{"id":949,"date":"2016-06-20T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/?p=949"},"modified":"2016-06-05T19:18:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T19:18:26","slug":"fearlessnetworking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/fearlessnetworking\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Network &#8211; Instead, Be Curious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Try changing your mindset when you are networking:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/11\/fearless-networking\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=botw_05222016&amp;utm_source=blueshift&amp;utm_term=bsft_&amp;utm_content=botw_sunday&amp;bsft_eid=ac4c38b6-b90b-413e-8c4e-a3b96f23d66f#plU5XYCOO8qO\">How to be a Fearless Networker<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/author\/val-matta\/\">Val Matta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re standing face-to-face with a professional in your industry who can help you advance your career. This is your chance to wow this person with a strong handshake, bright smile and direct eye contact, followed by a witty comment that initiates a loud fit of laughter.<\/p>\n<p>However, you can&#8217;t communicate well or <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/11\/fearless-networking\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=botw_05222016&amp;utm_source=blueshift&amp;utm_term=bsft_&amp;utm_content=botw_sunday&amp;bsft_eid=ac4c38b6-b90b-413e-8c4e-a3b96f23d66f#plU5XYCOO8qO\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try changing your mindset when you are networking: How to be a Fearless Networker by Val Matta You&#8217;re standing face-to-face with a professional in your industry who can help you advance your career. This is your chance to wow this person with a strong handshake, bright smile and direct eye contact, followed by a witty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,8],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-career-development","tag-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}