How to Create/Promote/Host Workshops

How to Create/Promote/Host Workshops
The Silicon Valley Chapter Model
By Chet Harmer
Create:
1.  Determine the training needs of the friends and members of the LDS Church in your geographical area.  You can begin this process by interviewing current members of your chapter or sending out a survey.  Interviewing usually works best.   The workshop topics we […]

BYU Management Society Annual Leadership Conference 2008

BYU Management Society
Annual Leadership Conference
October 2-3, 2008
 
            By all accounts, the BYU Management Society Annual Leadership Conference, held October 2-3, 2008 on campus in Provo, Utah was a rousing success.  Over 100 participants from 11 countries enjoyed beautiful weather, surroundings, company and educational and motivational workshops, speeches and seminars.  The vision of […]

LinkedIn takes Business Social Networking Scene by Storm

Although My Space has the largest number of unique users (60 million), it only grew by 8% in the last year compared to Facebook’s 98% growth (25 million unique users). However, LinkedIn grew by a whopping 319% over the prior year to the current position of almost 7 million unique users.
Below is a […]

Relationships Key to Building LDS Credibility Internationally

Elder Lance Wickman, a member of the Quorum of the Seventy and general counsel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave a thought provoking keynote address at the International Society’s 19th annual conference Monday at the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center on the campus of Brigham Young University. The conference’s theme was […]

Southern California City Partners with BYU Management Society To Develop “Moral and Ethical Leadership”

Southern California City Partners with BYU Management Society
To Develop “Moral and Ethical Leadership”
By Bill Chapman

City Embraces Vision of “Moral and Ethical Leadership”
The City of Rancho Santa Margarita knows that unethical businesses will drive away good businesses and consumers. One of the City’s objectives is to create a “small town feeling with the […]

BYU Management Society as a Networking Tool

A recent blog post gives an example of how the BYU Management Society has been a good networking tool.

BYU Management Society - BYU Job Search

Tuesday of this week, all BYU Alumni received an email regarding the new online Job Search program.  However, it is important to note that you do not have to be an alumnus to use this service.  This program allows individuals to create a detailed profile and take an assessment test that will rate them in […]

BYU Management Society - Online Job Search Program

We have a new tool for assisting BYU Management Society members (BYU Alumni or not) to find jobs.  Go to BYU Job Search and follow the directions.  I filled out the profile and am going to take the full 1 hour assessment tomorrow and will give you an update.  Please try it out and give […]

Idea: Recruit Sponsors to Offer Discounts to our Members

I recently received the email below with the invitation to join Borders Rewards Perks. What if we recruited sponsors to provide discounts to our members such as the ones below? How hard would it be to recruit sponsors? Would this be a way to attract more members? Could this be done […]

Grow People

Grow people means that BYU Management Society members nurture individuals in their professional progress. The following are some of the steering committee’s thoughts in regards to this cultural belief and how it might be measured. Please share with us your thoughts, examples of what this means, and how we might measure our progress in this […]