Sentences with phrase «as schmoozing»

Kelly Hoey (Author, Speaker, Investor)-- If you think of networking as schmoozing at boring cocktail parties or scrolling through LinkedIn for new contacts to add, think again.

To obtain major grants in China, it is an open secret that doing good research is not as important as schmoozing with powerful bureaucrats and their favorite experts.

In the editorial, Shi Yigong, dean of the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Rao Yi, dean of the School of Life Sciences at Peking University in Beijing, singled out for criticism the funding mechanism for mega science projects in China, alleging that to procure grants, «it's an open secret that doing good research is not as important as schmoozing with powerful bureaucrats and their favorite experts.»

The Kickstarter - success (and continues to be) took a humorous approach regarding Apple's typically big media circus as they schmoozed the media and Apple fans....

Not exact matches

He's far from your average suited - and - booted CEO and not only does he dress like one of his shop - floor staff members, he's a Twitter and Facebook obsessive who schmoozes celebrities as well as deal - makers.

There is a bizarre concept in the world that to be successful as an entrepreneur you have to «schmooze» and you have to be a «sales guy.»

And auditing functions — such as comparing a sales associate's client income with their schmoozing expenses — can help get a bigger perspective on how you spend.

As one of the premier wine and food festivals in the nation and the largest in Southern California, the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival continues to captivate the hearts, minds and mouths of epicures seeking to savor the best in food and drink while schmoozing with power players from America's prolific gastro - scene.

Politics Online (our yearly gathering of the online political tribe) is next week, and you'd sure as hell better be there or you're going to miss out on good schmoozing and a chance to learn from real pros.

De Blasio, walking the hallways of the state senate and assembly before the speech, was greeted as a freshly minted hero (and greeted by considerable relief — some Albany operatives were worried that De Blasio wouldn't wake up early enough for the morning pre-speech schmoozing).

Still, IBB and friends have a democratic right to free association; and to pictorially toast themselves, schmoozing in great camaraderie, as long - lost lovers.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio received a warm reception when he arrived in Albany Saturday for a day of schmoozing with his fellow Democrats at the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators annual conference, known as Caucus Weekend.

Even if Ms. Clinton only delivered a «canned stump speech,» as the newspaper reported that day, Mr. de Blasio was determined to be known as Hillary's candidate — in campaign literature, door - to - door schmoozing and elsewhere.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer came onstage, joined the governor as he shook hands with the winner of the wheelchair division, and then started schmoozing the crowd.

But de Blasio got a decidedly warmer reception on this frigid Saturday, arriving in Albany for a day of schmoozing with his fellow Democrats at the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators annual conference, known as Caucus Weekend.

The logic of this argument is that the left should just crawl away and die, or (same difference) schmooze its way into the New Labour hierarchy, as Galloway would clearly like to do.

One of the reasons he's so good is that he's divorced and as he only sees his children at the weekend, has plenty of time to schmooze his clients.

We had a great time, as always, filling our time with podcasts, screenings, and schmoozing in roughly equal measure.

And for good reason: Nathaniel's discovery of a story Joan wrote in college, as well as Joan's quietly mounting rage at the sexism inherent in the Nobel proceedings (while Joe is whisked off to schmooze with intellectuals, Joan is urged by the organizers to go shopping and get a spa treatment), will send the story spinning in a new direction.

The rest of the cast are filled with likeable character actors, and James LeGros (Singles, Boys) steals many of the laughs as a hotshot heartthrob actor that schmoozes his way into practically directing the film himself, so that all eyes are focused on him.

The SXSW Film Festival, which ran its 25th season March 9 — 17, has become a launching pad for indie projects (it's where audiences first got a look at «The Disaster Artist» last year, as well as Destin Daniel Cretton's «Short Term 12» and Lena Dunham's «Tiny Furniture»), a place to sneak - peek upcoming Hollywood tentpoles, and an exciting opportunity for filmmakers and industry insiders to network, make deals, and schmooze with fans and celebrities in Austin.

Along those lines, Stanley Tucci dazzles once more as the purple - pompadoured game show host who schmoozes the contestants and pumps up the audience.

The track also took an oddly rambling tone at times as the participants schmoozed.

The night starts off adequately, with Beatriz accepting some white wine and kind of lurking about as Doug and others schmooze and talk shop.

As he learns the ropes in schmoozing numerous doctors and their staff, he meets a woman in Maggie (Anne Hathaway).

First seen as an embassy attaché schmoozing it up at a soon - to - be-violently-interrupted diplomatic cocktail party in the swanky, pre-Lebanese Civil War early»70s, Hamm's Mason Skiles is «a front - runner who stumbled,» in the words of one character.

If this model holds, then there might be a chance writers can once again return to their primary title as writers, period, and not have to worry (as much) about promotion and schmoozing or wasting time chatting on Twitter when they ought to be writing their book, not chatting with 14 - year - old Bieber - ites who don't have time or interest to read anything beyond 140 characters anyway.

But much as I like wine and good food, I sometimes found the schmoozing to be a burden.

I started frequenting galleries and schmoozing with people there, as well as volunteering my services at silent auctions, where I was able to offer art consultation sessions to paying customers.»

Cherry was there in his happy - as - a-clam breed ambassador role, getting loved on by people of all sizes and ages, and schmoozing with all the dogs who stopped by his tent to say hello and take a selfie.

The NY Times is reporting a 10 % drop in airline passengers as well as a drop in the number of investment bankers schmoozing clients at the Ritz - Carlton (boo - hoo).

Although situated slap in the middle of the High Street's tartan tat zone, this little hideaway has managed to earn a seriously good reputation as restaurant and wine bar for the cream of Edinburgh's schmooze elite.

Are you a student or know anyone keen to offer their time, support and enthusiam as a volunteer in exchange for a chance to schmooze and frolick with some of the most learned minds in the industry?

He thinks he was mistaken to believe that painting would be enough, but Lewis was averse to art world schmoozing, or «verbal garbage,» as he termed it.

But Skype, he contends, can often do the same work as face - to - face business meetings, if you can sacrifice the post-meeting schmooze over cocktails.

And let's face it, solicitors ought to have an advantage over barristers in attracting clients direct as solicitors are, supposedly, more «experienced» at schmoozing prospective and existing clients.

Criminal elements can be very good at schmoozing with registrants as they butter them up for the «big deal».