Christine Zini of Aspire in Fayetteville, Arkansas, shares her elevator pitch – the short speech she gives about her organization when she meets prospective donors.

Watch the video to see her technique-and to see how your own pitch stacks up.

Prospecting will highlight more pitches in the coming days. But if you can’t wait to see them individually, you can watch all of them here.

And if you’d like to submit your own video pitch, contact Jacquelyn Kasuya, a Chronicle multimedia journalist.