Wednesday night Natalie generously offered to let me spend the night with her so that I would be closer to green|spaces for our morning adventure, that started at 7:30, on account of us volunteering to help set-up.
We both arrived on time and to our surprise everything was already ready to go. We saved our seats and prepared to mingle.
I talked with some of the other juniors and said hi to people as they came in. I was excited when we finally took our seats.
Cindy Li’s presentation mentioned working to show your employer you are dedicated and also various networking sites that can affect your job. I know I was definitely listening in on this because Leslie called me out on my twittering over spring break. So now I am trying even harder to remain a professional through social media.
Cindy was funny and engaging and hearing about how important networking is was good for me. Getting out and mingling is very important and it is something I neglect because social media makes me want to avoid being friendly face-to-face, but the connections you make in real life are just as important, and sometimes even more so than the ones made online.
After we heard Cindy talk at green|spaces, we headed back to UTC for a more intimate Q&A. We got to chat more with Cindy about being a design professional before taking a small break to have lunch at Easy Bistro courtesy of Medium.
The food was delicious and in addition to the great food, Vanessa stopped by with proofs from Williams. I was completely excited to see them one step closer to being in print.
After lunch was over I had a bit of a break while Cindy looked at senior portfolios, but at 5:30 we left UTC to head down to Create Here for Cindy’s next lecture. Cindy is so funny, I laughed a whole lot during this second presentation and afterwards I mingled with the audience. Cindy gave out name tags and told us to put our names and two things we like to make it easier to talk to people. It was really great talking to various people and then to Cindy. She was a hoot and I loved hearing about her escapades with a Darth Vader mask.
photo by megan humble
