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Starting this fall, WSU Pullman students can earn a certificate in professional sales – helping them develop persuasive communication skills for a career in sales or another field.
The team included Katie Horton, senior in marketing and professional strategic selling,
Overland Park; Lucas Johnson, senior in professional strategic selling,
Shawnee; and Kara Krannawitter, senior in marketing and professional strategic selling,
Lawrence.
The sales competition is a developmental event that provides students the opportunity to demonstrate their selling skills through simulated sales role-plays. The objective of the sales competition is to provide collegiate sales teams an opportunity to prepare and compete in a competitive setting before the National Collegiate Sales Competition. All three competitors completed two role-play scenarios in which they sold Gartner to buyers in technology roles, such as chief information officers. Johnson advanced to the semi-finals and placed in the top 24 students.