Kit’s answer was very good and I agree with all of it, especially “make sure they have something to remember you by”. A physical thing they can put in their pocket, like a business-card-sized-thing or a small/foldable pamphlet, seems good to have available.
I’d recommend editing your answer to make your relationship with the conference more clear. Are you involved in venture capital or some other branch of finance? If so, it’s probably good to start off with that in conversations, rather than leading on the fact that you want to talk about charity. If you want a fun venture fact for these conversations, you could mention that 80,000 Hours and CEA both went through Y Combinator and/or talk about the rapid growth of Founders’ Pledge.
Don’t be afraid to let people go if they don’t seem interested. The card/pamphlet idea I mentioned above is good for this—allows a conversation to break up “politely” as they take something and you leave—or you can think of a good “script” for what to say when you don’t think the other person is engaged. You won’t have time to talk to everyone even if you move fast (I assume), so there’s no loss in cycling through people quickly until you hit someone who “gets it” and wants to hear more.
Kit’s answer was very good and I agree with all of it, especially “make sure they have something to remember you by”. A physical thing they can put in their pocket, like a business-card-sized-thing or a small/foldable pamphlet, seems good to have available.
I’d recommend editing your answer to make your relationship with the conference more clear. Are you involved in venture capital or some other branch of finance? If so, it’s probably good to start off with that in conversations, rather than leading on the fact that you want to talk about charity. If you want a fun venture fact for these conversations, you could mention that 80,000 Hours and CEA both went through Y Combinator and/or talk about the rapid growth of Founders’ Pledge.
Don’t be afraid to let people go if they don’t seem interested. The card/pamphlet idea I mentioned above is good for this—allows a conversation to break up “politely” as they take something and you leave—or you can think of a good “script” for what to say when you don’t think the other person is engaged. You won’t have time to talk to everyone even if you move fast (I assume), so there’s no loss in cycling through people quickly until you hit someone who “gets it” and wants to hear more.