Program Information
Conference Keynote, Jia Jiang
Spotlight Speaker Series
Breakout Sessions
New Member Orientation
Take Off Sessions
Employer Showcase
HRCI Certification Credits pending
This conference has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review and may be awarding up to 8.5 general credits.
SHRM Certification Provider
MBA CSA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
Spotlight Speaker Series
Breakout Sessions
New Member Orientation
Take Off Sessions
Employer Showcase
HRCI Certification Credits pending
This conference has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review and may be awarding up to 8.5 general credits.
SHRM Certification Provider
MBA CSA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
MBA CSEA’s 2016 Global Conference will feature Jia Jiang, aka the Wuju Dragon, a popular speaker and a best-selling author as this year’s keynote speaker. His TEDx talk is one of the most popular TEDx talks of all time. Building on our conference theme of Adapt. Transform. Lead., Jia will help us understand…
The tendency to avoid rejection can be detrimental to our business, our careers, and our lives. Determined to change that, Jia takes us down a path where rejection, instead of being avoided, is deliberately and actively sought. With the lessons he learned from asking complete strangers questions like “Can I play soccer in your back yard?; Take your patrol car for a spin?; Fly your plane?” through his 100 Days of Rejection, Jia shows us that rejection is not an obstacle or monster to fear but an opportunity.
Why Rejection is Awesome
The tendency to avoid rejection can be detrimental to our business, our careers, and our lives. Determined to change that, Jia takes us down a path where rejection, instead of being avoided, is deliberately and actively sought. With the lessons he learned from asking complete strangers questions like “Can I play soccer in your back yard?; Take your patrol car for a spin?; Fly your plane?” through his 100 Days of Rejection, Jia shows us that rejection is not an obstacle or monster to fear but an opportunity.Jia Jiang is the world’s foremost expert on rejection. He is the founder and CEO of Wuju Learning, a company that trains organizations and employees to become fearless. Jia’s story started when several years after his career in the corporate world, he took a risk and stepped into the unknown world of entrepreneurship, which resulted in everyone’s biggest fear… REJECTION. This became the catalyst that set Jia on the path to his true calling. To conquer the fear of rejection, Jia embarked on a personal quest and started a video blog to face 100 Days of Rejection. His journey revealed a world that was hidden in plain sight, a world where rejection can become an advantage instead of a setback, and where there are opportunities behind every rejection. It has become Jia’s mission to help others to discover that world for themselves.
In addition to his engaging and inspiring keynote address, Jia will share his insights and learnings on overcoming the fear of rejection with a breakout session tailored for our employer members.
Rejection Academy: Jia Jiang journeyed through 100 Days of Rejection, beat fear, and became invincible. Now Jia's mission and passion is to help you overcome your own fear. Engage in conversation that will transform rejection as you know it and prepare you for your first rejection challenge—it might happen sooner than you think!
Spotlight Speaker Series
Allison Dukes Gilmore is a sought-after instructor, trainer, and keynote speaker in the field of spontaneous and intuitive leadership. She’s taught people across a variety of industries the use of improvisation to become better communicators, team members and leaders. Building upon her 20+ years of experience in improvisational comedy with the performing groups, Laughing Matters and The Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy, Allison bridges the tools of improvisation with business management skills to teach people the principles of leadership through intuitive and spontaneous thinking
Crystal Kadakia is a two-time TEDx speaker, author, and consultant on Millennials and the Modern Workplace. Her company, Invati, works with organizations to modernize culture and organizational design for tomorrow’s talent. Her mission is for organizations and talent to create the new normal together through what she calls “talent driven organization design”. Her background is in chemical engineering, training management, and Fortune 100 companies. She is the creator of the acclaimed training, Generation University, that has helped many learn how to work with different generations. She was named One to Watch by the Association for Talent Development and is the author of Your Career: How to Make It Happen.
MBA CSEA introduced a new format of TED-style talks featuring subject-matter industry experts at the 2015 Global Conference which was met with great enthusiasm from attendees. We’re continuing this format in Atlanta and will bring a diverse trio of speakers who will speak to a range of challenges we face in our professional work. These topics will be aligned to the conference theme: Adapt. Transform. Lead.
In addition to their TED-style talk on our main stage, each of the speakers has been invited to present to a smaller audience of conference attendees during the breakout sessions that immediately follow the Spotlight Series on Thursday afternoon.
Adapt.
Featuring Allison Dukes Gilmore, Improv trainer/consultant – DuMore Improv
Two rules of improv is saying "yes, and" rather than "no" and active and engaged listening. Improv has been used as a tool in assisting MBAs to observe and approach situations from a different perspective and to process information and respond quickly. This Spotlight will introduce you to improv techniques and how they can be utilized to adapt to situations in a humorous way.
Breakout Session:
Thursday, June 23: 2:30-3:45 pm
Learn how to applying improv techniques and how to incorporate these techniques into your work as recruiters, managers, and career professionals, in an interactive session that will get you on your feet!
Allison Dukes Gilmore is a sought-after instructor, trainer, and keynote speaker in the field of spontaneous and intuitive leadership. She’s taught people across a variety of industries the use of improvisation to become better communicators, team members and leaders. Building upon her 20+ years of experience in improvisational comedy with the performing groups, Laughing Matters and The Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy, Allison bridges the tools of improvisation with business management skills to teach people the principles of leadership through intuitive and spontaneous thinkingTransform.
Featuring Crystal Kadakia, Human Capital Expert, Founder – Invati Consulting
'The Millennial/Gen Z Transformation'
The most talked about generation yet, the Millennials have a bad rap. Most news sources don't focus on the real trends and formative events influencing this generation. They instead focus on what could seem more like a horoscope than science! Crystal Kadakia, two time TEDx speaker and thought leader on Millennials and the Modern Workplace, will boldly address the inconvenient truths and key trends on how Millennial expectations are transforming how we work, study, and live. She will shift your thinking on how Millennial expectations are indicators for generations to come.
Breakout Session:
Thursday, June 23: 2:30-3:45pm
Come take a deeper dive into the transformation Millennials are leading and how it impacts career services and talent acquisition industries. Attendees will walk away with a co-created vision of a transformed MBA recruiting services based on new talent expectations.
Crystal Kadakia is a two-time TEDx speaker, author, and consultant on Millennials and the Modern Workplace. Her company, Invati, works with organizations to modernize culture and organizational design for tomorrow’s talent. Her mission is for organizations and talent to create the new normal together through what she calls “talent driven organization design”. Her background is in chemical engineering, training management, and Fortune 100 companies. She is the creator of the acclaimed training, Generation University, that has helped many learn how to work with different generations. She was named One to Watch by the Association for Talent Development and is the author of Your Career: How to Make It Happen.Lead.
Featuring Brandon Smith, CEO and founder of The Worksmiths LLC/founder of www.theworkplacetherapist.com
Why is change important?
Brandon will lead a discussion on why urgency is the first ingredient and what urgency means when faced with change.
Breakout Session:
Thursday, June 23: 2:30-3:45pm
Come discover a deeper understanding on what it means to be a change agent and what tasks we must implement in order to improve levels of productivity and performance in the workplace.
Brandon Smith is a leading expert in leadership and management communication. Known as “The Workplace Therapist,” Brandon is the CEO and founder of The Worksmiths LLC, a boutique leadership coaching and culture consulting firm that helps clients craft top-performing workplaces. He is also the founder of www.theworkplacetherapist.com – a resource dedicated to helping each of us eliminate dysfunction at work, improve workplace fulfillment and restore optimism and focus in the workplace. In addition, Brandon combats workplace dysfunction every Friday morning on Georgia Public Broadcasting where Brandon assists listeners with navigating their career and work/life challenges. When he is not out fighting workplace dysfunction, Brandon teaches at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School on topics related to leadership, communication and healthy workplace dynamics.
Why is change important?
Brandon will lead a discussion on why urgency is the first ingredient and what urgency means when faced with change.
Breakout Session:
Thursday, June 23: 2:30-3:45pm
Come discover a deeper understanding on what it means to be a change agent and what tasks we must implement in order to improve levels of productivity and performance in the workplace.
Brandon Smith is a leading expert in leadership and management communication. Known as “The Workplace Therapist,” Brandon is the CEO and founder of The Worksmiths LLC, a boutique leadership coaching and culture consulting firm that helps clients craft top-performing workplaces. He is also the founder of www.theworkplacetherapist.com – a resource dedicated to helping each of us eliminate dysfunction at work, improve workplace fulfillment and restore optimism and focus in the workplace. In addition, Brandon combats workplace dysfunction every Friday morning on Georgia Public Broadcasting where Brandon assists listeners with navigating their career and work/life challenges. When he is not out fighting workplace dysfunction, Brandon teaches at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School on topics related to leadership, communication and healthy workplace dynamics.The programs outlined and linked below have been selected for presentation at the MBA CSEA 2016 Global Conference. Additional programs will be added to this selection and updated shortly.
Click here for a complete list of selected breakout sessions, by date and time.
Updated 5/27
Following is a sample of the breakout sessions that will be featured for each of our target audiences:
Career coaching
• Coaching “Stuck” Students: Applying Brain Science to Move out of “Fight-Flight-Freeze” into “Flow”
• Improving EVERYONE'S Off-Campus Outcomes: Adapting The 2-Hour Job Search for All Ages & Backgrounds
Directors
• Leveraging Faculty and Administration in Career Services Deliver
• Building Skills Companies Demand: Developing the Competencies Most Desired by Top Companies
Employers
• Working Across the Aisle: Supporting Veterans through Employer, Coaching, and Business Development Efforts
• Diversity and Inclusion Recruiting Best Practices
Employer relations
• Creative Ways To Strengthen Engagement Between Employers and Students
• A Roadmap for Developing Employer Relations
International Students
• International Students: Effective Branding & Cross-Cultural Communications Training for Students and Advisors
• Beyond the Webinar: Creating Interactive Virtual Workshops from Start to Finish
Operations
• Transformation Through Internal Partnerships: Maximizing Talent and Collaboration
• Gone Paperless: Maximizing Technology To Streamline On-Campus Recruiting
Specialized Masters
• Never Had a Real Job? No Problem!
• Employment Standards for Specialty Masters Programs: Update and Discussion
Seasoned Professionals
• Improving Personal Leadership Through Mindfulness
• Developing Interview, Employer and Client Ready Students Through Mentoring and Immersion
Working Professionals
• From Classroom to Cloud: Catapulting to Online Career Management Curriculum Delivery in Seven Months
• Coaching Working Professionals Virtually: Using Technology and New Pedagogy to Support Career Growth
Pre-Flight Planning
Tuesday, June 21, 3 - 5 pm
Before you “take-off” on your MBA-CSEA Global Conference experience, you need a “flight plan” to get the most out of your journey. For those new members, come take part in an exciting and fun new-member orientation session that will provide insight into MBA-CSEA, what we do, how we do it, and why. By attending, we guarantee you first class seating, plenty of leg room, and a “smooth flight” throughout your conference experience.
Be sure to RSVP on the Registration Form if you plan to attend.
As many long time conference goers can remember, pre-conference sessions for originated at the 2013 conference and to date had been focused on two-distinct but separate audiences – Career Services Directors and Employers. But what about the Employer Relations professionals? Or Coaches and Counselors? Or the folks who run operations in their career centers? They’ve spoken and we’ve responded.
Click here for a complete list of selected breakout sessions, by date and time.
Updated 5/27
Following is a sample of the breakout sessions that will be featured for each of our target audiences:
Career coaching
• Coaching “Stuck” Students: Applying Brain Science to Move out of “Fight-Flight-Freeze” into “Flow”
• Improving EVERYONE'S Off-Campus Outcomes: Adapting The 2-Hour Job Search for All Ages & Backgrounds
Directors
• Leveraging Faculty and Administration in Career Services Deliver
• Building Skills Companies Demand: Developing the Competencies Most Desired by Top Companies
Employers
• Working Across the Aisle: Supporting Veterans through Employer, Coaching, and Business Development Efforts
• Diversity and Inclusion Recruiting Best Practices
Employer relations
• Creative Ways To Strengthen Engagement Between Employers and Students
• A Roadmap for Developing Employer Relations
International Students
• International Students: Effective Branding & Cross-Cultural Communications Training for Students and Advisors
• Beyond the Webinar: Creating Interactive Virtual Workshops from Start to Finish
Operations
• Transformation Through Internal Partnerships: Maximizing Talent and Collaboration
• Gone Paperless: Maximizing Technology To Streamline On-Campus Recruiting
Specialized Masters
• Never Had a Real Job? No Problem!
• Employment Standards for Specialty Masters Programs: Update and Discussion
Seasoned Professionals
• Improving Personal Leadership Through Mindfulness
• Developing Interview, Employer and Client Ready Students Through Mentoring and Immersion
Working Professionals
• From Classroom to Cloud: Catapulting to Online Career Management Curriculum Delivery in Seven Months
• Coaching Working Professionals Virtually: Using Technology and New Pedagogy to Support Career Growth
Pre-Flight Planning
Tuesday, June 21, 3 - 5 pm
Before you “take-off” on your MBA-CSEA Global Conference experience, you need a “flight plan” to get the most out of your journey. For those new members, come take part in an exciting and fun new-member orientation session that will provide insight into MBA-CSEA, what we do, how we do it, and why. By attending, we guarantee you first class seating, plenty of leg room, and a “smooth flight” throughout your conference experience.
Be sure to RSVP on the Registration Form if you plan to attend.
As many long time conference goers can remember, pre-conference sessions for originated at the 2013 conference and to date had been focused on two-distinct but separate audiences – Career Services Directors and Employers. But what about the Employer Relations professionals? Or Coaches and Counselors? Or the folks who run operations in their career centers? They’ve spoken and we’ve responded.
Based on some great feedback from past conference attendees, new this year, we have Take Off Sessions to get attendees from all segments of our membership ready for another great MBA CSEA conference. So sit back, buckle up and set a course to Adapt. Transform. Lead.
Wednesday, June 22 - 9 AM – 10:30 AM
Conference attendees should plan to attend one of the sessions listed below based on their primary role/function within their educational institution or company/organization. Be sure to RSVP on the Registration Form for the session you plan to attend.
Career Coaches
Career Coaching - Harness the Power of Others
Our business schools and career coaching staff face increasing demands from our constituents every day. Internally, we discuss these problems with our colleagues to identify solutions. Imagine what we can do in a 90-minute roundtable with our coaching colleagues from across the globe! Discovering different perspectives, fresh ways of thinking, and new solutions to our common challenges. This session aims to do just that. Bringing together our collective wisdom, we will connect, collaborate and create conversations in small groups, and encourage people to share their thoughts and ideas.
As you rotate through groups providing your input and gaining new knowledge, you will learn how to harness the power of others thinking to create a path toward innovative solutions, unveil new possibilities, and make a greater contribution to the future success of career coaching in your business school.
Career Center Leaders* (formerly the Directors Pre-session)
Shifting your Career Center to Full Throttle - Best Practices in Career Center Management
Take a break from coaching your team and be prepared to discuss issues that uniquely face lead decision makers like you. This session is an interactive best practice-sharing session designed to move your career center to the next level. Bring your challenges and your stories of accomplishment to share with other career center decision-makers in such areas as increasing visibility on campus, motivating employees, succession planning, organizing your department and approaching administration for additional staffing and resources.
*This session is open to attendees who oversee all aspects of a college or university career services office. This may include a Director, Dean or other individual who makes definitive decisions for the center.
Employers (formerly the Employers Pre-session)
Setting Your Itinerary – Identifying your MBA Recruiting Target Market
Candidate fit, while often intangible and hard to define, is the secret ingredient we are all looking for in a hire. For a few years now, the practice of MBA recruiting has been evolving as we focused on new social media techniques to find and land candidates. Imagine, though, if you could combine the power of cutting edge recruiting techniques with a strategy that would guarantee you better hires? You can---if you turn your attention to candidate pool differentiation! This session will feature Maureen Crawford Hentz, Director of Talent Management, A.W. Chesterton Company as facilitator.
Maureen has more than 15 years of recruiting and employment experience in a variety of industries. In addition to her full time job she is a nationally-recognized career advice and recruiting expert. Her expertise covers a range of career topics including new media recruiting, disabilities in the workplace, business etiquette, and GLBT issues. She has been quoted by The New York Times, NewsDay, Elle magazine, The Boston Globe and National Public Radio, among others. She was a regular contributor to the (dearly departed) Boston.com HR blog and the online career magazine quintcareers.com. She has conducted new media recruiting seminars for groups including the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
This session will explore and analyze segments of the MBA candidate pool and how recruiters can identify and target the employer value proposition messages that will appeal to your company’s target MBA pool segments. Don’t have target MBA candidate pool segments? You will when you walk out of this workshop.
Join your employer peers for an exchange that will reengage you in new ways to evolve your professional practice!
Employer Relations
Flying the Friendly Skies of Employer Relations
Are you a large airport trying to manage an endless demand for clearance and regularly nervous about terminal space and hosting the best carriers; or are you more of a regional operation managing your 8 seaters in and out daily, but trying to find ways to get your passengers to a large commercial carrier? Either way, air traffic control and logistical opportunity are critical function of all of our operations and the MBA CSEA is here to make sure you are preparing your organizations for safe and successful landings for all types of crafts and getting all of our passengers to their desired destinations!
Come share thoughts and hear lessons learned from peers who focus daily on building relationships with recruiters and how to create wins WITH and FOR all of the nations’ “carriers” BIG and SMALL.
Operations
Operating Effectively: Challenges and Best Practices for Operations Professionals
This session is a valuable new opportunity for professionals who sit in operations-focused roles in Career Services, Employer Relations, or on a Recruiting team. There will be opportunities to network with other conference attendees while sharing best practices, challenges, and new ideas for improving the operational effectiveness of your team, department, and school.
As our membership continues to grow with new employer members offering different graduate business career destinations, and as new career services professionals join our industry, we hope the Employer Showcase 2.0 in ATLanta is the hub where you connect!
Thursday, June 23: 4:40-5:55 PM
For many of us the journey from our origination point to Atlanta is a series of connecting flights. Upon arrival we hope to take in as much of the experience as possible until it is time to depart.
The global conference is the place where our MBA CSEA members make connections.
As our membership continues to grow with new employer members offering different graduate business career destinations, and as new career services professionals join our industry, we hope the Employer Showcase 2.0 in ATLanta is the hub where you connect!
4:40-5:10PM Speed Networking – Six rotations in 30 minutes to jump start your connections
5:10-5:55PM “Office Hours” Open Networking – Meet with Recruiters on a first-come basis
