ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Meet Stephanie
Nivinskus.

AI educator. Marketing strategist. Business owner.

Stephanie Nivinskus is the founder and CEO of SizzleForce, where she develops and runs AI education programs for organizations that train, advise and influence professionals.

Through keynotes, hands-on workshops and strategic guidance, she helps leaders and teams integrate AI into their everyday work and build the capabilities to use it well.

30+ years in marketing

Thousands trained internationally

Two-time bestselling author

I show people what AI can do.

Then I teach them how to get it done.

An impressive demonstration can spark interest. The questions that follow are where my work gets interesting.

Where does this fit into our workflow? What should our team learn first? What needs human review? How do we protect confidential information? What changes when customers start asking AI for recommendations?

I help people work through those questions with practical instruction, real projects and a clear understanding of the decisions they still need to own.

That can mean redesigning a recurring workflow, strengthening a team’s AI skills, establishing guidelines for responsible use or improving how a business is represented in AI search. The content starts with the audience’s work, goals and experience level.

Your audience shapes the program.

Associations, membership communities and professional development organizations need AI education that stays relevant as the technology changes.

Through SizzleForce, I plan, create and run that programming: workshops, tutorials, articles, resources and event sessions built around the people you serve. I learn your niche, identify what your audience needs to understand and develop the learning experiences to help them apply it.

I also serve as Principal of Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy, where my work includes educational content, training programming and collaboration with expert advisors for a professional communications community.

Whether you need a single session or an ongoing education partner, I bring the same focus: make the learning relevant enough to use.

Built around
your niche.

Workshops
Tutorials
Articles & resources
Event programming
Ongoing education

A marketing career built through decades of change.

I started my marketing career in 1995 after earning a journalism degree from San Diego State University. My work took me from newspaper advertising into digital media and early app development, giving me a front-row seat to the ways new technology changes how businesses reach people.

I’ve been a business owner for more than two decades. In 2009, I founded SizzleForce with three young children by my side. Since then, the business has evolved alongside the technology and the needs of the people we serve.

My marketing experience includes campaigns for brands such as the NFL, Quiksilver and Starbucks. Today, that background informs how I teach AI: connect the capabilities to business priorities, account for the team’s time and resources, and keep human expertise involved in the decisions.

Based in San Diego, I work with organizations online and deliver speaking and training at events and client locations.

Ideas you can explore before we meet.

I’m the author of two bestselling books and a contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur. My writing explores branding, visibility and the practical use of AI.