The hyperlink e-zine. 2010 Issue IV
March 11, 2010
Missed the BESAC Conference last year?
Don't miss it this year!
April 29 – May 1, 2010
Costa Mesa, CA
Register Now!
Registration forms at: http://www.calbusinessed.org/ConferenceRegistrationForm.pdf
Quote:
"Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision" - Peter Drucker
Meet Our BESAC Conference Keynote Speakers
In this volume meet John Eagan one of our keynote speakers at this year's 2010 BESAC Conference in Costa Mesa. Mr. Eagan is the Past President of the Western Association of Food Chains.
John Egan started his grocery career in 1961 at Safeway in San Diego. In 1962 he move to FedMart, while continuing his education. At FedMart he spent the next 20 years in various positions including store manager, district manager, warehouse general merchandise manager, and buying in various foods and non-foods departments.
In 1982 he left FedMart and joined Price Club.
He joined Price Savers in 1983 as a founding General Merchandise Manager. There he was responsible for sundries, tobacco, candy, clothing, domestics, office supplies and foods.
In 1985 he joined Costco Wholesale as a General Merchandise Manager. He moved to British Columbia to help establish Costco in Canada. He worked there 2 years before returning to Southern California to set up a regional office.
He established the LA Regional office in 1987. Starting with two warehouses, Bakersfield and Las Vegas, he opened 18 additional warehouses over the next 5 years. In 1993 when Costco and Price Club merged, John relocated to Washington to help facilitate the integration of the various food buying groups of the merged company.
In Washington he set up the lines of communications between buying departments, set up department teams, started the Foods private label program and started national buying.
In 1996 he returned to the LA Region where he continues to lead the foods buying as Vice President and Senior General Merchandise Manager. The region has grown to 56 warehouses with annual sales of close to $11.0 billion.
He has served on the Board of the California Grocers Association as a Board member and as Chairman. He is currently serving as Past President of the Western Association of Food Chains.
He has been married to Chryl for 45 years. They have four grown children and eight grandchildren. They both enjoy the family and traveling. He enjoys skydiving, she doesn’t.
Sign up now for the 2010 BESAC Conference in Costa Mesa and enjoy the presentations of our keynote speakers, Mr. Brad Kemp and Mr. John Eagan.
Mini-grant - Hartley & Associates
Two training videos on business soft skills
Hartley and Associates will deliver two new business soft skills videos in 2010 making a total of eleven videos that have been delivered over the last three years to the California Community Colleges through the BESAC organization. This year's deliverables include:
“Student Guide to the Business World”
This 30-35 minute video will address the problems a typical student experiences when starting out in the business world.
College life and the business world are light years apart and sometimes the transition can be difficult. Many students do not know what to expect from their first job and this video will provide them with the knowledge they need to succeed in the workplace. The video features interviews with college graduates who have been in business for a year or two and asks them to identify their toughest transition problems. The virtual mentor then provides suggestions on how to solve these problems. The video also answers other timely questions and provides information on what a new employee can expect on their first day and during their first week.
This video features an opening, lessons broken down into small chapters, case studies, a review and quiz, and a summary. Deliverables include a DVD of the video, a Flash version for posting on the BESAC web site, a Student Study Guide and an Instructor Study guide.
And, “Finding A Job”
This 20-25 minute video addresses the six primary methods to finding a job in the current economy.
Getting a job today can be difficult. Looking for a job IS a job in itself. This video presents six primary methods to finding a job in the current economy. After reviewing these six methods, the video also offers information on the negotiating process and job offer letters.
This video features an opening, lessons broken down into small chapters, case studies, a review and quiz, and a summary. Deliverables include a DVD of the video, a Flash version for posting on the BESAC web site, a Student Study Guide and an Instructor Study guide.
Source: Hartley and Associates, www.hartleyandassociates.com.
Mini-grant - Los Angeles Valley College
Los Angeles Valley College was awarded a mini-grant to train faculty to use social media in their face-to-face and online courses. Grant writer and director Michael Cooperman said "...social media is changing the way we communicate, receive news, information and entertainment. Students are connected through social media on their computers, laptops, mobile phones, and game systems. They use these networks throughout the day to check for updates from their friends, to post messages, visit links to news stories, locate employment, research products and services, and to search for information.
Additionally, businesses and organizations are using these very same tools to communicate, promote their goods and services and to conduct customer service. However, there generally seems to be a lack of understanding by educators for how these tools function, are used by businesses and organizations, and can be used within the context of education.”
This project is designed to train faculty to learn to use available social networking sites to enhance their face-to-face and online courses for the purpose of improving student success and retention.
Training is being designed and delivered by Valley College faculty members Michael Cooperman and Jim Marteny through a variety of ways, including:
- traditional face-to-face instruction
- web based video conferencing
- web based videos
We are very happy to have the opportunity to implement this project at Valley College, and we are looking forward to its success.
Please visit the following site to review more information about this project: http://www.lavc.edu/social/
Source: Michael Cooperman, Instructional Designer
Los Angeles Valley College
Mini-grant - Mt. San Jacinto College
This Spring, Business and CIS Faculty at Mt. San Jacinto College are asking the question – “How interested are MSJC students in receiving course related updates and announcements via text messaging?” It is a question Dwight Duffie, long time CIS faculty member has pondered as he has watched text messaging move from isolated use by a few students to the tidal wave of text messaging that we see today.
To answer this question, the Business and CIS Departments proposed in a formal BESAC Mini-Grant application a methodology to address mobile communication implementation issues and best practices in adapting mobile communication technology for instructional use.
Caren Hennessy, MSJC Business faculty member and BESAC grant co-coordinator states that the premise of the approved grant proposal is to combine a data driven approach to understanding student use of mobile communication technology with an actual pilot that allows faculty to gain some experience in utilizing mobile technology as an instructional tool.
With the initial data collection and student surveys nearly complete, the four participating Business and CIS faculty members are transitioning their efforts to the implementation phase of the project. For the implementation phase, eight course sections have been selected. These sections include both online and face-to-face sections, and range from highly technical CIS courses such as Computer Programming, to Business courses such as Computer Applications and Accounting. In the implementation phase of the pilot, students will voluntarily sign-up to receive course related messages and updates via text message. Dwight Duffie states, “We have a technical strategy on how we think we can best address the mechanics of sending text messages to multiple students. Already we can tell that face-to-face and online sections pose very different challenges and opportunities.” Caren Hennessy concluded by stating, “Whatever the outcome, one thing is clear from the initial survey data - students are absolutely interested and receptive to the notion of receiving course related messages and mobile formatted course content via mobile devices.”
Grant Team members Caren Hennessy, Glenn Stevenson, Gloria Sanchez and Dwight Duffie will present their findings at the upcoming BESAC Conference in Costa Mesa.
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS
NBEA Annual Convention
March 30-April 3, 2010
National Business Education Association - San Diego, CA
Register at: https://www.nbea.org/conferences/annual10.html
BESAC Conference
April 29 – May 1, 2010
Costa Mesa, CA
Registration forms at: http://www.calbusinessed.org/ConferenceRegistrationForm.pdf
CBEA 75th Diamond Jubilee
November 5-7, 2010
San Jose, CA
Registration information at: http://www.cbeaonline.org/index.html