Getting Attention: Elevator Pitching

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Learn the principles of effectively presenting yourself to start conversation.

<aside>This session is only available to University of Liverpool staff. When registering for this event please ensure you use your University of Liverpool email address, thank you.</aside><aside></aside>Getting attention in a crowded marketplace is a huge challenge. This workshop shows you the principles of effectively presenting yourself to start conversations with suitable partners and avoid wasting the time of those who are not so keen on your work. You will work with a critical friend to develop your pitch.

Session outcomes for participants:By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 
•	Summarize their experience and skill
•	Recommend appropriate next steps for a potential partner

Presenter:Since 2004 Andrew Corcoran has worked with academic staff at over 90 universities to develop their commercial and external engagement activities. He is Assistant Professor in Marketing at University of Nottingham and Teaching Associate at University of Warwick. Andrew is author of Academic Enterprise: A Field Guide and the forthcoming book Digital Marketing: An Integrated and Practical Approach to be published by Oxford University Press in 2021.

The following elements of the <a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/researcher/documents/Making,an,Impact,2020,FINAL,framework.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Making an Impact 2020 Framework</a> are relevant to this session:Impact clusters: Making an Impact on the Environment; Making an Impact on Culture; Making an Impact on Society or Quality of Life; Making an Impact on Public Policy or Services; Making an Impact on the Economy; Making an Impact Beyond Academia; Making an Impact on the Digital Agenda. Knowledge and Skills Axis: Research Partnerships; Working with Business; Working with the Public and Third Sector; Skills, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship; Local Growth and Regeneration; IP and Commercialisation; Public and Community Engagement.The <a href="https://www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers-professional-development/about-the-vitae-researcher-development-framework/developing-the-vitae-researcher-development-framework" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Researcher Development Framework (RDF) </a>attributes developed during this session are relevant to the following sub-domains: Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities: A2;Personal Effectiveness: B3; Research Governance and Organisation: C1; Engagement, Influence and Impact: D1, D2, D3;

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