{"id":981,"date":"2020-09-26T11:59:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T11:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/?p=981"},"modified":"2020-09-26T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T12:01:09","slug":"developing-a-good-elevator-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/developing-a-good-elevator-pitch\/981\/communicating-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a Good Elevator Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elevator1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-983\" width=\"410\" height=\"191\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Being able to communicate your study&#8217;s purpose quickly and effectively is important. Often we need to share our science with non-experts, so being able to capture others&#8217; interest in an engaging way from the start, helps them see the value of our work. Elevator pitches are traditionally thought of in the context of a job or graduate school interview, but being able to give a good elevator pitch will also help with writing (especially for non-psych audiences) and for openings of talks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-26-at-7.54.31-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-982\" width=\"284\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-26-at-7.54.31-AM.png 520w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-26-at-7.54.31-AM-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Broad Institute provides a succinct summary of what makes a good elevator pitch and how to do it. You can <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/broad\/commkit\/elevator-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\">access the article here.<\/a> Although their example focuses on biological engineering, the principles are readily applied to psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being able to communicate your study&#8217;s purpose quickly and effectively is important. Often we need to share our science with non-experts, so being able to capture others&#8217; interest in an engaging way from the start, helps them see the value of our work. 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