We have everybody give an "elevator speech".
And make sure you've got your elevator speech because you never know who you might see.
If you had asked that question between his 2004 convention address and his 2008 campaign, the answer could have been summarized in a short elevator speech.
The Democratic convention is his best chance to offer an elevator speech, to define America's most pressing challenge and how he plans to address it.
I'VE spent untold hours helping business professionals brag about themselves — the good way, of course — for the job interview, the sales pitch, the elevator speech, you name it.
"It's a pretty nuanced argument, not an elevator speech," Brian Conway, a private equity executive who is a chairman of the campaign, said.
Banana Republic executives, well-versed in pushing the merits of lightweight wool blazers or crewneck cardigans, are training the volunteer representatives on how to make an "elevator speech," Mr. Propper said, "a quick pitch to identify their needs, made in the time it would take to get from the lobby to your office.
(Two words: elevator speech).
Have you wished you had prepared your elevator speech when you ran into an unexpected investor?
You prepare an "elevator speech," though elevators are places where people vehemently avoid eye contact.
I will be in attendance so put on your pitching pants and practice your elevator speech.
