In your pitch, some elements you may want to include are:
- Hook – This is a sentence or two that you use to get people’s attention and draw their interest. It could be a question or a statement that introduces the topic and its importance.
- Introduction – After you deliver the hook, it is crucial that you explain who you are (name, year, and major), in what capacity you completed this work.
- Set-up or Question – After capturing their attention and introducing yourself, you want to quickly indicate (if you have not already) why your issue is important and how your research fits a need, but mostly you want to set up your central research question or problem, hopefully sparking the audience to start asking you more questions.
Presentation Tips:
- Please dress in business attire.
- Plan what you are going to say in response to the statement, “tell me about your research.”
- Use plain language, your elevator pitch should target all audiences including those that know nothing about your topic.
