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Crafting your Elevator Pitch: Key Features of an Elevator Speech to Help You Reach the Top Floor
Citation:
McCullough, S. Crafting your Elevator Pitch: Key Features of an Elevator Speech to Help You Reach the Top Floor. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12 - 15, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
This is a presentation on marketing your science and/or yourself. Your research = your product; your abilities = your service; focus on your client/audience.
Description:
You never know when you will end up talking to someone who will end up helping to shape your career. Many of these chance meetings are brief and when you only get 2-3 minutes to make your case everything that you say has to count. This presentation will cover the key features of an effective elevator-style speech that will help you capitalize on every opportunity to help yourself and your work to rise to the top of your field.