King’s Hosts “Selling Stories” Public Forum
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The Office of Career Development hosted their second biannual panel forum event of the school year centered on the topic of business and storytelling in the City Room on Tuesday, Feb. 15.
The event featured a group of four panelists who answered a series of questions on the topic “Selling Stories: The Business Side of Storytelling.” The questions ranged from how they got started in selling stories through media careers to how they incorporated their faith into their line of work.
The four featured panelists were Steve Day, the owner and creative director of ideaMACHINE Studio; Margaret “Peggy” Kim, founder of Future Now and founder/president of iStandTV; Matt Sherwood, CEO and founder of WeVidIt, Inc; and Prof. Brian Brenberg, Executive Vice President/Associate Professor of Business at The King’s College and Fox Business contributor.
The school partnered with Mastermedia International for this event, with their Vice President Jonathan Graham moderating the discussion.
“This event is an opportunity for the panelists to share how they live their lives, sell their stories and promote the idea of discipleship in their fields to young people,” Graham said.
The two goals of the forum were to expose students to different careers and connect them with professionals in those fields.
“What impacted me the most was talking to Matt Sherwood after the panel,” said Matt Perman, Director of Career Development. “He is legally blind, but he’s incredibly successful and has accomplished so much despite his vision challenges — he told me that he even wrote a textbook recently. His perseverance, determination and positive spirit were a huge takeaway for me.”
About 25 people attended the event, with Mastermedia guests filling the seats alongside King’s attendees. The Office of Career Development offered Insomnia cookies after the formal discussion concluded, along with free Chick-fil-A at the beginning of the event.
“The goal of bringing Insomnia cookies was to encourage students to stay and network with the panelists and each other,” Perman said. “I’d say that goal was successfully accomplished — the last people at the event didn’t leave until an hour after the panel ended.”
“I was initially intimidated by the success of the panelists, but the intimate atmosphere of the event allowed students like me to understand how they accomplished what they did so I might follow in their footsteps,” said Evan Louey-Dacus, a King’s junior who attended the event. “I also appreciated how they successfully integrate their faith into their vocation without being preachy or judgemental.”