Why you should network outside of your field | Evan Green & Luke Jeffrey | TEDxMarshallU

Have you ever heard of interdisciplinary networking? In this comedic, yet highly informative talk, you will discover that it can be a real career superpower! Luke Jeffrey and Evan Green explain what interdisciplinary networking is, share their personal benefits from implementing it as student employees, and convey its importance for leveling up your diversity of knowledge and connections to successfully solve human-centered problems in the workplace.

Evan Green is a Yeager Scholar majoring in journalism and psychology at Marshall University. He serves as The Parthenon’s (MU student newspaper) executive editor and is a member of the Society of Yeager Scholars and the Board of Scholars at Marshall University. Green has been a freelance reporter for several news publications over the last five years, including Scioto County Daily News, The Portsmouth Daily Times, and the Shawnee State Chronicle. He also served as the Field Director for Dr. Sydnee McElroy’s House of Delegates campaign and worked as a summer fellow for the West Virginia Working Families Party. Green is also a member of the Brad D. Smith Student Incubator, where he has launched the start-up company Break Free, a non-profit focused on providing free feminine hygiene products on Marshall’s campus.

Luke Jeffrey is a junior and Yeager Scholar majoring in accounting at Marshall University. As an Innovation Intern for Marshall’s iCenter, Social Media Manager for The Parthenon, and Founder and Chair of the Society of Yeager Scholars’ Board of Scholars, Luke actively commits to innovative contributions wherever possible. In the future, he hopes to take this same passion to law school and beyond, helping businesses shape the future and improve people’s lives. In his free time, Luke enjoys hiking, camping, and spending time with animals. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx