Most speakers are willing to leave their phone number and their card.
The willingness of the speakers to do so helps students find organizations that welcome interns, and create a networking system, Haskins explains. It's hard for undergrads to see how important some of these people will be in the next few years. The friends who meet through the organization, Daly adds, create a network that can be used once they finish school. The national organization was founded in 1909 as the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and changed its name to SPJ in 1988. In addition to having speakers come to campus, Haskins says the organization also goes to events around Massachusetts.