{"id":846,"date":"2019-08-29T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucd.emarkable.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=846"},"modified":"2020-08-31T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T10:59:50","slug":"networking-events","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/networking-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2018, alumni gathered at Mutual of America in New York for a panel discussion and networking reception. The theme was \u201cMarketing and Converting Leads in a Saturated Market: Winning Strategies to Optimise your Sales Funnel into 2019\u201d and was moderated by Trevor Madigan, CEO, The Vision Lab and North American Advisory Board member. Panellists were Julie Kavanagh, Salesforce, Kevin Lowe, NewsWhip, Stephen Smith, Link AKC and Ross Hartnett, Snapchat Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The following evening, the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School hosted its 16th Annual New York Benefit Dinner at the Metropolitan Club on Fifth Avenue with over 250 guests, including members of the School\u2019s North American Advisory Board, UCD alumni and friends of the University. The honourees of the evening were Aidan Connolly, CEO, Cainthus and Helen Doody, managing director of Abbey Capital. In February 2019, New York-based alumni joined the North American Advisory Board members at The Harvard Club for the launch of Aidan Connolly\u2019s new book \u201c<em>2-1-4-3: Plan <\/em><em>Your Explosive Business Growth<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ucd-gallery\"><div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-nav\">\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NY-1-1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Helen-Doody-Aidan-Connolly-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NYC-Image-5-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-holder\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-before\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fal fa-search-plus\"><\/i> Click to enlarge<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NY-1-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NY-1-1-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Professor Anthony Brabazon, Ross Hartnett, Kevin Lowe, Julie Kavanagh and Stephen Smith.<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Helen-Doody-Aidan-Connolly.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Helen-Doody-Aidan-Connolly-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Helen Doody and Aidan Connolly. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NYC-Image-5.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NYC-Image-5-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Liam FitzGerald, Trevor Madigan, Aidan Connolly, Alan Ennis and Aidan Browne.<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2018, alumni gathered at Mutual of America in New York for a panel discussion and networking reception. 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