{"id":9653,"date":"2014-02-27T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T11:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spanish.en-desarrollo.net\/2014\/02\/27\/elevator-pitch-xviii-edition\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T11:57:16","slug":"elevator-pitch-xviii-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/es\/2014\/02\/27\/elevator-pitch-xviii-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"ELEVATOR PITCH &#8211; XVIII EDITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 25<sup>th<\/sup> February we held the <b>XVIII edition<\/b> of our\u00a0<b>Elevator Pitch. <\/b>On this occasion our member\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/users\/MELIA-WHITE-HOUSE\">Meli\u00e1White House Hotel<\/a> kindly hosted the event. The hotel is located within a prestigious area minutes away from Regent\u2019s Park with great connections thanks to its\u00a0 proximity to Great Portland Street station.<\/p>\n<p>The Elevator Pitch focuses on expanding the professional network of the attending companies and provides an excellent opportunity to explore synergies and avenues of collaboration among them. For the XVIII edition there were a total of\u00a0 17 companies from the following sectors: : <i>Accounting, Translation, Communication, Language services, Training, Coaching, Fashion, Food, Events, Marketing, Legal Services, Business Suppliers, Real Estate and Foreign Direct Investment<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1748\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1748\" class=\" wp-image-1748\" alt=\"IMG_2479\" src=\"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2479-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The format allows participants to get to know each other\u2019s line of business in more detail.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For those of you that have never attended one or do not know how it works, there are just a couple of things you need to know regarding this format: usually there are up to 16 participant companies, and only one representative per company is allowed. However, it is possible to have up to two companies from the same business sector. Therefore, attendees are able to meet a wide variety of companies from different sectors and the best part is that everyone gest to take back to the office the business card of each participant.<\/p>\n<p>The event was chaired by our Secretary General, Igor Urra, and our Head of Foreign Trade and Business Development, Rub\u00e9n Fern\u00e1ndez,\u00a0 who started the event explaining the dynamics of this activity to the participants.\u00a0 Then, they gave the floor to each attendee, which had 2 minutes to give a concise introduction about\u00a0their company\u2019s main line of activity and services they provided. After this first round, there was a second one in which the participants could ask questions to each other.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1747\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1747\" class=\" wp-image-1747\" alt=\"IMG_2482\" src=\"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/img_2482-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the participants introducing her company&#8217;s line of business during the first round of the event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Afterwards, everyone had the opportunity to chat and continue networking over a delicious breakfast that the venue served for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>We would very much like to thank all the attendees to this event for having taking part of the <b>XVIII edition of the Elevator Pitch<\/b>. Special thanks to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/users\/MELIA-WHITE-HOUSEhttp:\/\/\">Meli\u00e1 White House Hotel<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>for their support with the organisation of this event.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed this event or simply want to know what we are up to next, have a look at the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spanishchamber.co.uk\/Civic-Events\">UPCOMING EVENTS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0section on our website or subscribe to our electronic newsletter for weekly updates.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 25th February we held the XVIII edition of our\u00a0Elevator Pitch. On this occasion our member\u00a0 Meli\u00e1White House Hotel kindly hosted the event. 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