A two-minute quiz

The 60-Second Intro That Gets You Remembered

Every guest at a Work the Room lunch gets sixty seconds to tell a room full of business owners exactly who they are, and who they want to meet.

Most people wing it. The memorable ones don't.

Ten quick questions. In return: a full 60-second intro, built from your own words, in the style you naturally speak. No two come out the same.

Question 1 of 10

Someone at a dinner party asks what you do. What actually comes out of your mouth?

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Question 2 of 10

Your sixty seconds end. What do you want the room thinking?

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Question 3 of 10

Think of your best client ever. How did they find you?

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Question 4 of 10

When you're listening to other people's intros, what loses you fastest?

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Question 5 of 10

Now the raw material. First, your name.

Start with "I…" and say it like you'd say it to a friend. No jargon. For example: "I do the accounts for independent restaurants" or "I plan honeymoons couples talk about for years".

Question 6 of 10

Who's your dream client? Be uncomfortably specific.

Describe them as people, not a problem. For example: "HR directors at mid-size London law firms" or "restaurant owners opening their second site". ("Restaurant owners struggle with cashflow" describes a problem, and won't fit the sentence.)

Question 7 of 10

Now, a little colour. Pick your angle.

A line or three. The corporate escape, the kitchen-table launch, the years in the game. Short works: "I started in my mum's spare room sixteen years ago." A little story works even better.

Question 8 of 10

A result you're proud of. Numbers make it unforgettable.

Complete the sentence. Real, specific, one line. For example: "saved a restaurant £40,000 in tax in my first month" or "filled a team of twelve in six weeks". Specific beats humble.

Question 9 of 10

What's the bit of this work you genuinely love?

This is the line that makes the room warm to you. Phrase it as a moment: "the call telling a couple their dream trip is booked" or "watching a nervous new hire become a manager". ("Helping people! It's rewarding" won't fit the sentence, but "the moment it all clicks for a client" will.)

Question 10 of 10

Last one. If you could ask a room of well-connected business owners for one introduction, what would it be?

At Work the Room we call this the Referral Round, and someone always knows someone. For example: "the HR manager at KPMG" or "anyone opening a restaurant this year".

Your intro style

You are

Your 60-second intro, in your own words

✎ Read it out loud, then click anywhere in it to edit. The word count updates as you type.

Feel free to edit any of the above. It may need a little polish, but it gives you a strong base for your sixty-second pitch.

Not feeling it? Reword it gives you a fresh version from the same answers.

See the beat-by-beat breakdown (handy for practising your timing)

Bonus: your champagne reception one-liner

For "so, what do you do?" at the reception, glass in hand, before anyone sits down.

Bonus: your Referral Round card

The exact words to stand up with after dessert. Short, specific, impossible to forget.

Four rules before you stand up

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Say it out loud, three times, before the day. Not in your head, out loud. Record yourself once and listen back for jargon and filler; if a smart friend outside your industry wouldn't follow it, cut it.

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End on the ask, every time. The room can't help you if it doesn't know what you want. Specific asks get answered. That's the whole point of the Referral Round.

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Tailor it to the room, prove it with a number. The best pitches speak to the listener's pain, not the speaker's CV. One real figure, like a result or a timeframe, builds more credibility than any adjective.

Keep it. Email yourself the script.

We'll send your intro, plus our best tips for making it land in a room.

Done! Your intro is on its way. See you at lunch. 🥂

Now practise it where it counts.

Work the Room, a premium networking lunch in central London

Champagne reception · three-course lunch · your sixty seconds · the Referral Round

One table. Seats are limited. When it's full, it's full.

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PROTOTYPE NOTE (remove before launch): notifications are ready but switched off until a Web3Forms key is pasted into the marked spot at the top of the script (see the install guide). Once on, you get an email for every completion and every lead. "Send my intro" shows the guest a confirmation and sends YOU their script and email; connecting a proper email platform (so the guest automatically receives their script and joins the list) is the next step.

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