Virtual NetNite & Success Hour 2020

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KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

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2:00pm

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Learn to understand and tackle problems from many different points of view. Discussions should highlight business goals, success metrics, technical capabilities and potential challenges, and relevant user research.

Clean and Simple

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Virtual NetNite & Success Hour 2020

The unexpected development of COVID-19 has brought immense instability and uncertainty in many of our lives, but throughout all of this, we have remained strong and maintained our vision. The Student Success Leadership Council is excited to announce that we will be hosting two of our largest networking events, NetNite and Success Hour, virtually, via the Zoom application, to continue to provide opportunities for our students of color.


Join us for NetNite (6:00-7:00PM), a networking event that aims to connect alumni of the University of Maryland to current students and Success Hour (7:00-8:00PM), an event for students to meet with employers and engage in potential career or internship opportunities. This virtual event will continue to be filled with invaluable tips from alumni and opportunities from prospective employers on how to succeed at UMD during and post-UMD with the ultimate goal of building key relationships.

October 
11
, 
2018
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6:15PM
 – 
9:00PM
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What is 'Zoom'?

Reliable

Zoom is a video communications application that allows you to set up virtual video and audio conferencing, webinars, live chats, screen-sharing, and other collaborative capabilities.

 

A helpful tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMUxzrgZvZQ&feature=youtu.be


 Easy

Their free and easy-to-use cloud platform runs across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems!

 

 

Make your account today: https://zoom.us/


“It's not about who you know, it's about who knows you.”

Maurice Nick '12

Supply Planning Manager, Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

University of Maryland Alumni

Student Success Leadership Council

The Student Success Leadership Council is a student-led organization that is dedicated to facilitating academic excellence among Black students. We strive to retain students by building a strong community and providing access to academic and financial resources. We are committed to sustaining and growing ourselves as a body of student leaders that actively serve to advocate for black students at the University of Maryland, College Park.


NetNite is presented to you by the same committee that brought you the small-scaled "Networked Success" series that featured panel discussions and one-on-one conversations. We believe that by connecting current students with alumni from different industries we can continue cultivating a culture of excellence and professionalism in the Black campus community.





Speakers

Faizaan Ghauri

Design Partner, The Minimal NYC

Faizaam Ghauri founded The Minimal NYC in late 2012 at the height of the mobile advertising boom. In just 3 years, the agency has emerged as the premier provider of unique mobile ad solutions and has won more creative awards than any agency in North America.

JESSICA ANNAS

Design Partner, Sparkwave Media

Jessica Annas has studied the art of complex data design for more than a decade. Data Designer at Sparkwave Media, Annas works with the company's roster of Fortune 500 brands to make data more beautiful, relatable, and accessible across every screen.

ASHTON AJAYI

VP Of Product Experience, Pixel Palace.

Ashton Ajayi leads sustainability initiatives at Pixel Palace, an agency founded on helping companies make good money while doing good things. He primarily focuses on inventing custom business models for companies who want a higher purpose without sacrificing profit.

Agenda

6:00pm

Introduce

Mix + Mingle | Check-In | Headshots

Attend small group workshops about mobile ads, mobile responsive site and mobile app development. Learn about the rapid rise of mobile browsing (and what that means to us) in our interactive globe installation. And hear from Faizaam Ghauri , Founder of The Minimal NYC, about how to get caught up -- and then get ahead.

6:45pm

Define

Welcome

We’re capturing more data than ever before. And we’re doing it more precisely. But we’re still not using data to its full potential. Used well, numbers can teach us about each other, inspire our creativity and help us take risks and innovate in our work.

7:00pm

Diverge

Breakout Sessions: Networking

Ashton Ajayi of Pixel Palace will explain how marketers can use our insights and knowledge about the customer to influence and improve the bigger business strategy.

8:00pm

Learn

Final Panel

Everyone’s focusing on it, but it’s not a focused word. What does it mean exactly? Why does it matter? And how do we do it right? Attend small group workshops about mobile ads, mobile responsive site and mobile app development. 

8:50pm

Conclude

Headshots | Final Networking

Learn to understand and tackle problems from many different points of view. Discussions should highlight business goals, success metrics, technical capabilities and potential challenges, and relevant user research.

Virtual NetNite & Success Hour 2020

Join us for our fourth ever NetNite and first ever online event, presented by the Student Success Leadership Council. This night online will be filled with invaluable tips from alumni on how to succeed before and after graduation.

Register Here!
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