Pros share their networking know-how.<\/em><\/p>\n According to Dan Berkovitz<\/strong>, RESA executive board president, the power-packed agenda featured three of the top networkers from the Miami area: David Lombardi, a leading real estate investor with Lombardi Properties; Richard Lombari, director, Keller Williams Realty; and Daniel Vaisman, senior vice president, Robert A. Brandon, Inc., who is a prolific networker and successful South Florida insurance executive. The three speakers shared their tips on how to make connections in today\u2019s business world.<\/p>\n \u201cEach had a different personality type and a different approach to successful networking,\u201d Berkovitz said.<\/p>\n William G. Hardin<\/strong>, director of the college\u2019s real estate programs and RESA faculty advisor, thinks the event taught the attendees networking skills that can be put into practice immediately.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo things stand out from \u2018Power Networking,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cOne, you have to have a strategy for networking and know how it affects your business, inclusive of your values and skills. Two, it does you no good to be \u2018best\u2019 at anything if no one knows it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs the old saying goes, \u2018It\u2019s not always what you know but who you know,\u2019 and this RESA event once again emphasized the importance of good networking skills,\u201d said Solomia Khavko<\/strong>. \u201cAs a student, it is very easy to get discouraged about your career goals, so I found the program to be an amazing experience. It was not only inspiring but also motivating and entertaining. The three hours I spent there were a good investment of my time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this challenging job market, good networking skills complete any serious job-hunter\u2019s toolkit. That\u2019s a good reason why more than 40 students and college community members attended the recent \u201cPower Networking,\u201d sponsored by Keller Williams Realty. The College of Business Administration\u2019s Real Estate Student Association (RESA) hosted the event, in cooperation with the college\u2019s Real […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[524,549,573,619,927,1483,2215,2220,2228,2245,2258,2455,3806],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147"}],"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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28698,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147\/revisions\/28698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Left](\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tn_DSC02285.jpg\" "\\"Left")