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October 30, 2008
Power Lunch at Province Healthcare
After the short break from Power Lunches we are back with the next one on Wednesday, November 12 at Power Lunch at Province Healthcare (105 Westwood Place, Suite 200 Brentwood, TN 37027) from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. We will be hearing from founder and former CEO Martin Rash. To RSVP for this event, please email masseygrad@mail.belmont.edu by Thursday, November 6 at 5:00 pm.
Marcus Buckingham's The Truth About You LIVE makes a stop at Belmont
Buckingham is the bestselling author of Break All The Rules : What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, Now Discover Your Strengths and other top reads. He will be talking about his new book, The Truth About You – which is geared toward young professionals putting their strengths to work.
Whether you're a working professional looking to keep your career on track, a recent graduate making your mark or a student building the foundation for lifelong job fullfillment The Truth About You LIVE is a must see.
While this event will cost $45 to attend and receive his book with DVD. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com or at the Curb Event Center Ticket Office
Second Annual Distinguished Alumni Event
The Massey Alumni Advisory Board would like to invite you to join us for the 2nd Annual Massey Distinguished Alumni Award Presentation and Reception to honor Massey MBA graduate, Charles Hagood (1993).
Thursday, November 20th
Maryland Farms Mere Bulles
5:30 to 7:30pm
Please show your support for the Massey School and your 2008 award winner by celebrating with us.
Please contact the Massey School for more information, (615) 460-6480 www.belmont.edu/business/events.html.
Charles Hagood, MBA
Charles Hagood, President and CEO of Healthcare Performance Partners, LLC (HPP), has overseen the implementation of Lean Healthcare systems in numerous healthcare organizations across the US including some of the largest non-profit hospitals, small critical access hospitals, clinics, and large for-profit systems. HPP is one of the few organizations that have successfully translated Lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System (TPS) to the healthcare industry. Charles also is a founding Principal of The Access Group, LLC (TAG), which is headquartered in the Nashville, Tennessee area along with HPP, and has worked with Fortune 100 companies throughout the world in their Lean transformation and process improvement initiatives. Charles received his MBA from Belmont University's Massey School of Business.
October 28, 2008
Nashville Young Professionals Networking Event
4 Nights, 4 YPs, 4 the Future
Join us "4" a week of fun and learning in celebration of young professionals. Four evenings of emphasis will focus on the four areas of a YP's life: Belong/Social, Engage/Community, Lead/Personal Development and Prosper/Professional Development.
Belong/Social: Monday, November 3, 5:30-8 p.m.
Enjoy breathtaking views of the Nashville skyline at dusk as you mix and mingle with hundreds of Nashville's top YPs.
Cost: Free (cash bar)
Location: Icon in the Gulch
Engage/Community: Tuesday, November 4
No scheduled programming will be held this night, as all young professionals are encouraged to get engaged in the community by exercising their right to vote.
Lead/Personal Development: Wednesday, November 5, 5:30-8 p.m.
Enjoy interactive sessions of personal development topics designed to help you become a better leader by improving your strengths.
• The Art of Communication - Explore how to enhance and improve your communication style.
• Relationships and Networking - This interactive time will help you grow your professional network through structured networking.
• Leadership in a New Era - Micheal Burt, author of three books on personal growth, coaching and leadership, will discuss ways to release talent and potential from his second book, The Inspirational Leader.
Location: Junior Achievement
Prosper/Professional Development: Thursday, November 6, 5:30-8 p.m.
Participate in interactive sessions focusing on professional development that will help you prosper in your career.
• Web 2.0 - How well do you understand how technology has grown and the tools that are available to you today to grow your network and improve your business?
• World Café Discussion - "What is the Organization of the Future?" This format allows open discussion about improving business while networking and building relationships with attendees.
• Delivering an Effective Presentation - Everything you do in a business is a presentation - of yourself, of your product, of your company. Learn to improve your business skills in this area.
Location: Hermitage Golf Course
Special Package Costs:
• Monday, November 3 is a free networking event. Members of the Chamber or any 20/20 organization can attend Wednesday or Thursday night for $25 each, or register for all three nights for $40.
• Monday, November 3 is a free networking event. Future members can attend Wednesday or Thursday night for $50 each, or register for all three nights for $80.
Click here to register!
Questions?
Contact Rebecca Myers at 615-743-3051 or rmyers@nashvillechamber.com.
Author of "Five Dysfunctions of a Team" Patrick Lencioni will Speak at Belmont
Leading business expert and author of the best-selling Five Disfunctions of a Team, Patrict Lencioni Challenges Leaders to engage in self-exploration, offering strategies on overcoming temptations that even the best leaders face.
November 19th from 7 am to 9 am at the Curb Event Center. Cost is $35 which includes a contenintal breakfast and a copy of Five Temptations of a CEO.
Jonathan Wight to Speak on Expectations for the New Presidential Administration
The Center for Business Ethics presents The New Administration and the Economy: What Can We Expect with the author of Saving Adam Smith Jonathan Wight.
A not-to-be-missed event! Just two days after the election and in the midst of a national economic upheaval, noted economist and Adam Smith scholar Jonathan Wight will tell us what to expect of a new administration in the White House.
Wight is Professor of Economics at the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. His academic novel, Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue, explores the ethical foundations of capitalism and the creation of social and moral capital in business.
November 6, 2008
4:30 p.m.: Reception
5:00 p.m.: Speaker and Q&A
Massey Board Room
4th Floor; Massey Business Center
Reservations
The event is free but seating is limited. If you would like to reserve a seat, please complete our registration form
or contact Becky Gann at (615) 460-6601; gannb@mail.belmont.edu.
Parking will be available in the garage underneath the Gordon Inman Center.Please click here for a campus map.
October 08, 2008
Massey School a Princeton Review "Best"
Well, thanks to all of you, we did it again! As of yesterday, we were notified that The Massey School has once again made the Princeton Review's list of "Best Business Schools." This makes the fourth straight year that Belmont's Massey School has made this distinguished national list of outstanding graduate business programs, which is based on a survey of 19,000 U.S. students, in addition to information provided by administrators.
In comparisons with the 2008 rankings project, Massey achieved a slight improvement in its academic experience rating, but was able to make a dramatic one-year improvement in its admissions selectivity rating. Students surveyed praised the School's preparation capabilities in accounting and entrepreneurial studies as well as the impressive backgrounds and approachability of Massey professors.
Princeton Review's "Best 296 Business Schools: 2009 Edition" hit newsstands on October 7th.
October 07, 2008
2nd Annual Massey Distinguished Alumni Event
Everything is proceeding on setting the final arrangements for our 2nd Annual Distinguished Alumni Event. This year's reception for Massey alumni, students, faculty, and staff will be held at Mere Bulles in Brentwood on November 20th, and we will once again be celebrating the successes of The Massey School and its alumni.
Following the initial nominations process this summer which was overseen by our alumni board, the panel of judges has now completed its deliberations and selected this year's award recipient who will be joining us at the event. We want to encourage each of you to save this date for what should be an outstanding occasion for celebration and fellowship. Official invitations will go out in approximately two weeks with additional details.
October 06, 2008
Massey's Sue Spero Receives Award
[Thursday, May 1, 2008] Earlier this summer, with her colleagues, friends and family in attendance, Massey alum Sue Spero was named Transportation Professional of the Year. The top honor was given by The Nashville Traffic & Transportation Club and Delta Nu Alpha,Volunteer Chapter #135.
Sue is a 1998 graduate of the Massey School and is a Certified Transportation Broker through the TIA. She has over 35 years of experience in the transportation industry, and in 1993, co-founded Carrier Services of Tennessee, Inc., a non- asset based third-party logistics company and transportation brokerage. In December 2006 and December 2007, Carrier Services was featured as one of the Top Woman-Owned Businesses by the Nashville Business Journal.
In other Alumni news, Massey Alum Aaron Chambers (MBA 2006) and his wife Jess welcomed a baby boy, Brody Rayf, into their family on September 12. Congratulations Aaron and Jess!
October 02, 2008
Cynthia Cooper to Speak at Belmont
October 21, 2008: Cynthia Cooper will speak on Ethical Dilemmas: Power and Money
Maddox Grand Atrium; Curb Event Center; speaker at 5:00 p.m.; reception following
Cynthia Cooper served as Chief Audit Executive for MCI until July 2004. In 2002, Ms. Cooper and her team identified the corporate fraud at WorldCom – to date, the largest corporate fraud in history. She has written about this experience in Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower (February 2008, John Wiley & Sons).
Ms. Cooper speaks to both students and professionals across the country to share some of the lessons she has learned and to emphasize the importance of strong ethical leadership. She has donated profits from her book to further ethics education for high school and college students.
Prior to joining MCI, Cooper worked in public accounting in Atlanta, Georgia for Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte & Touche. She previously served on the Accounting Advisory Board for the University of Alabama, and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Louisiana State University Center for Internal Auditing Advisory Board and the Mississippi State University Executive Advisory Board.
In 2002, Ms. Cooper was named one of Time Magazine’s Persons of the Year. She was inducted to the 2004 AICPA Hall of Fame and was featured as one of twenty-five influential working mothers in the November 2004 issue of Working Mother. Ms. Cooper is also the 2003 recipient of the Accounting Exemplar Award, which is awarded annually to an individual who has made notable contributions to professionalism and ethics in accounting practice or education. The American Accounting Association’s Public Interest Section has also recognized Ms. Cooper for her efforts to promote professionalism and ethics in the accounting profession.
Mark your Calendar! Upcoming Career Development Events
Career Day: Wednesday October 22nd 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Neely Dining room
The College of Business is hosting a university-wide Career Fair, with all Massey students and alumni invited to attend. While this event is not specifically targeting MBAs/experienced candidates, the opportunity to connect in person with recruiters from several top Middle TN companies is a valuable one. Registered companies include: Nissan, HCA, Cat Financial, Cummins, and Affinion Group. To see the complete list of registered employers, click HERE.
Fall Massey Career Development Speaker Series:
Nancy Reece, Sr. Executive Recruiter, The Human Capital Group
Thursday Nov. 13th 4:30 reception/5:15 speaker Massey Boardroom
Title: “Maximize your Network”
All Massey students and alumni are invited to hear Nancy Reece speak about strategies to further your career through networking with special emphasis on the use on online networking tools such as Linkedin.