{"id":2057,"date":"2020-02-07T07:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2020-01-16T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:11:46","slug":"alumni-in-review-maggie-robinson-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2020\/02\/07\/alumni-in-review-maggie-robinson-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni in Review: Maggie Robinson &#8217;19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Maggie is a member of the Class of 2019. Connect with her on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robinson-outreach\/\"><em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2019\/10\/maggie_robinson-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2049\" width=\"276\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2019\/10\/maggie_robinson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2019\/10\/maggie_robinson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2019\/10\/maggie_robinson-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where are you currently working, and what is your role?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the Director of Community Outreach for <a href=\"https:\/\/generatorvt.com\/\">Generator,<\/a> a business incubator at the intersection of art, science, and technology in&nbsp;Burlington, Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did you choose to attend The Sustainable Innovation MBA program? What were you doing before?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt in my previous role before the program that I was stagnating. It was everything that I needed to be gaining experience, yet at the same time, I didn&#8217;t see a clear path into higher management roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was your favorite part about the MBA program experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning more about myself through the process. Being that I switched career paths, I had to look at my experience and decide what problems I wanted to solve, not just deal with. Additionally, this program was ridiculously time-consuming. I probably wouldn&#8217;t do it again, but it really sharpened my organizational and prioritizing skills. I also enjoyed the team collaboration and getting to know talented individuals, and some are lifelong friends now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How are you applying the tools\/skills you learned in the program, post-MBA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m finding I&#8217;m using the most material and knowledge from organizational behavior, complex systems, and being deliberate and strategic on growth and collaborations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What would you tell someone who is considering The Sustainable Innovation MBA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what, you&#8217;ll get something out of this program that will be life altering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie is a member of the Class of 2019. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Where are you currently working, and what is your role? I am the Director of Community Outreach for Generator, a business incubator at the intersection of art, science, and technology in&nbsp;Burlington, Vermont. Why did you choose to attend The Sustainable Innovation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2020\/02\/07\/alumni-in-review-maggie-robinson-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alumni in Review: Maggie Robinson &#8217;19&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[163314,33374,46457,38462],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-us","category-alumni","category-jobs","category-interviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8b9n0-xb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}