{"id":11152,"date":"2011-02-28T14:27:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=11152"},"modified":"2017-11-13T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T17:54:30","slug":"its-not-who-you-know-its-who-knows-you-participants-at-networking-workshop-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/02\/its-not-who-you-know-its-who-knows-you-participants-at-networking-workshop-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not who you know, it\u2019s who knows you, participants at networking workshop learn."},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of business cards you collect or the length of your email address book doesn\u2019t indicate true connectivity. Rather, business success comes when people know you<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That was a key message in the \u201cNetworking Rocks: It\u2019s Not Who You Know, It\u2019s Who Knows You\u201d event held at Florida International University (FIU) on February 9, 2011, hosted by the Business Alumni Chapter<\/a> (BAC).<\/p>\n

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The Business Alumni Chapter hosted \u201cNetworking Rocks: It\u2019s Not Who You Know, It\u2019s Who Knows You.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a lively presentation by entrepreneur and trainer Michelle Villalobos, approximately 40 College of Business Administration alumni and students learned networking skills appropriate for today\u2019s business climate.<\/p>\n

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Michelle Villalobos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201c\u2018Networking Rocks\u2019 was incredibly informative,\u201d said Carlos Canales<\/strong> (BBA \u201901). \u201cEven though I already felt I knew many traditional networking skills, I learned some new ideas at the workshop. Most of all, I was there to learn more about electronic networking and I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attendees found out that most people network all wrong, wasting time, energy and money to get few—if any—results. Villalobos presented essential networking strategies to help transform attendees into networking “rock stars.”<\/p>\n

Villalobos told the group that networking is the new \u201csocial capital\u201d and gave specific ideas on meeting, building and maintaining a network. She also emphasized the importance of referring business to others and being a resource person.<\/p>\n

Presentation marks return of Villalobos to campus. <\/em><\/p>\n

Juan Zambrano<\/strong>, majoring in marketing and management, came to the workshop because he benefited from a previous presentation by Villalobos, also sponsored by BAC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rate her presentations a 10,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s very engaging, and I learned specific skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zambrano plans to earn a master\u2019s degree in business administration, land a corporate job and later begin his own business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe networking skills I learned will help me in both business arenas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Michelle R. Joubert<\/strong> (MBA \u201910), assistant director, advancement and alumni relations, said Villalobos\u2019 topic was popular and well-received.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe surveyed alumni that attended her last workshop and they selected this topic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The number of business cards you collect or the length of your email address book doesn\u2019t indicate true connectivity. Rather, business success comes when people know you. That was a key message in the \u201cNetworking Rocks: It\u2019s Not Who You Know, It\u2019s Who Knows You\u201d event held at Florida International University (FIU) on February 9, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3903,285,1899],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29721,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions\/29721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}