Michael R. Chin Quee of Food For the Poor in Coconut Creek, Fla., shares his elevator pitch – the short speech he gives about his organization when he meets prospective donors.

Watch the video to see his 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.