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News & Events - September 22, 2005

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Posted by , September 22, 2005
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SIMMONS EVENTS

SOM FALL CAREER EXPO INDUSTRY LUNCHEON
The CSO will invite professionals in varying functions from selected industries who will engage in informal discussions to share personal insights to help students look at opportunities (functional areas) and organizations (industry sectors) with a broader view and discuss the current hiring climate of their industry. This is a relationship building event and information sharing venue for senor level industry representatives and students.

Date: Thursday November 10, 2005
Time: Registration 11:30 & Lunch 12:00 – 2:00
Location: Gold & Green Rooms
For Current MBA Students only

“The Leadership Journey: Challenges of the Woman Leader.”
Presented by Susan Burnett - Vice President of Talent Attraction and Development at The Gap
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Simmons College (Main Campus)
Linda Paresky Conference Center
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch will be served
Please R.S.V.P. by September 30th to Linda Valenti at linda.valenti@simmons.edu

EXTERNAL EVENTS

STAND OUT
Making Your Entrepreneurial Spirit Work in a Corporate Environment
Date: Friday, November 4, 2005 & Saturday, November 5, 2005
Location: Babson College
Start Time: Friday: 10am & Saturday 8am
On November 4th & 5th, 2005, the National Association of Women MBAs will host its annual Conference at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The conference will bring together more than 600 members of NAWMBA with business leaders to discover what it can mean when you bring an entrepreneurial spirit into your work life. The conference begins Friday, November 4th with a career fair from 10am to 5pm. Registration begins at 10am on Friday and continues until lunchtime Saturday. The first keynote speech will begin at 5:30pm on Friday. Further information, including registration information at http://www3.babson.edu/NAWMBA/

WOMEN FOR HIRE CAREER FAIR
November 2, 2005
10a.m. to 2p.m.
Sheraton Boston Hotel
39 Dalton Street

• Free admission for college and professional women
• Register On-Site
• Business Attire Required
• Resumes Required for Admittance
• No data entry positions at this event.

More information and registration:
http://www.womenforhire.com/expos/boston/fall2005.asp

WOMEN’S BUSINESS BOSTON
The following is a list of upcoming events from Women’s Business Boston:

Monday, September 26, 2005 (8:00am-4:00pm)
Human Capital Management Conference sponsored by Genesys will take place over two Days (Sept. 26th and 27th) at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The program is designed for HR, benefits and payroll professionals. Over 40 educational sessions focused on strategies, best practices, tools and processes to address today’s HCM challenges will be presented. For more information contact Cindy Francoeur at (978)685-5400 x3003 or email cfrancoeur@genesysHCM.com or register at www.genesysHCM.com.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
SAVE THE DATE! N.H. International Trade Association presents the 19th Annual World Trade Expo at the Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH. The keynote speakers include: Governor John Lynch; Michael E. Porter, director of Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School; and Dean Kamen, inventor, entrepreneur and a tireless advocate for science and technology. For more information call (603)557-4859 or go online to www.nhita.org.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (11:30am-1:30pm)
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce will present an Executive Speaker Luncheon featuring MA Secretary of Economic Development Ranch Kimball at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge parkway, Cambridge. The cost is $40 for members and $80 for non-members with registration and payment by 9/23. All late registration will be charged a $10 additional fee. To register go online to www.cambridgechamber.org or call (617)876-4100.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 (7:45-9:00am)
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Network Breakfast will present Ellen Goodman, columnist, The Boston Globe - “A Conversation with Ellen Goodman”. The location TBD. The cost is $40 for members and $80 for non-members. To register call (617)227-4500 or go online to www.bostonchamber.com.

Thursday, September 29, 2005 (7:30-11:30am)
CWE (Center for Women & Enterprise) invites you to Destination Success, a half-day conference, that features an extensive marketplace of businesses, an intriquing panel of business experts and a dynamic keynote speech by Maura Donahue, chair of the board of directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The conference will take place at the Westin, Waltham. The cost is $100 per ticket. WBE Exhibtor $300 (2 tickets and marketplace space). For more information contact Charlene at (617)536-0700 x246 or online at cneu@cweonline.org.

Friday, September 30, 2005 (11:30am-1:30pm)
The Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce invites you to join them at its monthly luncheon at Oakley Country Club, 410 Belmont St., Watertown. The special guest luncheon speaker is Lt. Governor Kerry Healey. The cost is $30 for members and $40 for non-members. Space is limited so register early. To register call (617)926-1017 by 9/23 or go online to www.wbcc.org.

NEWS
Jill Kickul and her co-authors had their paper published in one of the top management journals of the Academy of Management. Their paper, “Does Service Learning Add Value? Examining the Perspectives of Multiple Stakeholders” appears in the most recent issue of the Academy of Management Learning & Education Journal. Her co-authors include Scott Lester, Chuck Tomkovick, Theresa Wells, and Lanette Flunker, all from the University of Wisconsin.

Also, the latest Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research has published Kickul’s paper with Norris Krueger (Boise State University), “A Cognitive Processing Model of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Intentionality.” Finally, a summary of “Are Misalignments of Perceptions and Self-Efficacy Causing Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Intentions Among our Nations’ Teens” (Fiona Wilson and Deborah Marlino) also appears in Frontiers.