Sheridan Enactus Chapter takes third place in TD Entrepreneurship Challenge at Enactus Regionals

March 14, 2013

Enactus GroupSheridan Enactus Chapter took a third place win in the TD Entrepreneurship Challenge at Enactus Regional-Exposition receiving a trophy and $500.

” I believe it’s a great achievement, the students were really happy with how things went and were already speaking of nationals and next year,” said Vishal Badiani, Professor, Sheridan Faculty of Business.

According to the Enactus website: During the event, students showcase how their community outreach projects and business ventures are making a real impact in Canada and beyond. Through rounds of live, presentation based competitions, business leaders serving as judges determine which Enactus teams and student entrepreneurs will be named Regional Champions and move on to the final rounds of competition held at the Enactus Canada National Exposition. The competitive process, along with additional programming, provides an opportunity for collaboration and best-practice sharing, fosters innovation, encourages results and rewards excellence in entrepreneurial, community leadership.

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The Enactus Nationals are May 6-8, 2013 at The Metro Convention Centre in Toronto and The Sheridan Enactus Team will attend.  Over the course of the three day event, students showcase how their community outreach projects and business ventures are enabling progress through entrepreneurial action. Through rounds of live, presentation based competition, business leaders serving as judges determine which Enactus team and student entrepreneur will be named National Champions and represent Canada on the global stage.

The competitive process, along with additional programming, provides an opportunity for collaboration and best-practice sharing, fosters innovation, encourages results and rewards excellence in entrepreneurial, community leadership.

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Associate Dean, Jeremy Staples to be recognized as Exemplary Leader in 2013 by The Chair Academy

December 14, 2012
Jeremy Staples, Associate Dean Sheridan Faculty of Business

Jeremy Staples, Associate Dean Sheridan Faculty of Business

Sheridan Faculty of Business Associate Dean, Jeremy Staples will be recognized as an Exemplary Leader by The Chair Academy at their 2013 conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jeremy is being recognized for his academic leadership for the creation of innovative programs, his authentic leadership approach and his outcome focused vision of creating transformational and positive learning cultures for students and faculty at Sheridan College.

The Chair Academy’s 22nd Annual International Leadership Conference is held April 4-7, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona and is hosted by Mesa Community College

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Kudos to Professor Alison Feierabend, Sheridan Faculty of Business from Toastmasters International

February 5, 2012

Professor Alison Feierabend, Sheridan Faculty of Business

Toastmasters International has confirmed that Professor Alison Feierabend, Sheridan Faculty of Business, has achieved the status of Advanced Communicator Bronze.  The communication program is a self-paced training program that enable participants to learn effective speaking in a club environment.  To achieve Advanced Communicator Bronze status, participants must complete a series of challenging projects designed to enhance their speaking skills.

“The achievement of this award by Toastmaster Feierabend demonstrates a high degree of self-motivation and a strong interest in self-improvement.  It also exhibits the ability to apply communication skills in professional and community environments,” said Daniel Rex, Executive Director Toastmasters International.

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Kudos to Sheridan Faculty of Business professor Mark Weaver

January 20, 2012

Professor Mark Weaver PhD candidate

Professor Mark Weaver’s  paper titled “Canadian Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility: Advancing Corporate Interest and Community Engagement” was accepted for presentation at the 2012 Global Conference on Business and Finance which takes place in San Jose, Costa Rica in May and is sponsored by The Institute for Business and Finance Research.

Weaver hopes that the paper could be considered for publication by one of the peer-reviewed journals attached to this event which include: The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, Global Journal of Business Research, Accounting and Taxation, Business Education and Accreditation, Review of Business and Finance Case Studies.

Last year, the conference drew some 650 attendees from universities across Europe, the US, and Latin and South America.

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David Nowell to coordinate Sheridan’s Marketing Management Graduate Certificate Program

October 22, 2011

Professor David Nowell, Coordinator, Marketing Management Graduate Certificate Program

Professor David Nowell is appointed the interim Coordinator of the Faculty of Business, Marketing Management Graduate Certificate program effective September 2011.

Professor Nowell is a long time Marketing Program professor in Sheridan’s Faculty of Business, the creator and sponsor of the the Lydiatt Award presented at the annual Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC), a celebrated student coach and faculty mentor for the annual OCMC, a veteran course developer, and the Continuing Education General Business Coordinator.

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Sheridan College Tourism & Travel students earn Tourism Spain specialist designation

March 15, 2011

Sheridan Tourism and Travel students receive their Spain Specialist certification from Jorge Rubio, Consul, and Sara Sanchez, Embassy of Spain in Canada

Twenty-one second year Sheridan Tourism and Travel students successfully completed the Tourism Spain certification workshop and were awarded their Spain Specialist certificates in a ceremony hosted by Sheridan College and presented by Jorge Rubio, Consul in Charge of Tourism Affairs at the Embassy of Spain in Canada.

Spain Specialist certification was offered to all second year Tourism and Travel students, as part of Selling Destinations 3 a course on Selling European destinations. The students, who will graduate in June 2011 were given brochures, sales guides, maps and DVDs, from The Tourist Office of Spain and completed the training online.

Professor Donna Black receives her Spain Specialist certificate from Jorge Rubio, Consul, Embassy of Spain

“Becoming a Spain Destination Specialist was truly an amazing opportunity that I’m glad I completed – a learning experience that was informative, interactive and fun. Thank you to the Spain Tourist Board for allowing the Tourism and Travel graduates at Sheridan College to be able to receive this certificate,” said Stephanie Mcdougall, Fourth Semester Student, Tourism and Travel.

To become a certified Spain specialist students had to complete all 12 modules on the “Ilearnspain” site and successfully achieve 70% or higher on their Selling Destinations Spain test.

Students are now Spain Specialists

“Students at Sheridan College have received tremendous support from Mr Jorge Rubio, the Consul in charge of Tourism Affairs, from the Embassy of Spain in Canada. I would like to thank him for all of his support, ” said Victoria Renton, Program Coordinator, Tourism and Travel program.

The workshops and designation allows graduates to use the Spain Specialist designation when working as a travel representative.

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BrieflySpeakingBiz – 2010 in review

January 2, 2011

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

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About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 3 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 59 new posts – that’s more than one post per week, growing the total archive of this blog to 130 posts. There were 169 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 88mb. That’s about 3 pictures per week, about 3 for every post to the blog.

Sheridan School of Business - Gold cup winners OCMC 2010

The busiest day of the year was November 22nd with 800 views. The most popular post that day was Sheridan School of Business wins Gold at OCMC 2010.

Overall BrieflySpeakingBiz has racked up more than 44,ooo total views – 25,000 last year alone – that’s more than 2000 visits each month.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were insider.sheridaninstitute.ca, facebook.com, sheridaninstitute.ca, mail.live.com, and sheridanc.on.ca.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for sheridan college mississauga, david schnarch, michael cloutier, trevor bodogh, and maurizio di maio.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Sheridan School of Business wins Gold at OCMC 2010 November 2010

2

Sheridan Business Hall of Fame Inductees October 2008

3

Sheridan College School of Business programs to occupy new Mississauga campus at City Centre January 2010

4

Sheridan School of Business Mississauga City Centre campus Start-Up Team to assist with transition January 2010

5

About Briefly Speaking August 2008

Coming Attractions in 2011

Look for exciting stories on these events coming in the new year…

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Kudos and Accomplishments….

October 7, 2010

Professor Chuck Minken was part of a show called “in Business” described on the Rogers Cable website. Chuck’s role was to take part in the interview session on the “seven stages of the business cycle”.  The program will be aired on Rogers Cable TV multiple times between September 30 and October 7 late at night.

Professor Harvey Skolnick has been commissioned by Sheridan School of Business Hall of Fame inductee, Tina Powell to create figurines in the likeness of four members of the advertising agency representing Ms. Powell’s Big Fat Pen Publishing company. Big Fat Pen is a childrens’ book publisher located in Vancouver B.C.

Professor Lou Schizas brings the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts to Sheridan College on October 13, 2010 in J320.  The inaugural event will feature Sheridan School of Business Dean Dr. William Holmes providing opening remarks. The event will include round table discussions and feature guest speaker Brooke Thackray.

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Sheridan School of Business Management Team makes call for faculty, staff, and student accomplishments for new Kudos feature

September 27, 2010

The Sheridan School of Business Management Team, lead by Business Dean, Dr. Bill Holmes and Associate Deans, Jon Jones, Cindy Gillett, Jeremy Staples, and Neill Rob ask faculty, staff and students to forward their latest accomplishments to be celebrated in a new section of Briefly Speaking Biz called Kudos and Accomplishments.

Stories can be about almost anything that you recently accomplished that you think the college community should be aware of – newly minted degrees, speaking engagements, volunteer opportunities.  Don’t be shy – let’s all bask in the glory of our accomplishments!

Please send your good news information to mark.rust@sheridanc.on.ca.

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