Thanks to everyone for the elevator pitch/speech entries.  It was a lot of fun to read them and to continue the discussion about this important kind of communication. 

I’m going to close out the contest with the three winners, counting down to first place. 

Third Place Winner:

Bored at the office? Do you work by yourself or with an old boring soul? If so, have you heard about coworking? Coworking is the newest way to work with others through the utilization of shared workspaces that focus on collaboration and communication. I am developing a coworking facility in downtown Fort Wayne. if you are interested please check out my blog….

Jodi, congratulations.  This pitch was clear and grabbed my interest.  I’d only recommend cleaning up the language as follows:

Do you work by yourself –or with someone you can’t stand? If so, have you heard about coworking? Coworking is the newest way to work with others in shared workspaces that focus on collaboration and communication. I am developing a coworking facility in downtown Fort Wayne. if you are interested please check out my blog….

This pitch started with the audience’s need, offered a novel solution, and followed up with action.  Good job. 

Second Place Winner:

As the Publishing Possibilities Coach, I will give you a simple way to choose which publishing option is right for your book project. In addition, I'll help you gather the resources you need to move forward and get it done.

Cheryl, nice job.  This pitch answers the felt need of thousands of would-be authors out there.  A definite winner.  The only suggestion for improvement I have is to put ‘you’ in the front and ‘I’ toward the end:

Would you be interested in a simple way to figure out which publishing option is right for your book?  As the Publishing Possibilities Coach, I will help you gather the resources you need to move forward and get it done.

And finally, the winner, a software company that is developing software to:

Connect users to their area of genius and help them develop the network to unleash it.

Short, clear, and it’s got some emotion.  Nice job, Troy, and I look forward to seeing the software. 

If the third place and second place winners would send me their postal addresses, I’ll send them the books.  And Troy, call me for your free hour of phone coaching when you want to set it up.