Networking Hour for Bank Streeters Jan. 25

Bank Street Network: Our First Meeting of 2012

January 25, 2012

6:00 PM Sharp

Location: 1115 Broadway, Floor 12

Light refreshments.

Please RSVP to lreing@bankstreet.edu with subject “BSN” — please make sure your NAME is included in the RSVP.

Agenda

6:00 PM
Welcome and Introduction – Host: Keith Berman, ’03, Bank Street College Alumni Advisory Board, President, Options for College, Inc.

6:05 – 6:45
Introductions
Each member will say the following VERY BRIEFLY
a. Name
b. Current or desired position
c. One thing you are specifically interested in networking for (e.g., to find a new job, to find specific partners, to get ideas on how to complete a certain project — please just don’t say because you like free coffee, that goes without saying!)
d. The best way to contact you (business cards welcome)

Meet and greet
6:45 – 7:00
Talk to the people whose networking interests match yours. Exchange contact information.

What do you do at Bank Street Network events?
You come to the BSN with an idea of what opportunity you want – this can be finding a job, finding potential project partners, finding possible employees, finding partners to start a company, etc. – and then you get about 30 seconds to say why you are here. After everyone introduces themselves, and you and talk to people whose ideas interest you.

Can you bring flyers, materials, business cards, etc.?
Yes– that’s why we are here! There will be folders at the meetings to collect whatever you want to pick up.

Why come?
To meet people!

Current students: Sources of interns, future teachers, innovators, people to mentor
Alumni: Sources of seasoned leadership, people who have applied Bank Street thinking and have theories of action and don’t have to learn Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky, etc. from scratch!
School leaders: May be hiring, may be teaching workshops, may know someone who is doing either
Business owners: Business-to-business connections, colleagues in the world of small business

Where can I find Bank Streeters in general?
The faculty is still at the college (remember your advisor?), there are alumni events throughout the year listed in the alumni enewsletter and on bankstreet.edu, there is a Facebook group for BSC news, an Alumni Blog, an alumni  Twitter feed (@bscaa) and there are 510 active alumni on the networking site LinkedIn.