When

Friday, August 30, 2019    
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Where

Acadian
444 St Charles Ave, New Orleans
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So many connections will be made over the convention weekend. But how do you truly make an investment in networking that can pay off with professional advancement? This workshop will help take a simple handshake and pleasant conversation to the next level.

Presenter: Jay Alpert

JAY ALPERT (he/him) is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience in communication. He is currently a writer/producer for ABC’s “Good Morning America” in New York, which recently won its second Daytime Emmy in a row for Outstanding Morning Program. Alpert covers a wide variety of topics at GMA, ranging from politics to general news to celebrities. Alpert previously worked at Al Jazeera America and local stations including WABC-TV, the number one station in New York; KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, where he was an executive producer; and KYW-TV in Philadelphia, which won the Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award. Alpert also spent several years in public relations working for an agency, a large hotel/casino company and serving his own clients.