Networking Event Pitches

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: run a complete networking encounter — pitch on cue in 30 seconds with one memorable calling card, give the spotlight back, exit gracefully, and follow up within 48 hours.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Work the room

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Networking Event Pitches

    Read a 295-word text about Networking Event Pitches

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Networking Event Pitches Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A networking encounter, start to exit

    Read a 230-word text about A networking encounter, start to exit

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Networking language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Networking moves — and mistakes

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Practice: Networking Event Conversation

    Role-play: You are at a startup networking event and have just been introduced to someone new. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mixer, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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