Blog #3

Our Mentor Kelly Lambert took us too a Hornets game for our last mentor meeting. I had a great time and learned a lot about the business of sports. I am not into basketball but I enjoyed a lot the game because I learned a lot about the Hornets and all the business behind the team. All the preparation and arrangements that had to be done before a game that ends in a couple of hours. There is a lot of people working on that moment at the Superdome that make all work just perfect. The business of entertainment moves millions of dollars through years. What surprised me the most was the amount of people that was working that time at the game. People selling tickets, food, candies, etc. The people that attend to the game spend a lot of money in the ticket and in food or consuming things inside the arena. We did not met any business leader at the game but Kelly explained all to us. I can’t believe that that was our last mentor meeting reunion. I am going to miss our meetings and the interesting group meetings.

Blog #2 Assignment

Something that I learned from my mentor about business communication is the different channel people use in the business environment to communicate between them. The channel is choose depending on the message and to who is directed. This channels can be:
internet , prints, television, radio, worth of mouth.
I learned a lot from the work that Kelly Lambert (my mentor) does. She is the Director of Internal Communications for Ochsner Health System. She is responsible for the communication of system-wide messages to over 10,000 employees within Ochsner's seven hospitals and 35 clinics. The work she does is very important to the normal operation of Oschner clinics.
Something that I definitely want to experience during Mardi Gras are the parades. This coming Mardi Gras is my first one and I had heard that the parades are very beautiful and very fun to watch. Something I what to avoid is traveling alone instead of with a group of friends.
Mardi Gras is very important to New Orleans because is a tradition that is part of the city’s culture. Is a tradition that people enjoy for many years from now and a huge event that attracts people from all around the world.

Networking Event Thursday Night

Last Thursday night we had our first business networking event of the semester. I met five business professionals in the meting. They were really interesting people that I got to met and chat. These people I met are:

Cyril Mundell,
He is the Associate Professor of Decision Science at Loyola University. He has a Ph.D. from University of North Carolina (Economics) .

Darryl Glade,
He was born and raised in New Orleans. He made his MBA at Loyola University New Orleans. He started his own business just after graduation and began his real state career.

Tom Hickman,
He is the Assistant Professor of Marketing at Loyola University. He has an M.B.A. and a Ph. D. he graduated four years ago and he has been working three years in the university.

Michael Morgan,
He works for Walton Construction Company. He is the Commercial Business Development Manager of the company. His work consist mainly in analyzes, writes and updates forecasts for the company’s ongoing 5 year strategic business plan.

Joseph Bonavita,
He is the Senior Vice President of Capital One Southcoast since 2007.

I think something that I did well during the networking event is socialized and being polite with others demonstrating respect and interest for the others.
Something that I could do better in the future is be more out going with the mentors.

One of the many business professionals that I admire and emulate is Darryl Glade, because he created his successful own company just after graduate from college and it was based on a college project.

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