For the uninitiated, an “elevator speech” is a short message used by job seekers to convey their strengths, employment goal and perhaps work history, all within about 30 seconds.

So, you ask — what is a 17-second challenge? What does it mean? Glad you asked. First, I am tired of the term "elevator speech" which is generally considered about 20 to 30 seconds.

Ironically, Finley was -- at that moment -- writing some comments about a contest in which participants prepared a 30-second "elevator speech" response to strangers who asked that very question.

You give a potential client your 30 second elevator speech. Then, according to Attorney at Work, you might proceed with these conversation starters: ...

Hi folks. Dust off your business cards, your best handshake (or elbow bump) and 30-second elevator speech. Clean up your bio so that it shows all the value you bring to clients.

LLMs like OpenAI AI-powered chatbot GPT 3.5 and GPT-4, Google Gemini and Meta's Llama are known for their ability to condense information and generate responses.