Stephanie Palmer

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Stephanie Palmer
Born
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation(s) Author, Consultant, Pitching Expert, Development Executive
OrganizationGood in a Room
Website stephaniepalmer.com

Stephanie Palmer is a consultant, development executive, and author. In 2005, she founded Good in a Room, a consulting company and blog that helps professionals inside and outside the film industry learn to pitch and advance their projects. [1] [2]

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Early life

She grew up in Alexandria, Virginia [ citation needed ] and went to college at Carnegie Mellon University where she received a B.F.A in Theatre Directing. [3]

Film industry

She started her career in the film industry as an unpaid intern on Titanic before becoming an assistant at Jerry Bruckheimer Films where she worked on Armageddon , Con Air, and Enemy of the State . [4] After that, she moved to MGM where she became Director of Creative Affairs. In this position, she supervised the acquisition, development, and production of feature films including 21 , Legally Blonde , Be Cool , The Brothers Grimm , Agent Cody Banks , Agent Cody Banks 2 , A Guy Thing and Good Boy!

The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the top 35 executives under 35. [2] [5]

Good in a Room

Company

In 2005, she left MGM and launched Good in a Room, a consulting company where she helps professionals inside and outside the film industry learn to pitch and advance their projects. [1]

She leads workshops and gives presentations for companies and organizations such as Google, [6] William Morris Endeavor, Merrill Lynch, Disney, [7] UCLA, University of Southern California, Warner Bros., National Speakers Association Graduate School, and the Great American Pitchfest. She also is the moderator for the American Film Market's Annual Pitch Conference. [2] [5]

In 2013, she began offering an online webinar called "Pitching Essentials" which is aimed at helping TV writers, screenwriters, and filmmakers develop their pitching skills. [7] [8] [9]

Book and blog

In 2008, she authored the book Good in a Room, published by Random House, which features several techniques to pitch or sell things. These techniques break down a pitch into parts and explain how to progress through a meeting. [10]

In 2012, she launched the blog "Good in a Room." In her blog, she shows effective pitches from the film, TV, advertising, and venture capital industries and provides tips to help creative professionals learn to pitch more successfully. [1]

Media appearances

She has been featured on the Today Show on NBC, [11] The Early Show on CBS, [12] National Public Radio, [13] Expert Access Radio, [14] and in the Los Angeles Times , [15] Variety , [16] The Hollywood Reporter, [1] [17] Inc., [18] The Atlantic , [19] Speaker, [20] and Script magazines. [5] [21]

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