Don't network, make friends. | Jarrod Stisher | Episode 108

The time is now! Jarrod Stisher is the head of marketing at Tech Birmingham. He is responsible for many of the live events creating culture and connection around Birmingham, Alabama. We sat down to talk about how to be effective in marketing and what actually makes a networking event fun and not corny.SOCIALShttps://www.instagram.com/j_stisha/https://www.instagram.com/myresense/https://www.instagram.com/word.of.mouth.pod/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552402096552https://twitter.com/podcast_womhttps://www.tiktok.com/@word.of.mouth.pod0:00 intros1:00 Growing up and going to college8:00 Getting into the workforce 13:00 What is Tech Birmingham 24:00 Networking stigmas 29:00 Bringing in the networking events to Tech Birmingham 36:00 Is Birmingham a tech city?38:00 Sloss Tech45:00 AI integrations 55:00 fin