On May 27th, 2009, ALPFA-DC hosted our 5th Annual ALPFA Women of ALPFA (WOA) event Getting Noticed and Making the Right Connections: Tools for the Current Crisis at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. A panel of successful women composed by Inez Gonzalez, Vice President of Media Policy for the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC); Maria Elena Campisteguy, Executive Vice President/Principal at Metropolitan Group; Raina Rose Tagle, Partner at Beers & Cutler; Tujuanna Williams, Senior Director of Diversity at Freddie Mac; and Julia Howell Barros Chief Development Officer at CentroNía provided their insights on the arts of networking and building and maintaining relationships to an audience of approximately 100 attendees.
Feedback from attendees was extremely positive. Attendees were able to obtain very valuable tools while enjoying listening to excellent speakers that made the event fun while sharing honestly their experiences.
The lead organizers included Chapter President, Luisa Fernandez (Alvarez and Marsal Taxand), Marie Ruiz (Freddie Mac), Gabriela Silva (Freddie Mac), Maria Landesman (PWC), Rita Ayllon (Freddie Mac), and Camila Lorca (Gurman). They were supported by the other members of the ALPFA-DC Board of Directors. Special thanks to Mike Munoz (First Citizen’s Bank), who summarized the take-away messages and provided closing remarks. Some of the take-away messages included:
Feedback from attendees was extremely positive. Attendees were able to obtain very valuable tools while enjoying listening to excellent speakers that made the event fun while sharing honestly their experiences.
The lead organizers included Chapter President, Luisa Fernandez (Alvarez and Marsal Taxand), Marie Ruiz (Freddie Mac), Gabriela Silva (Freddie Mac), Maria Landesman (PWC), Rita Ayllon (Freddie Mac), and Camila Lorca (Gurman). They were supported by the other members of the ALPFA-DC Board of Directors. Special thanks to Mike Munoz (First Citizen’s Bank), who summarized the take-away messages and provided closing remarks. Some of the take-away messages included:
- Networking occurs at any time and all the time, not just at business functions.
- Get involved in an organization (professional, community service, etc) with a mission that you are passionate about.
- Bring someone with you to networking events.
- Asking people about themselves or for advice are good conversation starters.
- At networking events, listen to conversations to determine when to join-in.
- Prepare yourself before an event. Think about "POP" (Purpose, Outcome, Process). What's the purpose of going to the event? What's the outcome you want? How are you going to do it?
- Write when and where you meet a person and any facts that you learned through the conversation on the back of the business cards. It will be useful when contacting the person to remind him/ her about you.
- Follow-up with new contacts and maintain the ones you have.
- Leverage social online media.
- Find mentors that can help you in your career. Value their time and their experience.
- Above all, have fun.
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