Sigma Alpha Pi (SAP), also known as the National Society for Leadership and Success (NSLS), hosted a live-feed speaker broadcast with Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder and CEO of Act•1 on Monday and Tuesday, April 4 and 5.
SAP is a student-run academic fraternity on campus that seeks to encourage students’ leadership abilities. The organization brings together students with high GPAs and offers live-streamed speaker broadcasts and networking opportunities to members.
“Everyone is a leader in their own ways, and we want to help nurture that part of each student,” said Katie Dy, SAP president and junior psychology major.
Howroyd has been featured as one of the country’s most successful self-made women on the Today Show’s “Summer of Secrets: Successful Women” series, as well as the 2015 Forbes Magazine list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.
“Being able to watch and hear from influential and successful professionals such as [Howroyd] can inspire tomorrow’s leaders,” Tricia Dubin, SAP’s social networking team coordinator and senior psychology major said about the broadcast.
During the broadcast, Howroyd discussed the importance of a strong and professional social media presence for millennials.
“Social media matters; it’s your new résumé,” Howroyd said. “Ask yourself: Is your social media appropriate if a future employer were to look at your social media right now, at this very moment?”
SAP vice president and junior business management major Alyson Pratt said the event taught her to create an action plan, maintain professional contacts, gain service-learning experience and be recognized by companies she wants to work for.
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