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Use Technology's Potential to Make Presentations Compelling
We have all been there. You're in a meeting; you look around the room to catch a glimpse of heavy eyelids slowly closing. Heads of participants are bobbing ...
Customer Service Vital during Difficult Times
Is it possible that there's a business out there that hasn't heard about the need for excellent customer service during a rough economy? You wouldn't think so, ...
Cataldo Named Vice Chair of Global Executive Education Group
The board of directors of the International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON) has elected Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive ...
Survey Ranks Smeal's Supply Chain Program No. 1
A survey of 126 companies and 19 academic institutions conducted by AMR Research, a research firm focused on the global supply chain and its supporting ...
Op-Ed: Corporate World Goes Back To School, Too
Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education, writes in an op-ed: "Talent development is the best way to stay ahead in the marketplace while ...
Board Of Trustees Update: Smeal Focuses On Strategy Of Excellence
By enhancing the overall experience of students at all levels, driving faculty excellence and program innovation, and strengthening connections to the business ...
Cataldo Joins Board Of Leading Executive Education Organization
Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been elected to the board of directors of the ...
Smeal To Lead Marine Corps Logistics Training Efforts
For the ninth year in a row, the United States Marine Corps is turning to Penn State's Smeal College of Business to lead the Marine Corps Logistics Education ...
Op-Ed: Create Your Own Brand
Creating a personal brand is a way for each of us to distinguish ourselves in the marketplace of work. It all starts with this question: What makes you unique? ...
EMBA Classes Move To Afternoon Start To Accommodate Travelers And Corporate Sponsors
Penn State's Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program is moving the start time of its Friday classes by more than three hours to better accommodate ...
Smeal MBA And EMBA Programs Sponsor New York Conference For Businesswomen
The Penn State Smeal College of Business MBA and Executive MBA Programs are sponsoring a conference on Nov. 6 in New York City for women in business to meet ...
Pittsburgh Executive Education Program To Explore 'Leadership In The Global Economy'
Penn State Executive Programs, the executive education division of the Smeal College of Business, in collaboration with four Penn State campuses, will host a ...
Op-Ed: Business Etiquette More Than Right Fork
As the great modern management guru Peter Drucker once remarked, "Good manners are the lubricating oil of organizations." Of course, he also understood that ...
Gittings Nominated For Outreach Honor
Gary Gittings, instructor in supply chain and information systems at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, has been nominated for Penn State Outreach’s Vice ...
Executive MBA Students Raise $12,000 For Pediatric Cancer Fight
Students in the Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program raised about $12,000 over the weekend with a a silent auction and other fund-raisers to help in ...
Op-Ed: Saying 'Thank You' Can Open More Doors Than You Think
Several workplace surveys conducted within the past year reveal the impact that an honestly expressed "thanks" can have on colleagues, co-workers, and clients. ...
Leading Executive Career Adviser To Address Smeal EMBA Students
Students in the Penn State Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program today will hear from the chairman of a leading executive career advisory firm as ...
Op-Ed: What Keeps Business Executives Up At Night?
The turn of the new year always brings both reflections and considerations for the future. "What's going to happen this year?" is one of the major questions on ...
Lilien Awarded Highest Honor For A Marketing Educator
The American Marketing Association (AMA) has named Gary Lilien, Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science at Penn State's Smeal College of ...
Op-Ed: Charting A Prosperous Course In Uncertainty
Sure these are turbulent times. Headlines herald the coming year as a period that will be, at best, uncertain. Our heads spin from the prospect of a recession ...
Smeal MBA And EMBA Students Raising Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars For THON
With the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) taking place this weekend, Smeal College of Business MBA and executive MBA students are finalizing ...
Op-Ed: Helping Road Warriors Take Stress Out Of Travel
When Dorothy hit the Yellow Brick Road in Munchkin Land, she had one goal: Get home. Happily, she had those ruby slippers that took her there.
Bangkok, Dubai Programs Highlight Growing Global Reach Of Penn State Executive Programs
With recent programs and planning meetings held in China, Dubai, and Thailand, Penn State Executive Programs is expanding its international reach, bringing its ...
Gardner To Speak At Women's Leadership Conference
Patricia Gardner, director of executive education for Penn State Executive Programs at the Smeal College of Business, is scheduled to speak at her alma mater, ...
Financial Times Ranks Smeal Among Top Custom Executive Education Providers
The Financial Times has ranked Penn State Executive Programs fifth among public university providers of custom executive education programs and 17th among U.S. ...
Hambrick Earns Academy Of Management's Highest Research Honor
Donald C. Hambrick, Smeal Chaired Professor of Management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Scholarly ...
Exec Ed Program For IT And Business Managers On Marrying Strategies
Penn State Executive Programs is offering a weeklong executive education program this month to explore how to better align IT strategies and infrastructures ...
Op-Ed: Workplace Equality Has A Way To Go
Isn't it a shame that in 2008, with nearly a decade gone in the 21st century, we are still coming to terms with issues of equity in the workplace? There needs ...
Penn State Executive Programs: Growing Leaders With Continuous Improvement
Penn State Executive Programs, the executive education division of the Smeal College of Business, works with Grainger, the leading broad-line distributor of ...
U.S. Navy Names Executive Education Alumnus 'Logistician Of The Year'
The U.S. Navy has awarded its 2007 Military Logistician of the Year honor to an alumnus of the Marine Corps Logistics Education Program (MCLEP), a series of ...