{"id":6940,"date":"2016-02-23T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2016-02-23T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:51:00","slug":"sxsw-interactive-attendees-reserve-a-mentor-session-before-theyre-all-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/editorials\/sxsw-interactive-attendees-reserve-a-mentor-session-before-theyre-all-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW Interactive attendees, reserve a free mentor session before they&#8217;re all gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re attending SXSW Interactive this year, make sure to take advantage of one of the newer features of SXSWi you may be unaware of. Mentor sessions can actually make a tremendous impact on your career and is one of our favorite parts of the week! Do you want to ask the most successful people in technology, marketing, media, and business about your career, your path, your goals, your methods? Do you need guidance? Sure you do.<\/p>\n<p>Getting in front of the right people is traditionally very costly and time consuming, but at the conference, you can reserve a free mentor session with top experts.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"icon-bookmark\"><\/i> <strong>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/lists\/study-your-mentor-wants-you-to-shut-up-and-stop-complaining\/\">Studies say your mentors want you to listen more<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/the-real-daily-news.png\" alt=\"bar\" width=\"100\" height=\"19\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91813\" \/><br \/>\nSXSW describes the mentor sessions as \u201cOffering valuable one-on-one interaction with a range of experts, gain essential insight on burning questions to help you advance your career.\u201d We would add that it\u2019s not just your career, but your business, your direction, heck, your competitors \u2013 these experts will have the knowledge to answer your burning questions.<\/p>\n<h2>How to reserve your time with a mentor<\/h2>\n<p>The greatest part is that you can choose your own mentor and reserve a predetermined block of time with them. SXSW badge holders simply need to log in to their SXsocial account, and start <a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/search?q=mentor+session&#038;conferences%5B%5D=interactive\" target=\"_blank\">searching the Mentor Sessions<\/a>. <em>Pro Tip: There are dozens of types of sessions at Interactive, from Branding to Career, so look carefully at which type you&#8217;re selecting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After you are logged in, find the mentor you are most interested in, click their name, and you\u2019ll see what time slots are available. Select one and complete the process \u2013 it\u2019s really easy. The conference can be quite distracting and most of the time, you fly by the seat of your pants, but <em>set a calendar reminder for your mentor session<\/em> \u2013 you don\u2019t want to stand up someone so highly regarded in their industry!<\/p>\n<h2>Hand-picked expert mentors to consider<\/h2>\n<p>While all of the mentors are upper echelon and very well connected and regarded, here are just a few of our favorites (including the Founder of AG):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP57775\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_ebb779c489.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session amy vernon\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108814\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP57782\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_b1ae6ed657.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with benn rosales\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108809\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP91601\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_746f7d1384.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with daniel harvey\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP53831\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_94f4545660.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with rod paddock\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108807\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP57781\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_ee3f766e5d.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with lani rosales\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108815\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP57271\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_bcbbb7ea9e-1.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with arthur nicholls\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108810\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP91597\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_e1da75392d.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with vickie howell\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108812\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2016\/events\/event_PP91607\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pinterest_cca688c29e.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw mentor session with simon erich\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108811\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>#SXSWmentors<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SXSW is an incredibly hectic conference, but be sure to take time to advance your career by snagging time with a mentor for FREE. We&#8217;re talking really high calibre people here, folks. Spots are filling quickly, get to it now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335811,"featured_media":6941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[857],"class_list":["post-6940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","tag-sxsw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sxsw-mentor-sessions.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6944,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6940\/revisions\/6944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}