Want to build a strong network and sell your projects?
- Be more confident and persuasive
- Create brief, effective elevator pitches and loglines
- Learn when and how to pitch in any meeting
- Develop VIP relationships
"I just finished Good in a Room and all I can say is I wish I’d read it when I was starting my career. Would you mind building a time machine and sending it back to me?"
Paul Guay
Co-writer, Liar, Liar, Heartbreakers, The Little Rascals
"Good in a Room is an incredible book. It is the only book I recommend to people who have to pitch in meetings. Fantastic!"
Tom Peters
Best-selling author of In Search Of Excellence
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What Is "Good In A Room?"
"Good in a room" is a term that means you can connect with people easily and make a favorable impression.
- In Hollywood, it's used by agents and managers to describe writers and directors who pitch effectively (and sell scripts).
- In the corporate world, it refers to people who give compelling presentations and are able to persuade colleagues, clients, and decision-makers.
What's Inside The Book?
The GOOD IN A ROOM book contains a 6-part approach to the process of generating meetings, preparing a compelling pitch, delivering your presentation with confidence and closing the deal with ease.
GOOD IN A ROOM: Table Of Contents
HOW TO SWIM WITH SHARKS
Learn the secrets of rapport, how to start at "square one," and become more confident in any situation.
TITLES, TEASERS, AND TRAILERS
Create brief, effective elevator pitches and loglines, and learn how to answer "the four questions."
GETTING IN THE ROOM
Cultivate VIPs, go to the best networking events, and use the only networking principle that matters.
INSIDE THE ROOM
Succeed in each of the five stages of the meeting; learn to love Q & A and how to close smoothly.
MINI-MEETINGS
Raise your game when it comes to keeping in touch and following up by phone and email.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Learn how to handle "bad buyers" as well as interruptions, mistakes, catastrophes, and total stuckness.
What Others Are Saying
"This book is packed with cutting-edge marketing and sales techniques. A must-read for entrepreneurs, consultants, and creative professionals."
Sam Horn
Author of Pop! Stand Out in Any Crowd
"I love the chapter on 'the five stages of a meeting,' including the importance of building rapport. When I was an architect—wow, could I have used this advice."
Pat Flynn
Founder, Smart Passive Income
"Stephanie's techniques are helpful and inspiring - and applying them helped me acquire a Hollywood literary agent."
Brian Egeston
Head Writer, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
"When your career depends on persuading decision-makers to invest in you and your ideas, the strategies and tactics in this book will give you a significant edge."
Amy Harkin
Director, Global Brand Marketing, Mattel
"Literally the week before my big interview I was given this book. Using the strategies, I was more organized, knowledgeable, and thus confident than I had ever been for an interview. I was so prepared, even when things went unexpectedly, I was able to steer them back on course. And therefore, great news, I got the job!"
Steven J. Morrison
Professor of Screenwriting at New York Film Academy
About The Author
STEPHANIE PALMER was a studio executive at MGM Pictures. After leaving MGM, she founded the consulting firm GOOD IN A ROOM.
- Had 3000+ meetings with top writers and directors
- Hired 100+ writers
- Supervised 20+ movies
She teaches online courses and lead workshops for clients including Google, William Morris Endeavor, Merrill Lynch, American Film Market and the Small Business Administration.
In addition, she has written, pitched, and sold her own projects. For example, this book, Good in a Room: How To Sell Yourself (And Your Ideas) And Win Over Any Audience, was published by Random House.
She has a track record of success: in Hollywood she's helped clients to find agents, sell scripts, set up TV shows, and in the corporate world she's helped people to find more clients, get funding for start-ups, and make confident presentations in front of large audiences.
"Your book was EVERYTHING in preparing us for our meeting with Happy Madison (Adam Sandler's company). The meeting went better than I could have imagined. They asked a lot of tough questions (which we were fully prepared to answer). Best of all, they asked to see more!"
Adam Blotner
Screenwriter
"The refreshing ideas in this book have helped me meet great new prospects and clients and improve my key business relationships."
Lorri Jackson
Sr. Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
"A complete demystification of the high-stakes meeting and a step-by-step process to becoming “good in a room” in any industry. A great read."
Bradley Mitchell
Alliance Relationship Director, Accenture
"Good in a Room contains valuable, practical information for succeeding in the real world. Highly recommended."
Greg Foster
CEO, IMAX
PS. One more thing to help you decide....
In the “selection stage,” when decision-makers are choosing with whom to work and how to invest their resources, mediocrity wins... unless superior projects, products, and services are pitched and sold more effectively.
My approach may be different from what you’ve heard before.
But people who are good in a room hear the word, “Yes,” a lot.
You can, too.