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Spring 2025 - PDU | 5 Elements of IMPACTful Persuasion

Session Details

Time:
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 5:20PM - 6:20PM
Location:
San Marcos Campus San Marcos
Instructor:
  • Kate Fly Career Counselor, McCoy College of Business
Registration:
3 / 55 registered

Topic Details

Topic:
Spring 2025 - PDU | 5 Elements of IMPACTful Persuasion
Description:

1 PDU credit
Speaker: Jennifer Stagnaro
Topic description:
Regardless of what level or position you hold in a company; your success depends on how persuasive you are. Whether it is landing the job, closing a deal, getting funding for your project or company, winning the business, or saving the (internal or external) customer, there are 5 simple elements to keep in mind as you prepare for that big meeting. Learn from Jennifer's experience in preparing tech CEOs to close a round of funding, creating a pitch for a new technology, or finding her next gig.

Identify Your Desired Outcome
Manage your Meeting
Polish your Delivery
(be) Aware of your Audience
Create an Impactful Pitch
Triumph

Speaker Bio: Jennifer Stagnaro is a high-tech entrepreneur who has created and executed marketing strategies for over 20 venture-funded startups. She has built her career on bringing innovative technologies to market including the original data warehouse, noise suppression chips, broadband Internet equipment, EV charging station networks, and technical skills assessment software. Perhaps the most rewarding position in her career was leading the Meth Project. Named the 3rd most effective philanthropy in the world by Barron’s, this large-scale prevention program successfully reduced methamphetamine use in teens in several western states.

Duration:
60 minutes
Department:
McCoy College of Business - Graduate Programs