AMAzing Fall 2023 Semester
AMAzing Fall 2023 Semester
The Fall 2023 semester was a whirlwind of excitement and achievement, marked by a series of outstanding events that brought our chapter together and developed stronger bonds between each member. Below, we would like to recap all of the events and special times we’ve shared in the past couple of months.
GMB Meetings with Various Guest Speakers:
Every week, we invited special guest speakers from around the country to open up conversations about their journey’s into their current business roles as well as offering advice to our members on how to best navigate the world outside of our studies. Guest speakers like Sean Adler from Nana Hats and the marketing team from Tiffany & Co. were among the most attended GBM meetings this semester. These speakers discussed their journey’s and different life obstacles which really resonated with our chapter, especially those who intend to begin their own business ventures or strive to work for the many big name companies that they know and love. Honorable mentions of other GBM meetings include speakers from the sports brand Wilson, our own SDSU professor panel with Professor Osinski and Professor Grimes, a Content & Creative Director from Pinterest, and our own in-house Resume and LinkedIn workshops.
Professional Networking Night (PNN):
Professional Networking Night (PNN) is where prospective and eager students take the time to connect with several local and nationwide companies for available internships or part time jobs. PNN was a huge success attracting more than hundreds of students looking to pitch themselves to several companies including Amazon and a local winery. We would like to send a special thank you to our Special Events Director Anna Chen for planning and directing the entire event which was a success for her and the entire AMA chapter as a whole here at SDSU.
AMA San Diego Regional Conference:
On November 10th, we held our AMA San Diego Regional Conference, an in-person networking event with various keynote and leadership speakers like Claudia Chow, the President of the San Diego AMA. She shared an exciting presentation about learning, unlearning, and relearning which was riveting from beginning to end. During Claudia Chow’s presentation, she also brought up the Sandie Awards (formerly the AMY Awards), which is the first AMA SD hosted marketing awards in 9 years. In these awards, students were encouraged to send in submissions in 18 categories covering all aspects of marketing and celebrating the best in San Diego marketing. This garnered over 130 total submissions! In addition, we opened the event to all AMA chapters across San Diego county like the USD and Point Loma chapters who also provided their own presentations.
San Diego Google Office Tour:
We were grateful for the opportunity to connect with the Google office located here in San Diego to tour their facility and learn about the many day to day operations that occur. Along with the site tour, we were able to listen in on presentations by the Google Speaker’s panel, a live Q&A session, and networking opportunities. More than 30 students attended and explored the office! We would like to thank all the wonderful Googlers we met, especially Jessica Cespedes, for hosting such a fun event!
Volunteer Clean Up Events:
San Diego is home to hundreds of beautiful coastal beaches and parks which everyone from around the world visit year round. It was a pleasure to do our part in keeping the beaches and parks clean by volunteering with local non-profit organizations to clean trash found laying around. This was an important experience showing us what can happen when working together as a team towards a common goal can benefit so much to ourselves and our community. We would like to thank our Director of Social and Community Impact Enya Castaneda for organizing these events!
