fnSF Interactive Workshop: Storytelling to Success ft Jarie Bolander (Founder & COO of Lab Sensor Solutions) Feb 11, 2020

In this interactive workshop, Jarie Bolander, founder & COO of Lab Sensor Solutions, will teach you how to use proven PR tactics to cut through the noise and attract potential investors and customers by telling better stories.

What you will learn:

• Kurt Vonnegut's six types of stories
• The three parts of a story
• How to pitch a reporter
• The three parts of a PR narrative
• Plus, Jarie talks you through a few PR exercises that will help you tell your story better.

Bring a notepad and a pen to do some writing.

Agenda

• 5:30pm - 6:00pm || Settle in, Opening Remarks
• 6:00pm - 7:15pm || A Founder’s Guide to Storytelling Using the Power of PR ft Jarie Bolander
• 7:15pm - 8:00pm || Q&A and Open Forum

Our open forums and members-only roundtables are designed to go deep on real-life challenges facing today’s tech start-ups. Let our diverse community of founders be your resource and support system to hopefully save you time, headaches and more.

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About the Speaker

Jarie [jahr-ee] is an engineer by training and an entrepreneur by nature. He has over 20 years of experience bringing innovative technology products to market. This gives him a unique perspective on the power of storytelling for businesses since the best story, not technology, wins. He has published six books with his latest being a Big Idea Nonfiction book called The Entrepreneur Ethos which shows how to build a more ethical, inclusive, and resilient entrepreneur community. You can follow him at his blog, https://thedailymba.com or on Twitter @thedailymba.

fnSF Regional Leadership Team

- Regional Director: Jarie Bolander

- Membership Chair: Peter Imburg

- Ecosystem Advisor: Josh Krammes

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