Senior EVice President & Chief Legal Officer, Cadence Bank
Search every verified Shanna Kuzdzal interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Shanna Kuzdzal, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Cadence Bank, has been speaking about her approach to professional networking and conference speaking. In a 2020 appearance titled "Shanna K. Energize, Engage and Elevate," Kuzdzal stated that she focuses on making audiences connect with each other, describing it as "not about just sitting down and taking notes but about getting to know each other." She said she aims to help attendees "create strategic partners and actually leave with some business and knowledge after the event." Kuzdzal explained that her motivation for this work stems from having "felt very disconnected" and "like I didn't fit in" for a long time. She said she now "connect[s] women with their teams, their peers and themselves" to help them achieve "stronger teams, lasting relationships and higher sales." Kuzdzal described her speaking style as creating "an environment that is high energy — fun, full of noise, laughter, hands-on and engaging" where women "come together as complete strangers and leave as friends, referral sources and business partners."
“I have a surprise for you — I love to connect. I love watching people connect and I actually love when I can see it before they can see it.”
“When I speak at a conference what I focus on is making sure that the audience connects with each other — it's not about just sitting down and taking notes but about getting to know each other so that you can build those relationships.”
“So you can create strategic partners and actually leave with some business and knowledge after the event.”
“The reason I love to connect is because for a long time I felt very disconnected and like I didn't fit in, and that is one of the reasons I do what I do now — I connect women with their teams, their peers and themselves so that they can have stronger teams, lasting relationships and higher sales.”
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