fandom for us."
2
"The budget is too small for global reach."
"We're not buying global reach — we're buying 200 micro-creators who already own it, at a tenth the cost of paid impressions."
Part D

The close

End by spending your momentum, not handing it back. Write your final two sentences: the ask and the next step with a date.

Banned ending:  "Thank you — any questions?"  — it gives the room away at the exact moment you should be closing.
The ask

What, exactly, do you want them to approve?

"Approve the 8-week AURA launch campaign, starting Monday."
The next step

One concrete action, with a date attached.

"Green-light us today and we lock the creator roster by Friday the 25th."
Your one big idea, one last time

The final sentence they hear is the one they'll repeat.

"Everywhere your fans already scroll, LUNA RISE will be there — and we'll turn those scrolls into streams."

Self-check · before you present

My opening line names their problem, not my team.
A stranger could repeat my one big idea after hearing it once.
Every slide either proves that idea or has been cut.
My key evidence is one number I can say in a single breath.
I name my biggest weakness before the panel can.
I close with an ask and a dated next step — never "any questions?"

Remember: the proposal proves you can do the work. The pitch makes them want you to.