Elevator Pitch Competition

What's Your One-Minute Pitch?

How would you pitch a great business idea to potential partners or investors?
How would you pitch yourself to a career fair recruiter?  What would you say about yourself during a brief social or business encounter?
How would you persuade other students to join your project team or convince a potential advisor or sponsor of your project's merit?

We've designed a workshop to cover the basics of creating an Elevator Pitch for three different pitch situations. Consider attending the workshop and then making a one-minute pitch WPI's Annual Elevator Pitch Competition. 

It's easy as 1-2-3

1. Attend the Elevator Pitch Workshop November 14, 2011, 1-2 PM, Campus Center Odeum Room. This workshop will help you prepare a pitch. Briefly covered will be what an elevator pitch is and why it is a useful skill throughout life. Begin writing, refining, and practicing your pitch with a mentor.
2. Register to enter the November 17, 2011, Elevator Pitch Contest in the Campus Center Hagglund Room, 3:00 p.m. (Business pitches are confidential, but personal and project pitches may have an audience.)
3. Stick around if you can, to see if you won a prize.

Pitch Categories

1. Personal Pitch -  for networking during social or business encounters.
2. Project Pitch - for persuading students to join your team, advisors to advise, or sponsors to fund.
3. Business Idea Pitch - for peaking investor or potential team partner interest and confidence in your ability to execute your plan.

Please register separately for each pitch category. You are eligible to win a first-place monetary prize in one category only. However, you may receive an award certificate in lieu of a cash prize in more than one category.