Sentences with phrase «schmoozing at»

Whether you like research, proofreading, imagining yourself in a totally new field, or schmoozing at happy hour, find ways to incorporate the fun stuff into the job hunting process.

Thankfully — because there are so many of you out there who would rather endure a root canal than an hour of schmoozing at a board of trade event — the answer is yes.

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.

He's a real example of someone who knows that being on a school board is not about sitting in boring meetings or schmoozing at events.

The three had been schmoozing at the restaurant on Valentine's Day 2013, which had prompted one defense lawyer, Leo Ahern, to call the bribery event «the Valentine's Day Massacre.»

So if you're a young entrepreneur more comfortable updating your social networks or pouring over your business plan than schmoozing at parties, what's to be done?

While running her first company — Coutorture, a fashion and lifestyle ad network she started at age 22 and sold two years later — a typical day involved 12 hours at the office, followed by a night of schmoozing at industry events and a scant four hours of sleep.

Bark your calendar to join other canines and their companions to sniff and schmooze at Yappy Hour.

8/01/17 - Rebecca Roiphe presented her article, «The President, the Department of Justice, and Prosecutorial Independence» at the annual Legal Ethics Schmooze at UCLA Law School.

Not exact matches

The same way a creative advertisement or guerrilla marketing campaign (which should be part of the entrepreneurial arsenal, even though the lion's share of budget should go toward direct response advertising that has trackable results) is meant to get your attention, so too is the initial schmooze with a prospect supposed to be worthy of the attention they have given you — exciting them at the possibilities you have shown them, and delivered in an educational and entertaining way that leaves them fascinated and wanting more.

Between fellow students, professors, staff, and colleagues you'll meet at professional conferences, graduate business programs are often schmoozing hotbeds.

And then at the conferences I stay in my room and work, rather than spending hours schmoozing in the bar.

In his pursuit of 30 wins, McLain zoomed about in Lear jets, played Hammond organs, swigged Pepsi - Colas, schmoozed with Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan, Joey Bishop, Glen Campbell and the Smothers Brothers, changed his hair color, appeared on the covers of TIME and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, recorded an album, gave organ lessons out of his home to two dozen students at $ 3.50 an hour and got himself booked in advance into the Riviera in Vegas, the Detroit Auto Show, Disneyland and a hundred other places to play electric keyboard with his band come winter.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took his time to schmooze with legislative leaders at the Capitol during his State of the State visit, saying: «With all due respect to Mayor Bloomberg, this is about showing respect for the leadership in Albany, and I think he often failed to do that.»

I'll be up in Silver Spring today, schmoozing and taking notes at the Digital Media Conference.

After the general election, Theresa May's communications director returned to her old PR and lobbying agency iNHouse Communications to «streamline the business» - and to schmooze clients at parties.

The lawmakers are fattening their campaign wallets by discussing government business with lobbyists and donors during the day and then schmoozing with them at night — for a campaign check.

The four - member Independent Democratic Conference did not attend Gov. Andrew Cuomo's schmooze fest at the executive mansion with the Senate Democrats last night.

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.

Last week at a festive gathering of Democratic insiders, Suffern mayor and county executive candidate Dagan LaCorte was schmoozing it up with one of his -LSB-...]

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.

Last week at a festive gathering of Democratic insiders, Suffern mayor and county executive candidate Dagan LaCorte was schmoozing it up with one of his two primary opponents, former Spring Valley justice David Fried.

she shouted into a microphone at the front of the ballroom, before leaving the podium to quickly schmooze with the crowd.

Beer drinking and surviving on Ramen noodles for months at a time may indeed take skill, but what about things like teaching experience, participation in student government, computer skills (programming, database construction, etc.), investing wizardry, and your knack for schmoozing?

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.»

So, needless to say, I was SO excited that I was not only going to BE at the event where she was, but I was going to get to INTERVIEW her and talk to her and schmooze with her and get a picture with her.

In our interview she reveals how to schmooze and network successfully at all kinds of events, from singles parties to business gatherings.

In Los Angeles, their famous 15th annual Schmooze - A-Palooza will be held at the House of Blues on Sunset Strip.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

Yes, another signing at another venue, more advertising, more snacks, more schmoozing.

When Georgie and her twin sister Aleta arrive at an art gallery that wants to show Georgie's work, they schmooze with donors, charm the artists, and overindulge at the sweets table.

I can visit editors at their offices and schmooze over lunch,» says top literary agent Nat Sobel.

Register at www.AuthorU.org Schmooze... Reconnect... Catchup... Eat!

When: Saturday, September 12 Time: 8 a.m. for schmoozing, networking and breakfast; program ends at noon Where: Garcia's Restaurant — Denver Tech Center Cost: $ 20 for Members, $ 35 NonMembers; increases $ 10 on September 7th

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.»

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).

Now that is just one example of The Importance of Teamwork in the Workplace, where Gordon can take on these technical issues, while I can just schmooze around building relationships, which it seems I am good at.

Get cozy and dine in style at one of two restaurants, sit back and relax at one of three bars, and socialize and schmooze in a private room.

«Dress nicely and try to schmooze the agent at the check - in counter.»

When we think of PR, we think of the stereotypical smoothie in an Italian suit, schmoozing away at some fancy sponsored event [See «Pickaxe» cartoon above].

I admire Merkel's deftness in preaching green while digging brown; but the Chinese are the best at the game of schmoozing the green lobby while, at the same time, incinerating mountains of coal.

Further reading: Dave Winer at Scripting News has video of pre-conference schmoozing and of Zittrain's speech.

The 2008 report, which was prepared by Reeves, also urges young attorneys to «show up» and «speak up» at social events and meetings, and notes that even if you're shy or don't like to schmooze, you should actively seek out mentors inside and outside your law firm by joining organizations and networking.

More than 250 designers, developers, product managers, engineers and other fun - loving nerds showed up at our offices April 25 to eat, drink, schmooze, and hear about the latest in responsive design from Twitter Bootstrap creator Mark Otto.

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.

Partner A might be an incredibly adept and witty writer who could easily churn out a steady stream of informative and engaging content in a blog, but turns into a hand - wringing wreck if forced to «schmooze» at a client networking event.