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Event Date: Wednesday, October 19th

Networking Event

Professional networking event present a segment for the exchange of ideas and values. It is a scenario where entrepreneurs or business people can meet in forming a relationship that leads to individual development in the career of choice. In this particular essay, there is the description of a particular networking event I was involved in it. Similarly, there is the concentration of various strategies I learned as used in networking. Other segments have concentrated on the most important points I learned from the presentation and information relating to professionals involved.

Description of the Networking Event

Big Data Company is trying to enhance its marketing capabilities. Achieving this has been necessitated by the inclusion of Supply chain managers, marketing folks, and C-level executives. There is an issue of disconnection, which exists between these managers and executives. The company is in dire need of data analytics, but the problem is the absence of qualified personnel’s in these departments. The fact of the matter is that Big Data must continue in operation making it possible to create more jobs thus offering a financial option to the entire community. In other words, the networking segment involves the merging of both accounting and analytics personnel.

Ruth McCartney, CEO of multimedia was the presenter of the professional event, which I attended. McCartney first talked about the original data, a kind of signification of the 'census of Quirinius.' In essence, it talks about the original data about the Gospel of Luke that indicates the time of birth of Jesus. Later, there is the introduction of neat analog data. Here, its a representation of management of census data through the registration of product warranty, visitor guest books and birth/death records of the church. Having an organized and structured data is important. Such a process is facilitated by having an organization chart, data tree, structured data tables, and some excel sheets for inputting data. Analytics must be involved fully in computational analysis. For accountants, they have the responsibility of keeping a proper record of financial statements.

After the process of having an organized data structure, she explains the next step that involves the need to enter data through an online platform. Such an approach can be achieved by creating an account and entering all viable information. Once this is done, it becomes possible to post such information to social media. There are some challenges witnessed relating to the integration of data to various social media platforms. These relate to the aspect of structured (small data which fits into columns) and unstructured (big data that offers a wide variety of customer service) data.

Strategies Used in Presentation

There is the strategy of capturing the attention of people first even before you can give then the intended information. Such an approach increases the attentiveness of participants involved in a presentation. The strategy makes it possible to follow all parts of the presentation up to the end. There is the strategy of Biblical stewardship. It involves using Biblical teachings to explain issues of management.

On the other hand, to ensure that I made several worthy networks, I employed several strategies such as being nice to people I met, building rapport, keeping it straightforward and communicative. To capture the attention of McCartney and Professor Nancy Coster, I sought more information about the topic presented from them. As a result, I created a good rapport. Simplicity is a strategy that worked well during the networking event as many people associate better with reality. More importantly, being nice to everyone I met at the event was a significant approach to keeping the connection.

Information about Professionals

I interacted with two professionals in this event. The first one is Ruth McCartney who was the actual presenter of the event. She is an energetic marketing professional. She deals with e-marketing, digital distribution and web property. Ruth is currently with McCartney Multimedia working as the CEO. The second one was Professor Nancy Coster, a clinical associate professor at Marymount University. Various roles played by Nancy include teaching accounting and programs relating to management. Others include being a clinical assistant professor in the accounting department at the Loyola Marymount University.

Key Things I have learnt

There has been much learning about the importance of cloud technology in the storage of both small and big data. These are very useful for accountants and analytics. Big data presents facts on the exponential growth of records. Advantages of Big Data may be the discovery of global illnesses like Ebola which other sectors like the WHO may not be able to find. Big Data is applicable in food technologies and medical science.