{"id":13070,"date":"2021-11-19T11:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=13070"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:33:26","slug":"on-demand-next-level-networking-how-bu-connects-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2021\/11\/19\/on-demand-next-level-networking-how-bu-connects-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-level networking: How BU Connects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/raWdUr6cRx4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to take your BU network to the next level? Learn how to leverage the brand-new BU Connects digital community to build a powerful and responsive Terrier network.<\/p>\n<p>BU Connects is a state-of-the-art platform enabling alumni, students, faculty, and staff to connect unlike ever before. Members are provided access to a suite of tools and resources that can help you build a network, find a career, and pay it forward including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Networking directory: Quickly identify alumni who you should know based on their industry, education, work history, or geography\n<li>Industry &#038; affinity groups: Join groups based on you career or personal interests &#038; gain insights from insiders\n<li>Mentoring opportunities: Find a mentor who has been in your shoes or become a mentor to help your fellow Terriers\n<li>Job board: Explore job and internship opportunities seeking BU talent posted by alumni &#038; shared in Handshake\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Speaker<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jeff Murphy<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Senior Associate Director, Alumni Career Programs<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to leverage BU Connects digital community to build a powerful and responsive Terrier network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18215,"featured_media":14149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,27,5,390],"tags":[471,739,95,958,152,154],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_1726750087-800x600.jpg","agg_excerpt":"Learn how to leverage BU Connects digital community to build a powerful and responsive Terrier network.","agg_title":"Next-level networking: How BU Connects","media_icon":"webinar-icon","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13070"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14152,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13070\/revisions\/14152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}