Managing Director @ Fortune Media C-Suite Exec: Tech . Hospitality . Media | Public Company Director | Trustee | Advisor I Creator I Speaker + Proud New Yorker I Co-Founder NYCNext
An Olympic🥇 Medalist, a Wildlife Fire Fighter Turned Journalist, Young Olympic Hopefuls + VC CMOs. You just never know who you are going to meet. AND that is the magic of ❤️ Fortune's #BrainstormTech. Smart people across different worlds gathering in a mountain retreat to share ideas, learn + connect. Now HOW do you enter + NAVIGATE a room of powerful, accomplished people (or frankly any room)? Cocktails parties, dinners, they can be hard. They intimidate the best of us. It always feels like everyone already know everyone + maybe you should just retreat to your room to do emails or binge watch Netflix 😉 TIP 1: Be brave, dive in and ask lots of question. "Hi, I'm Maryam." And then I just ask lots of questions... because everyone has a story. And if you listen and learn you will find common ground. TIP 2: Be a sharer. "Wait, you're a speed skier training for the Olympics?" What, have you met..." and then I can't wait to introduce my new friends to my existing ones. TIP 3: Hang with friends who are also good sharers. On my way to my room I passed the bar. I met Laurie Yoler at Fortune Most Powerful Women. She is smart, humble and she has an amazing network that she shares. Matthew Prince turned up in our selfie 📸 "Wait do you know..." she says grabbing my arm and taking me to a group of women. "This is Maryam, she's doing x, y,z." These women are power CMO in the VC world. You all need to meet." With that she left + we all stayed talking and exchanging ideas and contacts! TIP 4: Don't give up. Like anything the more you do this, the better you get. And I can garuntee you when this works you will have fun + others will too. ---- I learned that Don Rogers who is the editor of The Park Record Newspaper started off as a wildlife fire fighter. Damn that is cool! Turns out we both share a passion for local news. Picabo Street, post skiing started the Picabo Street Academy to "provide individualized academic pathways to high school students as they pursue their extracurricular passion. Her desire to help young athletes succeed in life beyond sports well, that's purpose-driven and genius. The two amazing skiers are Olympic hopefuls. And they're juggling college while training -- in fact one of them goes to my Alma Mater Columbia University. Gave them both my contact info. Donna MacPhee told her I needed to connect you two. 🛑Let me know if breaking this down is helpful? Drop tips you have in the comments. Mona Nair Holly Brockerhoff inspired this post. Andrew Nusca, yah I was always like this 😉😜 #community #networking #leadership #purpose
Kudos for lighting a fire under people to go talk to others! That's the power of community (cc Sona Jones). this is a POWER room of networking, I wouldn't even known where to start. Having these tips show 1) everyone's human at the end of the day 😀 2) How to take networking to the next level; 3) How it's done in the big leagues. Thanks Maryam Banikarim 🗽🚕 ❤️ , major FOMO :)
We're often so focused these days on networking on LinkedIn that it may feel awkward to be "back out" in public again post-pandemic. Thank you for sharing these tips for building diverse networks face-to-face.
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"Be a SHARER", loved the play on words. Thanks for... sharing, Maryam Banikarim 🗽🚕 ❤️
Looks like another wonderful networking event in beautiful Park City!
Very helpful!
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1moGreat advice! Can’t believe Matthew Prince photobombed us!