Name: ______________________________ Date: __________________

Shadowhunters 30 Second Speech

Shadowhunters devote their lives to making the world a safer and better place for those around
them. What can you do to make the world a better place? Choose a cause you believe in and
come up with a 30 second elevator speech.

An elevator speech is a clear, brief message or “commercial” about you. It communicates

who you are, what you’re looking for and how you can benefit a company or
organization. It’s typically about 30 seconds, the time it takes people to ride from the top
to the bottom of a building in an elevator.

Unike an elevator speech, you will be conveying a clear message about what you would do to
make the world a better place.

Outline:
1. Smile, and open with a statement or question that grabs attention: a hook that prompt
your listener to ask questions.
2. Tell who you are: describe yourself.
3. Tell what you believe in.
4. Tell what problems you want to solve.
5. Give an example of the problem.
6. Give a concrete example of what you would like to do to make the world a better place.
 Rubric
Category 4 3 2 1
Brainstorming – Students identify Students identify Students identify Students identify
Problems reasonable, reasonable and reasonable a problem.
relatable, and relevant problems that
relevant problems that need change.
problems that need change.
need change.
Brainstorming – Students identify Students identify Students identify Students identify
Solutions reasonable, possible possible a solution.
possible solutions or solution.
solutions or strategies to
strategies to encourage
encourage change.
change.
Research/Data Students Students Students Students
included high- included good included some included an
quality examples quality examples examples. example.
or data to or data to
support their support their
claim. claim.
Quality of Student show Students show Students show Students were
Speech confidence in understanding in unclear unclear,
their information their information understanding of unprepared, and
and speech with and speech with their information uncertain with
excellent some audience and speech. their
audience engagement. information.
engagement.