Networking speed-dating style

I was able to attend the Mentoring Monday Women in Business event hosted by the Jacksonville Business Journal. It was at 7 a.m. at the Schultzbacher Professional Development Center. I met some interesting and professional women. After eating breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and hashbrowns, we watched a broadcast from the head of the Women's BizJournals that let us know that more than 10,000 women were participating in these Mentoring Monday events around the United States. We then moved to the networking portion where we got a list of the registered mentors and chose which ones we wanted to meet. We got seven minutes per conversation and I chose to talk to the head of the City Rescue Mission and the head of Broadbased Communications. They were both very gracious and helpful as we discussed internship possibilities. Before I left, I talked with the event coordinator and the editor of the JBJ about their company and a future internship possibility. It was a great event and well worth it.