I belong to Virtual Assistant Forums, who is ready to begin celebrating their 3rd year of virtual existence.  To celebrate  a week of activities and special happenings will be going on at the forums.  One such event is a contest for the best 60-second commercial or as properly known,  VAF Bash Elevator Speech Contest. As one of the committee members, we had decided to produce videos to get the party started and give some inspiration to the other members.  I was a little reluctant at first.  Not because it was my commercial, which I have given tons of times, but because it was on film.  For the world to see!

After completing the video I posted to the Forums.  I was challenged to live outside my comfort level and share myself with others. While I got over my being on film fears, I was also inspired to make additional videos.  For these reasons I am thankful that I took up the challenge.  It allowed me to use my creativity to get my message across, tweak my speech and think of new ways to present myself to the world.

Even if you have a rock solid commercial, you should make a little recording to see how others view your speech.  Doing this exercise may help and it may not, but it will certainly give you insight on how you are viewed by others as you present your business.  Feel free to post you links should you too decide to take up this small challenge.  In the meantime, here is my elevator speech so that you can see how I did.

All the best,