On Monday May 14th, Akilah was honored to welcome to our campus Beth Kanter, a leading pioneer in the communications and marketing industry for the nonprofit sector. Beth is a published author and blogger, named by Fast Company as one of the most influential women in technology in 2009 and one of Business Week’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media”. In Kigali for a conference on women’s leadership and empowerment in East Africa, Beth was kind enough to lead a two-hour workshop for our Year 2 students on using social media to enact social change – a useful topic given Akilah’s focus on community service and Social Change Projects (See more photos from the workshop on our Facebook Page>>).
The workshop began with the simple question, “What is a network?”. From there, Beth launched into a discussion on the various forms of a network – your group of friends, a circle of business professionals, online platforms like Facebook – and the importance of networking. Students learned that networking is not just a social pastime, but also a professional imperative: it is a way to develop relationships with mentors, to know what is going on in your industry, and to recruit support for your business or initiative.



























