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Career Café: Perfect Your Professional Elevator Pitch

Tue, 17 October, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Graduate Student Services: Career Cafe. Image of a coffee, pad and pen.

Check! Check! Check! One-Two! One-Two! Calling all Elliott School Graduate Students! Join our upcoming Career Cafe to learn, practice and deliver your professional elevator pitch.

An elevator pitch is a brief way of introducing yourself, getting across a key point or two, and making a connection with someone - which takes roughly the amount of time you'd spend riding an elevator with someone. It should feature your KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities), spanning your language-speaking abilities, work experience, academic experience, and a human interest passion outside of work or school that you have in your downtime.

Agenda:

  • What are the key elements of a Professional Elevator Pitch?
  • Round 1 pairing off and choose one person to go first and listen to the other Elevator Pitch, then give feedback to your peer.
  • Round 2 switch turns, and the other person pitches, and the first person that pitched listens and gives feedback.
  • Debrief and talk discuss the Professional settings where Elevator Pitches are used
  • Deliver your pitch in 60 seconds to the group and engage in group feedback! (Optional)
Where
The Elliott School of International Affairs Foggy Bottom Campus 1957 E Street, NW Washington DC 20052
Room: GSS Conference Room 603
Admission
Open to everyone.
Contacts
Majid Hassabu
[email protected]
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