The Luter School of BusinessBusiness Exchange (BusX)Linda S. McKee, Director of OutreachLuter School of Business

Introducing A NewJoseph W. Luter, III School of Business Event

The Business of U.

A business meeting forum on campus Comprised of alumni / business leaders

Sharing experience, ideas, and insights with students

Ultimately,

Enhancing students’ career plans Accelerating students’ professional

development

Event Benefits Students will have many networking and

practical business learning opportunities Welcome alumni back to campus Provide an important event for their

contributions Welcome new business leaders to the CNU

campus Advance awareness and caliber of CNU &

the Luter School of Business students and faculty

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 – Thursday, February 23, 2017Wednesday, February 22, 2017 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. BusX Networking Event & Welcome

6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Welcome Dinner for Presenters/Alumni

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 – Thursday, February 23, 2017Thursday, February, 23, 2017

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Alumni/Presenter Networking Breakfast

8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Day Kick-Off

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker – Sam Fairchild

Keynote Speaker:Sam Fairchild (‘74)• Co-Founder, Pacific Asia

Airways• President, Tadpole Group• President & Director, Trailblazer• CEO, Optiwind Corp• CEO, Energy Composites Corp• Founding Partner, Innova

Consulting• Strategic Advistor, Air New

Zealand• Acting Asst. Secretary, US Dept

of Transportation (1989-1991)• Advisor to President Reagan for

Transportation (1982-1989)

Companies Represented

• Anthem• Busch Gardens• Canon, Inc.• Dominion Resources• Ernst & Young• Ferguson Enterprises• Heim Lantz• Hudgins Contracting• Kearney & Company• Legg Mason

• Lions Bridge Financial• Northrup Grumman• PB Mares• Price Waterhouse

Coopers• Raffa Corp• Rittman Mead• T3 Multisports• The Lee Group• The Snow Companies• UPS

Topic Examples

• The Power of Digital Branding• What It Takes To Start/Own Your Own Business

• Should I Get An MBA, CPA, CFA?• Women In Business – Breaking the Glass Ceiling• How To Budget & Save For Financial Health,

Growth• Building A Career Across Business Sectors• Global Business: The World Is Your Oyster

• Big Data – Big World• How To Increase Your Value In Company

Transition

Topic Examples

• Not-for-Profits: Have Fun While Changing the World

• Successfully Navigating the Interview Process• How to Navigate the 4-Generation Gap

• Branding Yourself for Success• How To Deal With A Difficult Boss & Other “Pearls”

from the Working World• Time Management: Making Work-Life Balance a

Reality While Succeeding in Business

Thursday, February 23, 2017 (cont’d)

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session I 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session II 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Networking Luncheon 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Session III 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Session IV

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Networking Reception

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 – Thursday, February 23, 2017

The Registration Process

1. How: Via email with link 2. Timeframe: Early February (7-10 days)3. Why: Allows us to serve you – courses you want,

times you need, lunch/breakfast, accurate final program

4. Benefit: Prizes for early submission of registration

5. Process: Register for panel discussions/workshops offered within each session, as well as breakfast, luncheon, 1:1 meetings with leaders/mock interviews

6. Follow-up: You will receive confirmation of your selections ; program on event day

Key Points There will be no Luter School of Business

classes from 4:00 p.m. Wednesday – 5:30 p.m. Thursday so that you may attend as much of the conference as possible.

You must register to ensure that you will get the courses you want and breakfast/lunch!

This will be an incredible informal networking opportunity with business leaders/decision makers.

Gain a competitive advantage by learning professional skills from the experts. Don’t miss this great opportunity!

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Questions?email: linda.mckee@cnu.edu