Archive for July 2010

The MBA Chat (#mbachat) is a 1-hour discussion on Twitter where anyone can participate in our open source conversation. The Twitter Chat on Thursday, July 8th 8:00pm-9:00pm EST will include Hannah Morgan (@careersherpa) and Hajj E. Flemings (@HajjFlemings) who will answer questions.

Topic: Informal Education v. Formal Education

We will discuss the value of informal education versus formal education. There is no reason that a person in the 21^st century to not be educated. We will discuss informal education tools like blogs, Twitter Chats, videos, and college education.

Some of the Informal Education Resources provided by Tech MBA Online

• #mbachat: Twitter Chat about business, career, education, and personal branding
• Tech MBA Minute: Video interview series with business leaders
• Tech MBA Online Blog:  Blog post about business, career and education based content.

Bio of Hannah Morgan

Hannah Morgan is a career strategist and founder of Career Sherpa. She works with entry to mid-level career professionals to provide online mock interviews and facilitate accountability groups. She also provides job search audits and partners with clients to build their plan and strategy.

Hannah Morgan is an energetic, compassionate conveyor of no-nonsense career advice. Her mission is to educate people in the workforce on the importance of managing his/her own career. Hannah shares information on the latest career management and job search trends and techniques on her blog, Career Sherpa and is a featured blogger on HerRochester. She is also a member of Career Collective, a community of expert career advisors and resume writing professionals who write monthly on job search related topics.

Hannah is active on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other social networking sites. Her use and understanding of social media have benefited many of her clients.

Hannah co-developed and facilitates “Career Navigator”, a five day intensive boot camp for professional level job seekers. The program is being used by the “One-Stop” system in Rochester, New York.

Hannah’s background includes over 10 years of experience assisting professionals as they transition into new jobs. Her passion is assisting professionals to proactively seek career opportunities. Hannah has delivered presentations and workshops to thousands of job seekers through her work with an outplacement service and workforce development agency.

How to Follow and Participate
To participate you can use http://search.twitter.com or http://tweetgrid.com/. Watch for tweets with the hashtag #mbachat and follow the conversation on the @TechMBAOnline Twitter account.

This chat is sponsored by Michigan Tech MBA Online program: www.mbaonline.mtu.edu.

The MBA Chat (#mbachat) is a 1-hour discussion on Twitter where anyone can participate in our open source conversation. The Twitter Chat on Thursday, July 15th 8:00pm-9:00pm EST with host Hajj E. Flemings (@HajjFlemings) who will answer questions.

How to Follow and Participate
To participate you can use http://search.twitter.com or http://tweetgrid.com/. Watch for tweets with the hashtag #mbachat and follow the conversation on the @TechMBAOnline Twitter account.

This chat is sponsored by Michigan Tech MBA Online program: www.mbaonline.mtu.edu.

The Michigan Technological University’s School of Business and Economics – Tech MBA Online has developed a Career Re-Tool Workshop to help you Re-Tool, Re-Wire and Re-Think your career and future.

This FREE event is designed to enable you to evaluate your career planning strategy and position you to grow personally and professionally. This is a must attend event for job seekers, those in career transitions and people who want to re-tool themselves for promotion in a challenging job market.

Register Today!!!! Seats are limited!!!!

Register at: http://bit.ly/2010retool

Speakers

Hajj E. Flemings – Personal Brand Strategist/Founder of Brand Camp University

Brenda Rudiger – Director of Alumni Relations at Michigan Technological University

Paul J. Hindelang – President at Results Systems Corporation

Agenda

Networking

Re-Tooling yourself with Education

We will explore the value of education as a career strategy to help you stay globally competitive in a challenging job market. This session will focus on the benefits of an MBA and higher education to empower you to reinvent and re-think your future.

Re-Wiring your Career with Social Networks and Online Tools

Come and learn how to rewire yourself through social networks and online channels to connect with companies and identify new career opportunities. Become a person that understands how to translate their network into value.

Re-Thinking your Financial Strategy

Has your 401K got you down? It is time to re-think your financial strategy and prepare financially for your career transition? Come and get fresh new ideas for investing, financial planning, insurance and social security.

The MBA Chat (#mbachat) is a 1-hour discussion on Twitter where anyone can participate in our open source conversation. The Twitter Chat on Thursday, July 8th 8:00pm-9:00pm EST will include Vincent Hunt (@VincentHunt) and Hajj E. Flemings (@HajjFlemings) who will answer questions.
Topic: The Art of a Start-Up
Recently there was an article posted on Michigan Tech MBA Online blog about ‘Thinking Like a Startup‘ that promoted the discussion for this MBA Chat. What drives the thinking of Seth Godin, Jason Fried, Guy Kawasaki, Evan Williams, Paul Graham and others in the Startup world?

Bio

Vincent Hunt is the creator of Beyond Pretty Things; a blog about design, innovation and rocket ships and the founder of the Vincent Hunt Company, a Design Thinking Company, tactical in conceptualizing and developing breakthrough ideas for new products, services and brands. An intuitive design thinker, Vincent is sought after for his keen ability to generate disruptive ideas and insight on emerging creative economy trends.

How to Follow and Participate
To participate you can use http://search.twitter.com or http://tweetgrid.com/. Watch for tweets with the hashtag #mbachat and follow the conversation on the @TechMBAOnline Twitter account.

This chat is sponsored by Michigan Tech MBA Online program: www.mbaonline.mtu.edu.

Why is entrepreneurial thinking such a hot topic? In a challenging economy companies, organizations, and individuals have to be lean, efficient, and productive to thrive. Who can benefit from operating with a startup mentality? Business executives, Universities, entrepreneurs, athletes, and politicians and many others all could benefit. Let’s see what some of the greatest business minds have to say about startups and entrepreneurial thinking?

1. Thrash Early to Ship on Time - Seth Godin: Best Selling Author/Marketing Guru

“What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship. Shipping is fraught with risk and danger. Every time you raise your hand, send an email, launch a product or make a suggestion, you’re exposing yourself to criticism. Not just criticism, but the negative consequences that come with wasting money, annoying someone in power or making a fool of yourself. It’s no wonder we’re afraid to ship.”

2. Forget your Failures - Guy Kawasaki: Founding Partner of Garage Technology Ventures/Author of ‘Reality Check’

“There is no better place in the world to fail than Silicon Valley. Indeed, some people have made a career of failing. Some for generations. Not in Silicon Valley. Here, it doesn’t matter (within reason) how many times you fail, as long as you eventually succeed. So many entrepreneurs who failed went on to create massive successes that we’ve learned that failure is a poor predictor of future results.”

3. Be Narrow - Evan Williams: Founder of Twitter

“Focus on the smallest possible problem you could solve that would potentially be useful. Most companies start out trying to do too many things, which makes life difficult and turns you into a me-too. Focusing on a small niche has so many advantages: With much less work, you can be the best at what you do.”

4. Focus on Corporate Culture - Tony Hsieh: CEO of Zappos/Author of ‘Delivering
“At Zappos, our belief is that if you get the culture right, most of the other stuff — like great customer service, or building a great long-term brand, or passionate employees and customers — will happen naturally on its own.”

5. Don’t Worry about Competitors - Paul Graham: Founder of Y-Combinator/Startup School

“One reason people overreact to competitors is that they overvalue ideas. If ideas really were the key, a competitor with the same idea would be a real threat. But it’s usually execution that matters:
All the scares introduced by seeing a new competitor pop up are forgotten weeks later. It always comes down to your own product and approach to the market.”

6. Start a Business not a Start-up: Jason Fried: Founder of 37-Signals/Author of ‘Rework

Startups can bring new ideas to market. They can give people a chance to change the world on their own terms. They can create something where nothing existed before. There is no doubt that they are exciting things to be a part of.

Let us know your thoughts on thinking like a startup whether you are a student, seeking an MBA, a business executive or entrepreneur.