This calendar shows events from the School of Business along with all of the departments it manages.
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6/18UConn Summer Speaker Series: Building Entrepreneurial Teams and Advisors
UConn Summer Speaker Series: Building Entrepreneurial Teams and Advisors
Tuesday, June 18th, 201906:30 PM - 08:30 PMStamford CampusArt Gallery What if you are asked to be a part of an entrepreneurial team? Venture capitalists always state that they invest in teams/people not ideas. What does that really mean? How do you build an entrepreneurial team? What is the role of an advisor? What is the difference between a Board of Advisors or a Board of Directors?
David Noble will lead a discussion into what it means to build an entrepreneurial team and how to actually go about it. Moving from Founding Team to initial employees to advisors in a manner that allows the inexperienced entrepreneur to begin to take action.
Speaker Bio
David was appointed the inaugural Director of the Werth Institute in January 2018, and previously he served as the co-director of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Consortium and the Xcite: Women in Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Conference. As a faculty member in the School of Business, he teaches courses on technology innovation and entrepreneurship. David is an active mentor at UConn, and has recently founded Zatoichi Co., a blockchain based startup.
Prior to UConn, David was a securities and corporate finance attorney, with experience representing startups from formation through the IPO process. He has extensive non-profit board experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Alabama, a J.D. from the University of Miami, a M.B.A. from the Elon University, and B.S. in Political Science from Northeastern University.
Register for this free event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uconn-summer-speaker-series-building-entrepreneurial-teams-and-advisors-tickets-62936088535?aff=affiliate1
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6/19Travelers Championship Networking Reception
Travelers Championship Networking Reception
Wednesday, June 19th, 201912:00 AM - 11:59 PMOtherTPC River Highlands, Cromwell Invitation only event. Attendees will spend the day at the Travelers Championship Pro-Am. Attendees will enjoy an evening networking reception which will include hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, & cocktails. Also included is all-day grounds access, Mohegan Sun Club tickets, which include complimentary buffet and non-alcoholic drinks in a climate controlled environment, reserved parking, and beautiful views from the 17th green.
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6/25UConn Summer Speaker Series:Customers at the Center: How Journey Mapping Gives Real Insight
UConn Summer Speaker Series:Customers at the Center: How Journey Mapping Gives Real Insight
Tuesday, June 25th, 201906:30 PM - 08:30 PMStorrs CampusGen Re Auditorium Wara Saifi, Director of CX at Pitney Bowes, talks about how journey mapping delivers the insights that lead to great customer experiences.
In this discussion, you will learn about why customer-centric companies outperform their peers, and how Pitney Bowes is using customer journey mapping and other design thinking methods to make improvements for their customers and their employees.
Speaker Bio
Wara Saifi, Director of Client Experience (CX) leads the enterprise CX strategy at Pitney Bowes, and has over 19 years’ experience helping organizations transform how they operate.
Since joining Pitney Bowes in 2017, Wara has developed a CX strategy, in collaboration with senior executives, which uses customer-centric methods to improve the customer experience and drive better business outcomes. Wara leads a CX Centre of Excellence which:
• Developed and drives the CX Vision and enterprise strategy, and drives an integrated measurement and governance model.
• Defined key organizational capabilities, which are essential for delivering great client experiences, and has been maturing these over time.
• Scaling Client Journey Mapping and other Design Thinking practices throughout the organization in order to create great experiences for clients and facilitate transformation, behavior change and business outcomes.
Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Wara led the Enterprise Customer Experience team and held various senior roles in Finance at TD Bank Group, and was part of the Assurance and Consulting practices at Deloitte. Wara is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada, and is a LUMA Institute Certified Practitioner of Human-Centered Design.
Please register for this fee event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uconn-summer-speaker-series-the-importance-of-journey-mapping-tickets-63065077344?aff=affiliate1
This calendar includes events from: Accelerate UConn, Accounting Department, Business Career Center, Business Connections House, CCEI, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies, CIBER, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, Finance Department, Full Time MBA Program, Full Time MBA Students, Graduate Business Programs, Management Department, Marketing Department, MSBAPM, OPIM, Office of Diversity Initiatives, School of Business, School of Business Stamford, School of Business Alumni, Office of Undergraduate Advising, PTMBA, Ph. D., SCOPE, Stamford Learning Accelerator, Student Managed Fund, Workforce Capacity Development