Elevator Pitch Competition Ready to Knock Your Socks Off

• by Champlain College

BURLINGTON, VT (02/09/2010)(readMedia)-- Champlain College's Bring Your Own Business (BYOBiz) Program and Champlain Career Services present the 4th annual Elevator Pitch Competition on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 8:30 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium. It is sponsored by KeyBank. It is free and open to the public.

The contest requires participating students to give their 90-second "pitch" to an executive (dubbed the "suit") as they ride together in a fictional elevator. There are three categories of competition-entrepreneurs, job/internship seekers, and non-profit/social advocates. The event is patterned on a national competition which teaches budding entrepreneurs the importance of presenting a "big idea" to an executive as succinctly and convincingly as possible.

The event is open to all students/all majors at Champlain College.

What's the incentive? First prize is $500, second prize, $300 and third prize, $100.

The annual event receives promotional support from The Burlington Free Press and the Coleman Foundation.

For further information about the Elevator Pitch Competition, www.go.champlain.edu/BYOBiz or contact Bob Bloch, BYOBiz Program (rbloch@champlain.edu, 865-6490) or Pat Boera, Career Services (boerap@champlain.edu, 651-5991).