Elevator Pitch

I enjoyed doing the elevator pitch because I learned how to be precise and to the point while speaking. I have never been very good at getting to the point when telling stories and while doing an elevator pitch, time is of the essence. According to a career helping website, “Your elevator speech should be brief. Restrict the speech to 30-60 seconds.” I also know that I tend to speak fast when talking in general, so I tried really hard to slow it down a bit and annunciate my words. This helped me keep my thoughts in order and within the time frame.

Another career related site said to “Identify Your Goal. Start by thinking about the objective of your pitch.” I think that it also helped a lot that I had a goal in my elevator pitch, so I wasn’t just rambling, but I spoke with purpose. While we did both the elevator pitch by recording and in person, I think I prefer in person. I was able to re-record myself if I messed up, which I liked but in real life you aren’t able to do that, so that’s why I prefer in person. I also feel more natural when speaking to an actual person rather than to a computer screen where I am looking at myself.

The most helpful piece of advice was to just to pause if I need to think instead of saying like or um which I know I tend to do. I also liked hearing that the specific stats numbers I put in there was helpful to hear. I think I had a lot of great information that was well thought out in my elevator pitch, that would hopefully get me an interview. Something I think that I could work on is just to relax if I mess up or stumble on my words and to continue speaking. Overall, I think it was a great learning experience that will help me in the future.