Host: NSHMBA Twin Cities (Saint Paul/Minneapolis) Minnesota
Date: Friday, August 28, 2009
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Zathar Minneapolis (Inside the Grand Hotel)
615 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 6127529595
Email: dalbornoz@laescuelita.org
Learn about the upcoming National Conference to be held in Minneapolis in October 2009.
Free admission
Complimentary appetizers
Welcome cocktail
Drink Specials
Enjoy a Happy Hour in style with fellow colleagues and professionals, and learn about the National NSHMBA conference to held in Minneapolis 2009 and the many opportunities for professionals, students, and allies to become part of this exiting event!
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Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Johnson and Wales University; Hance Auditorium
Street: 801 W. Trade Street
City/Town: Charlotte, NC
Email:
www.nbmbaacharlotte.org
Finding the right business school out of a list that tops 8,000 internationally isn’t easy. For every MBA candidate there are numerous reasons for short-listing one school and not another. At QS topmba.com, the world’s leading website for MBA information , we encourage candidates to spend significant time thinking about their personal interests and limitations to ensure their chosen school is the right one for them. Not every school suits every candidate, no matter how high their GMAT score or how well-ranked the business school might be.
Accreditation is a process that business schools volunteer for in order to get public recognition they have achieved a certain standard of education. Most business schools are accredited to some level, so it is worth asking an unaccredited school why they haven’t chosen that route.
There are three international accreditation bodies. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), started as a body accrediting US and Canadian business schools, although it now accredits schools outside North America. The European Fund for Management Development (EFMD), has its accrediting body, EQUIS, which now accredits outside the European Union. Both accreditation bodies look at, and accredit, the school as a whole, taking in big picture issues such as resources, quality of faculty, and programs on offer.
Generally speaking EQUIS has a strong focus on business school diversity, largely as a result of its pan-European background. It also includes Executive MBA and part-time programs. For the AACSB, which accredits full-time MBAs, how a school uses its resources to bring it up to a top level is more important. The third body, the Association of MBAs (AMBA), based in the UK, accredits individual MBA programs rather than the school as a whole.
There are other accrediting bodies but these operate on a local level. The Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN), for example, accredits business schools in the Central European region.
So how important is it for an MBA candidate to consider accredited programs above unaccredited ones? Nunzio Quacquarelli is managing director of the QS World MBA Tour. For the last 14 years, QS has taken top-level accredited business schools on tour to over 65 cities worldwide to meet MBA candidates. For Quacquarelli, accreditation is important, as long as the candidate’s expectations are realistic.
“Accreditation provides a threshold of standard for business schools,” he says. “The specific focus of each board is quite different so they are measuring different things. A candidate needs to understand what accreditation a school or program has received and why, before making their decision. It is important that a school is accredited either locally or internationally.”
Durham Business School in the UK, is one of only 34 international business schools, of which 29 regularly attend the QS World MBA Tour, to be triple-accredited by the AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. The school’s Dean, Rob Dixon, says attaining all three kitemarks takes a business school a great deal of commitment and hard work but it is something that many top MBA programs strive for, at significant cost and effort. “There is no doubt that the independent endorsement and credibility of an accreditation kitemark is a standard of excellence worth striving for,” Dixon says. “In today’s crowded MBA market it [accreditation] provides students with a useful benchmark and starting point when deciding which schools to consider. However, one of the most important points about any accreditation is that it demonstrates a real commitment to quality and a process of continuous improvement and development.”
Jerry Trapnell, chief accreditation officer from the AACSB, based in Florida, stresses that accrediting bodies are co-operative and not in competition with each other, due to their different philosophies and methodologies. “We have great respect for EQUIS accreditation and the schools that have earned it. EQUIS accreditation standards have a strong focus on how schools address internationalization among curricula, faculty, and students of the business school as well as relationships with corporations/businesses. AACSB clearly expects schools to prepare their graduates for work in the global economy and to seek appropriate input and counsel from various stakeholders to include employers, alumni, students, and faculty; however, we grant significant latitude on how this is accomplished.”
Accreditation is a process that business schools volunteer for in order to get public recognition they have achieved a certain standard of education. Most business schools are accredited to some level, so it is worth asking an unaccredited school why they haven’t chosen that route.
There are three international accreditation bodies. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), started as a body accrediting US and Canadian business schools, although it now accredits schools outside North America. The European Fund for Management Development (EFMD), has its accrediting body, EQUIS, which now accredits outside the European Union. Both accreditation bodies look at, and accredit, the school as a whole, taking in big picture issues such as resources, quality of faculty, and programs on offer.
Generally speaking EQUIS has a strong focus on business school diversity, largely as a result of its pan-European background. It also includes Executive MBA and part-time programs. For the AACSB, which accredits full-time MBAs, how a school uses its resources to bring it up to a top level is more important. The third body, the Association of MBAs (AMBA), based in the UK, accredits individual MBA programs rather than the school as a whole.
There are other accrediting bodies but these operate on a local level. The Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN), for example, accredits business schools in the Central European region.
So how important is it for an MBA candidate to consider accredited programs above unaccredited ones? Nunzio Quacquarelli is managing director of the QS World MBA Tour. For the last 14 years, QS has taken top-level accredited business schools on tour to over 65 cities worldwide to meet MBA candidates. For Quacquarelli, accreditation is important, as long as the candidate’s expectations are realistic.
“Accreditation provides a threshold of standard for business schools,” he says. “The specific focus of each board is quite different so they are measuring different things. A candidate needs to understand what accreditation a school or program has received and why, before making their decision. It is important that a school is accredited either locally or internationally.”
Durham Business School in the UK, is one of only 34 international business schools, of which 29 regularly attend the QS World MBA Tour, to be triple-accredited by the AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. The school’s Dean, Rob Dixon, says attaining all three kitemarks takes a business school a great deal of commitment and hard work but it is something that many top MBA programs strive for, at significant cost and effort. “There is no doubt that the independent endorsement and credibility of an accreditation kitemark is a standard of excellence worth striving for,” Dixon says. “In today’s crowded MBA market it [accreditation] provides students with a useful benchmark and starting point when deciding which schools to consider. However, one of the most important points about any accreditation is that it demonstrates a real commitment to quality and a process of continuous improvement and development.”
Jerry Trapnell, chief accreditation officer from the AACSB, based in Florida, stresses that accrediting bodies are co-operative and not in competition with each other, due to their different philosophies and methodologies. “We have great respect for EQUIS accreditation and the schools that have earned it. EQUIS accreditation standards have a strong focus on how schools address internationalization among curricula, faculty, and students of the business school as well as relationships with corporations/businesses. AACSB clearly expects schools to prepare their graduates for work in the global economy and to seek appropriate input and counsel from various stakeholders to include employers, alumni, students, and faculty; however, we grant significant latitude on how this is accomplished.”
We’ll Show You How to Beat Your Competition and Significantly Increase Your Chances of Getting in!
Sign-Up Today for the RPAA MBA Admissions Conference!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
@ UCLA
8:00am-5:30pm
What’s in it for you?
• Start creating personal relationships with Admissions Officers from over 20 top business schools across the nation that you want to get into including: Stanford, Harvard, and Wharton
• Workshops and panels with Admissions Officers focusing on how you can be a top candidate
• MBA roundtables led by Admissions Officers for you to get your questions answered in a more intimate setting so that you can be better prepared for the application and interview process. (Only 10 participants per table with an Admissions Officer!)
• Conference is limited to 200 attendees - Most MBA Conferences are held at convention centers where thousands of prospects are bombarding a handful of admissions officers!
Take Advantage of Early Registration Benefits!
• Get First Pick On Your Top Schools – Be the first one to sign up so that you can get a spot at the roundtables of these top schools before they fill up. (Assignments to MBA round table sessions are based on order of registration. Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton tables fill up quickly so the sooner you sign up, the more likely you are to sit at their tables)
• Special discount just for you! Enter discount code "MLT09" to save $10 off Standard Pricing of only $80! Rates go up on July 24th – Register now @ http://2009mac-MLT.eventbrite.com
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B-school graduates are giving up on the job market and starting their own businesses instead. Funding is scarce, but schools are offering support
By Alison Damast
Lindsay Giovachino was feeling frustrated as she approached her business school graduation this past May at the University of Miami School of Business(Miami Full-Time MBA Profile). Like many of her classmates, she had cast a wide net in her job search, applying for management jobs in fields ranging from the nonprofit world to the music industry, with little luck. The final blow came when people started suggesting that Giovachino, an aspiring singer and songwriter who goes by the stage name Lucia, take an unpaid internship with a record company. "To hear that was like a nail in heart," Giovachino says. "I just spent all this money getting my MBA and I couldn't deal with starting at the very, very bottom."
By Alison Damast
Lindsay Giovachino was feeling frustrated as she approached her business school graduation this past May at the University of Miami School of Business(Miami Full-Time MBA Profile). Like many of her classmates, she had cast a wide net in her job search, applying for management jobs in fields ranging from the nonprofit world to the music industry, with little luck. The final blow came when people started suggesting that Giovachino, an aspiring singer and songwriter who goes by the stage name Lucia, take an unpaid internship with a record company. "To hear that was like a nail in heart," Giovachino says. "I just spent all this money getting my MBA and I couldn't deal with starting at the very, very bottom."
Instead, she focused her energy on developing a business plan she'd written in her entrepreneurial class this winter, with the help of a friend who owns a Miami-based recording studio. By the time graduation rolled around, she had launched an independent record label, Burning Tongue Publishing Company, which she hopes will be a new model for promoting and distributing musicians' work. Family, friends and artists interested in recording and working with the company are helping her fund the project. Plans are already in the works for albums recorded by a Slovenian band and an Italian rock group, as well as Giovachino's debut CD.
"With this I'll be unpaid for a while, but at least at the end of the day I'll have something to show for it," she said.
Post-Grad Startups
Giovachino is not alone in her entrepreneurial ambitions. The new business bug has bitten both graduate and undergraduate business school students hard this year. Typically, only a handful start businesses after graduating, with most choosing to go the more conventional route by securing a full-time job offer. This year, the number of business students launching companies after graduation, or even while still in school, has skyrocketed. Business schools from Harvard Business School(Harvard Full-Time MBA Profile) to NYU's Stern School of Business(NYU Stern Full-Time MBA Profile) are reporting a surge of interest from students who have decided to strike out on their own.
The upsurge in entrepreneurship comes at what is in many ways the worst possible time. In the first quarter of 2009, venture capital activity plummeted to just $3 billion—a new 12-year low—according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Assn., raising the possibility that many student ideas might never proceed beyond the business plan stage, says Kip Harrell, president of the MBA Career Services Council, an umbrella group for MBA career services officers: "Students recognize how bad the economy is and how hard getting capital is."
In response, schools are ramping up the support they offer to aspiring entrepreneurs, creating summer business incubators, launching new curriculums in the subject, and giving them additional counseling on how to start a business in challenging economic times.
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Place: AXA Advisors (Brewery Park - Crain Communications Building)
1155 Gratiot Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48207
Event Description:
The Detroit Chapter of NSHMBA, in a joint effort with the Detroit chapter of ALPFA, Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, is pleased to announce its summer networking event sponsored by AXA Advisors. We have prepared a wonderful evening you don't want to miss. The AXA team, led by Tim, Laurie, and Nick, will provide valuable knowledge on some of the most important things in our life, your career and your wealth. The NSHMBA Detroit Board looks forward to seeing you at this great event where you will have the opportunity to meet colleagues from ALPFA and expand you networking in an energetic atmosphere. Please RSVP today and extend this invitation to a colleague. Te esperamos! Camilo Suero, NSHMBA Detroit President.
Cost: no cost
Contact: Nick Phillips, AXA Advisors, (248) 641-2652
2009 Forté MBA Women's Conference
June 26-27
Reinvent. Reinvest. Realize.
The Forté Foundation’s annual MBA Women’s Conference provides the inspiration you need to meet today’s challenges with a broad perspective and renewed vigor. Arm yourself with valuable contacts, fresh insights and new knowledge that will enable you to find hidden opportunities and embrace change. With an international membership that includes progressive companies, world-class business schools and exceptional women leaders, Forté is the only organization poised to support women as they reach for their career goals.
Who Can Attend: Forté Fellows and MBA women that are attending Forté sponsor schools (in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 classes).
Registration Fee: $50 before June 5. The fee will increase to $75 after June 5.
Location:
Learn more and register at: http://www.fortefoundation.org/mbaconf
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2009 Forté Financial Services FAST Track Conference
June 25-26
Interested in a career in financial services? Get on the fast track and gain valuable insight into this high-performance profession.
This exclusive event for incoming MBA women interested in finance will take an in-depth look at the cross-functional views of finance and put you in touch with senior-level professionals.
Who Can Attend: Forté Fellows and MBA women that are attending Forté sponsor schools (in the 2011 class).
Registration Fee: Complimentary. Please note: Participants will be given a stipend (maximum of $200) to help cover travel, lodging, and food expenses.
Location:
Learn more and register at: http://www.fortefoundation.org/fsft
