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Create an interactive elevator-pitch course with Manus

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Outcome

Manus researched the topic and built a complete multi-module course website on elevator pitching; a second prompt added interactive quizzes and videos.

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create an interactive course on elevator pitching using the best academic advice.

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Goal: Create an interactive course on elevator pitching based on credible academic and expert advice.

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Audience (students, founders, job seekers)
- Course length and format (web page, slides with quizzes)
- Any frameworks I want included

Rules:
- Base each lesson on cited sources (research papers, university career centres, well-known books); list them.
- Include practice: write-your-pitch templates, examples and short quizzes with answers.
- Keep lessons short (5 minutes each) with a clear takeaway.
- Make it work on a phone.
- End with a checklist learners can use before a real pitch.
- Give each module a learning goal, a short example and a quiz.
- Write quiz answers with a one-line explanation.
- Check that every link and embedded video works.

Checkpoint: Ask before publishing it anywhere public.

If you get stuck: If a claim has no good source, cut it rather than guess. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords.

Verify before you finish: Click through every lesson and quiz to check links and answers work.

Output: The course link or files, a lesson outline and the source list.

Done when: a learner can finish the course and produce a 30-second pitch.

Source

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-things-into-existence

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