{"id":17,"date":"2025-09-03T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/blog\/points\/external-relations-director\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:09:25","slug":"external-relations-director","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/points\/external-relations-director\/","title":{"rendered":"External Relations Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, I served as the External Relations Director for Temple Ascend. In this role, I managed outreach and communication with external partners, working to strengthen relations with companies, alumni, and community organizations. I also coordinated networking opportunities for our board of directors and members. Throughout the experience, I learned many valuable lessons, but the most important skills I developed were effective communication and persistence. My goal not only to improve my hands-on skill set but also strengthen my ability to connect with others. This role has been an importance step in my journey toward professional development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/melquiadessaringan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}