Elevator pitch - reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

What do you think of when you hear the term
'elevator pitch'?

Now what do you think an
'elevator pitch' is?

1. A friendly talk about a new product
2. A short promotional speech about a product
3. A 60-minute quiet ride on an elevator
4. I haven't got a clue

Characteristics

• 60 seconds (min + max)
• brief introduction 
• what do you need?
• why you?

Today

• work in pairs
• choose one of the texts
• read it closely and
• answer 5 basic questions about them 
• prepare your elevator pitch
• perform your elevator pitch
• rate your classmates

Subjects

1. Sandless Beach Blanket
2. Flatulence Filtering Underwear
3. Wifi Smartpen

For the fast ones...

Practice your pitch in a specific accent 

On Google, look up one or two characteristics of your accent of choice and try to implement them into your pitch. You may use earphones to watch a video on this. 

THINK OF:

Cockney (urban London)

Scottish 

General American

Southern American

Canadian

TIP

search entry: 

Characteristics [insert accent] accent 

Action

1. Pair up with your neighbour
2. Pick one of the texts
3. Read it and answer the questions 
4. Prepare your pitch (both of you should be able to pitch the pitch).

Who takes home the prize money?

1. Pair 1
2. Pair 2
3. Pair 3
4. Pair 4