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Meeting Minutes
Meeting: Fred Wergeles & Associates (http://www.fredwergelesassociates.com/) Date and Time: Monday, September 10th at 5:00 PM Location: BUSN 215
Hey Everyone! We want start off with thanking everyone for coming to our first meeting tonight, it was a great turn out! A breif overview of the meeting: President Fred Wergeles of Fred Wergeles & Associates gave an excellent presentation about the world of competitive intelligence. He suggested this line of work would be great for people who had "inquisitive minds and could embrace ambiguity," and gave the advice to start networking as much as possible, as early as you can. The world of competitive intelligence is basically doing extensive research for companies in vairous fields to try to get a leg up on their competition. We hope that you really enjoyed listening to all that he had to share with us.
Meeting: Philip Morris USA Date and Time: Monday, September 24th at 5:00 PM Location: BUSN 215
Hey Everyone! Thanks to everyone who attended our second meeting of the semester! We had Philip Morris USA come give a presentation about "How to Land your Dream Job" and highlight their internship opportunities. They gave some great tips and pointers about how to dress, networking, first impressions, how to work the upcoming Career Fair and interviewing skills. Some important points to remember are to always appear professional, research the companies you are interested in, show genuine interest and the 4 P's of Interviewing: preparation, practice, professionalism and pertinent questions. If you are interested in learning more information about the internship opportunities that Philip Morris USA offers go to www.cantbeattheexperience.com
Meeting: ESPN Date and Time: Monday, October 8th at 5:00 PM Location: BUSN 215
Hey Everyone! Thank you everyone who came to today's meeting! There was an incredible turn out from our organization as well as communications and sports management! We hosted Mike Soltys, the VP of Communications at ESPN. His job entails doing PR for ESPN classic, news, U, 2, HD,and radio, as well as others. He runs the PR campaigns and also deals with issues that come up such as the start time for the World Series. He also shared with us how by a chance meeting with Bill Rasmussen led him to an internship with the company. He also talked about the ESPN sports brand and shared video clips of commercials. If you're interested in internships/jobs visit: http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/home.html
Meeting: CIDRIS Date and Time: Monday, October 22nd at 5:00 PM Location: BUSN 215
Hey Everyone! Thank you to everyone who attended tonight's meeting! We had Paulo Goes the director and founder of CIDRIS come and speak with us. CIDRIS is massive data extraction, data validation, massive data storage and analytics. While his job includes teaching and service, a large majority of his time is spent researching. He especially spends a lot of time researching and analyzing online auctions (like Ebay). He is very fascinated with consumer behavior in this type of setting. Marketing and technology really go hand in hand. He encouraged everyone to take a closer look at the advantages of having a tech background in the field of marketing because knowing consumer behaviors and being able to analyze data is very important. He also informed us that even though there is a perception that people within the MIS major don't get jobs due to outsourcing, it is really not the case, so don't shy away from the idea. If you are interested in this and want to learn more about data analytics, Professor Goes is teaching OPIM 298 next semester about data mining.
Meeting: Ernest Shackleton Leadership Event Date and Time: Tuesday, November 6th at 6:00 PM Location: BUSN 227
Hey Everyone! I know that tonight's meeting was held on a different day and time but we thank the few of you that were able to make it. Pete Peterson, the head of the Program for Sales Excellence, gave a terrific presentation about leadership through the Ernest Shackleton example. He used info packets, a PowerPoint that included pictures and video clips combined with an interactive discussion, to demonstrate how Shackleton was an amazing leader. Shackleton and his crew were stranded in Antarctica for 2 years and through his skills and ability to be an effective leader, they all extraordinarily survived. This was truly an inspiring story and a great opportunity to learn how to be a great leader. We all can become leaders even if we aren't necessarily born into that role because, "You wait. Everyone has an Antarctic" - Thomas Pynchon, V.
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