{"id":1810,"date":"2019-11-10T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T22:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.sydney.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=1810"},"modified":"2019-11-12T18:17:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T07:17:39","slug":"speed-networking","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/session\/speed-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ultimate way to network with lots of people in a small amount of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speed networking is an ideal opportunity, in a safe environment, to practice your elevator pitch for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is an elevator pitch?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your elevator speech should be brief.&nbsp;<\/strong>Restrict the \nspeech to 30-60 seconds \u2014 that&#8217;s the time it takes to ride an elevator, \nhence the name. You don&#8217;t need to include your entire work history and \ncareer objectives. Your pitch should be a&nbsp;short recap of who you are and\n what you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You need to be persuasive.&nbsp;<\/strong>Even though it&#8217;s a short  pitch, your elevator speech should be compelling enough to spark the  listener&#8217;s interest in your idea, organization, or background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more info on elevator pitches read <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Balanced Careers blog post (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalancecareers.com\/elevator-speech-examples-and-writing-tips-2061976\" target=\"_blank\">The Balanced Careers blog post<\/a>. or this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"fun video on elevator pitches (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lb0Yz_5ZYzI\" target=\"_blank\">fun video on elevator pitches<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speed Networking Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Standing up<\/li><li>Person &#8220;1&#8221; starts the conversation (we&#8217;ll tell you which number you are)<\/li><li>6 minutes per network rotation (may vary that depending on how many people we have)<\/li><li>2-way conversion (give your elevator pitch 30-60 seconds each then ask questions)<\/li><li>We will let you know your half-way time (let the other person talk if you&#8217;ve been the only person talking so far)<\/li><li>30 seconds-left call-out to end the conversation<\/li><li>Swap business cards and move on to next person<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ultimate way to network with lots of people in a small amount of time. Speed networking is an ideal opportunity, in a safe environment, to practice your elevator pitch for your business. What is an elevator pitch? Your elevator speech should be brief.&nbsp;Restrict the speech to 30-60 seconds \u2014 that&#8217;s the time it takes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/session\/speed-networking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Speed Networking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14568066,"featured_media":1812,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1573872000,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[1527],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[1295612],"session_category":[5551],"class_list":["post-1810","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_track-hallway-workshops","wcb_session_category-networking"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamRTz-tc","session_date_time":{"date":"16th November, 2019","time":"1:40 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"1527","slug":"wil-brown","name":"Wil Brown","link":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/wil-brown\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":"Networking","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14568066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1925,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1810\/revisions\/1925"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}