NACM has extended the deadline for the Elevator Speeches contest to 5pm EST Dec. 7, 2018. So if you missed out on earning .1 road map point toward your designation plus a chance to win a free registration to NACM's Credit Congress & Expo in Aurora, Colorado, on May 19-22, 2019, fret not—you still have until Dec. 7.

To enter, submit your best elevator pitch about your job as a credit professional—you'll have 30 seconds or less, roughly 100 words, to sell your professional career—to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line "elevator speech." Submissions must be sent electronically as an attachment or in the body of an email. The winner will be published in the February 2019 issue of Business Credit.

Terms and conditions apply. For the complete list of contest rules, visit NACM's website.

—Christie Citranglo, editorial associate