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How do you introduce yourself professionally?

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Insight

For a stranger at an event, use about 20–30 seconds: name, what you do in plain language, why it matters, a light question. For a meeting or interview intro, use 60–90 seconds and a fuller model (problem you solve, how you work, or a short career arc). It must sound spoken — contractions, no tagline-speak. End with a question.

Guidance

  1. Pick a length: lightning (20–30s) vs meeting (60–90s).
  2. Lightning: name, what you do, why it matters, a question a stranger can answer. Skip accomplishment lists.
  3. Longer: problem-solution, how you work, or a short narrative — still spoken, still a question at the end.
  4. Cap words: ~45–65 for lightning; ~150–185 for a ~60–90s pitch. Cut jargon.

AI amplification

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Prompt to copy

Rules: Do not invent employers, job titles, dates, metrics, team sizes, or outcomes. If something is missing, ask me or write [unknown]. Keep hedges such as "approximately" and "more than" exactly as I stated them. Never turn a qualitative result into a number.

Draft a spoken introduction.

Model: [lightning 20–30s | problem-solution ~60–90s | how I work ~75–105s | short career narrative ~90–120s]
Rules: contractions, plain words, no resume-speak. End with a question. Word caps: lightning 65 words max; ~90s pitch 175 words max; narrative 240 words max. Do not invent accomplishments.

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Context (event / meeting / interview):
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