The elevator pitch wasn’t even designed for networking ⤵️

Most professionals were taught the elevator pitch, but the elevator pitch was not even designed for the everyday business networking. It came out from the most unexpected place— Hollywood— in the 1970s. Screenwriters created this tool to pitch their movie ideas to producers during short elevator rides. It worked very well When pitching movies, but it does not work when positioning professionals today. Elevator pitches promotes explanation, and explanations ends conversations. Your pitch has to create curiosity because curiosity creates the momentum that creates the lean-in effect in order for you to be chosen, and you definitely deserve to be chosen.