Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Networking No How

I have spent from 6pm until now (11:34pm) in the freezing lobby of the Sheraton Hotel...networking. I have met a number of individulas that ranged from Philippe Cousteau to Madeline Albright. However, the most fun meet up happened as I began to wind down....

It was 10:30pm, in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, when Esperanza Garcia spotted on the ID of a passerby that she was from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. We decided to summon our courage (it is the lobby afterall...therefore a public place) and request an interview with Ms. Geet Rao Gupta, Senior Fellow, Global Development. She introduced us to a friend and an interview for Friday was born. To prevent jinxing myself. That is all that I will share. But I am gaining networking know how. Keep reading! 

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