About my Elevator Speech

In thinking about my elevator speech, I tried to have it be well-structured. That is, I wanted to start out with an unambiguous beginning that summarized the whole speech, and then discuss the rest of it in a structure that brought together my past (educational background and interests), my present (current work at the School of Medicine and classwork at SILS), and my future (an interest in working with educational technologies at a University Library or similar environment). I felt this way of structuring the talk could guide me in what I included, how much detail I should mention, etc.

Saying it out-loud made me realize that this talk needs some work. I don't want to sound too repetitive, and I would like for it to flow freely, like talking to someone in an elevator, perhaps. My speech was well-received by my audience of one. I was told that it was good that it seemed so integrated, but that I might want to work on it some more in order to give a smooth delivery.