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The event kicked off with opening remarks from Donna Speciale pictured below left President of Ad Sales and Client Partnerships at Turner who spoke about the importance of building meaningful relationships during and after your internship amp8220Everyone in this room will be someone in this business either now or in the futureamp8221 she told the crowd advising them to network with their peers and not to shy away from the senior executives in attendanceJack Myers below left Chairman of MyersBizNet Publisher of MediaVillage and author of the booksamp160Hooked Up A New Generation39s Surprising Take on Sex Politics and Saving the Worldamp160andamp160The Future of Men Masculinity in the TwentyFirst Century then took the stage for the keynote emphasizing the value of young talent and the importance of capitalizing on every opportunity that comes your way He also noted that the crowd is part of a generation that cares less about money and more about experiences a fact that older generations and corporations are slow to accept and why so many young employees are prone to job hop amp160amp8220If you arenamp8217t getting the opportunities you want from your employer then leaveamp8221 he advisedAfter the keynote there were five breakout knowledge sessions hosted by senior industry leaders including David Sable Global CEO YampampR Carl Fremont Global Chief Digital Officer MEC Jeff Rossi Global Director of Business Marketing Spotify Rohit Sang Executive Producer Original Programming and Development truTV and Ann Shoket Author ofamp160The Big Lifeamp160former EditorinChief of Seventeen and Millennial ExpertWatch this space foramp160a series of reports about the knowledge sessionsPhotos by Elena Olivio and Christian Tayloramp160The opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet management or associated bloggersamp160

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