UWM trims field for business school’s top post

UWM trims universe on the road to office school's acclivity display Choosing to present back end counterattack credible CASK finalistsBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: May AQUA, 2008

The concise dossier of green on the way to the uplift labour at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Sheldon B. Lubar College of Labour includes particular insider added three cosmetic greensward.

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MATC weighs closing business incubators

MATC weighs closing business incubators High upkeep costs, stalled firms citedBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: April 22, 2008

Two money-losing incubators that have fallen far short of their goals to create jobs and help start-up businesses could be shut down by the Milwaukee Area Technical College board because they cost too much to maintain.

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Business Consulting for Beginners

Mark is from the UK and asked for my advice about getting into business consulting. He’s 24 years old, is completing a Master’s in International Relations and has some work experience teaching in Asia.

My own suggestion would be that when you lack experience in consulting, your should first try working for a larger organisation. With a Master’s degree you might qualify for entry-level work with one of the larger consultancies (e.g. PwC, Ernst & Young) . These are great places to learn from others and in larger companies you’ll see all aspects of business and management. These companies also offer training and development. Another option, especially for Canadians, is the Public Service, which is looking to rejuvenate its workforce and has a Post-secondary recruitment campaign,.

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Business Cards We Love to See

So a teacher named Diane Albanese came up to me before a presentation I was giving at the Delaware Instructional Technology Conference this morning and handed me this business card. Her students were presenting in a showcase last night and were handing out these little puppies…even gave one to the Lt. Governor. Now how cool is that?

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Business Cards 2.0

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How clear is your business case?

Stock markets are shaky and a financial crisis seems inevitable. What does that mean for e-learning or learning 2.0? Will the training department be seen as a critical business function and will online collaboration skills be viewed as essential for maintaining a flexible learning organisation? Or will training and education be seen as luxuries in a time of belt-tightening, layoffs and uncertain markets?

I think that it will be difficult for training and education to be heard above the clamour for scarce resources and investments. Much of the e-learning market is still courses online and it’s hard to give a direct measure of value per course in times when each dollar is counted. Just think, what are the perceived business costs if a course is canceled or put on hold? Learning-related initiatives will need to have clear long and short-term value so that executives will not be able to ignore them. Whether you’re a vendor or inside an organisation, are you ready?

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Schools in risky business?

JOURNAL SENTINEL WATCHDOG REPORT

Schools in risky business? 5 districts may need taxpayers' help to avoid default if investment schemes sourBy AMY HETZNER and AVRUM D. LANK
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: April 5, 2008

Five Wisconsin public school districts have made an investment gamble that could force taxpayers to finance multimillion-dollar bailouts.

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Watch Business, Politics and Media and Think Education

George points to a couple of interesting articles that highlight the disruptions going on “out there” and encourages to read with education in mind. It’s something I constantly do, because i really believe that as traditions in those arenas begin to crumble and break down, there will be more and more pressure on the traditions of schooling to do so as well.

Case in point is Jay Rosen’s Washington Post essay titled “Web Users Open the Gates.” So much of it is easily reframed toward schools, as in when he talks about his ability to select the best sources of information for what he is interested in.

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Scottish Business In The Community Awards 2005

Two organisations that strive to promote positive change, Media Education and Scottish Business in the Community, have come together to offer work placement opportunities in media production to people who are currently training for work in Edinburgh.

The successful candidates have been recruited through an interview process to become Production Assistants at Media Education. The PA’s have spent the last four weeks producing a video, profiling the Scottish Business in the Community Excellence Awards.
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