Creating and Refining Your Elevator Pitch

Title: Creating and Refining Your Elevator Pitch

Description:

Whether you’re riding in an elevator with members of a job search committee or giving a short talk walking around campus, you’ll need to be prepared to talk about your areas of expertise. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to share their knowledge and experience in 2 to 5 minutes. Following the informative session, graduate students will have an opportunity to mix and mingle, to both get to know other graduate students and to practice their elevator talks with students inside and outside their fields. This workshop is particularly beneficial for students who will be defending a thesis or dissertation, those going on the job market soon, or those interested in competing in the 3MT competition. 

Learning Outcomes:

Graduate students who attend this session will:

1. identify key elements of an elevator pitch generally

2. Outline the main points of their own elevator pitch

3. Practice giving an elevator pitch to other graduate students

Presenter Bio:

Michelle Rodems, Ph.D., is director for graduate student professional development for the School of Interdisciplinary and Grad, retention, and success in the Graduate School. Michelle manages all interdisciplinary professional development for more than 4,000 University of Louisville graduate students, including coordinating the PLAN professional development framework of academies, workshops, learning communities, and reading groups, as well as conducting individual consultations. Michelle’s research and professional interests include teaching and learning in higher education, graduate student development and education, educational technology and social media, and professional development in higher education.  Karen Boston is a career coach serving U of L students in Dentistry, Medicine, Natural Sciences, Nursing, and Public Health.  She earned the Masters in Education with a concentration in College Student Personnel from the University of Louisville and the Career Development Facilitator credential from The National Career Development Association.

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The PLAN is a professional development initiative run by the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies (SIGS) that provides graduate students opportunities and resources for Professional development, Life skills, Academic development, and Networking skills. 

Website: http://graduate.louisville.edu/plan

Dial-In Information

Link will be provided with registration 

Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Virtual Event
Event Type

Training & Development

Audience

Students

Departments

School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, PLAN

Website

https://louisville.edu/graduate/forms...

Cost

Free

Hashtag

#PLAN #Gradschool #ProfessionalDevelopment #UofLgradschool #uoflPLAN

Keywords/Tags

PLAN, Professional Development, Graduate School, Career

Contact Name

Michelle Montalvo

Contact Phone Number

502-852-3975

Contact Email

m0monn01@louisville.edu

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