Orientation 2016 Overview* Monday, August 29 Monday, September 19 *Tentative Schedule/Content Subject to Change Monday, August 29, 2016 8:00 to 5:00 PM Orientation Kick-off Graduate School of Management Nuts & Bolts Dean s Welcome Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Career Development Overview Elevator Pitch and Personal Journey Overview 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Rockin Your Resume Health & Wellness Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Steve Dalton The 2-Hour Job Search Elevator Pitch 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Joyful Simpson - Improv Linked-in Thursday, September 01, 2016 Berkeley Interactive Theatre: Providing Experiential Engagement with Diversity 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Dress for Success National Career Fairs Steve Lee - GRIT: Fixed vs. Growth MindSet Professional Etiquette Professional Photos Friday, September 02, 2016 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Speed Networking Dining Etiquette & Lunch AT&T Case Drop
Monday, September 05, 2016 Labor Day No Programming Tuesday, September 06, 2016 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Rikin Vasani MBA Interview Prep Session 1 Rikin Vasani MBA Interview Prep Session 2 Steve Newberry - Keynote Speaker Dining with Steve Newberry Wednesday, September 07, 2016 Making Davis Your Home Inger Maher The Party Cleve Justis - Giving and Receiving Feedback AT&T Team Case Prep Thursday, September 08, 2016 Angela Stopper - Introduction to the UC Davis MBA Leadership Fellows Program The Power of You and Your Degree: Rock Your Brand and Your School 2 nd Year Panel Vicki Sherman Maintaining the Value of Your Degree Jim Olson - Negotiation Finalize AT&T Slides 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM AT&T Case Competition Friday, September 09, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016 Company Case Competition Release Ben Finkelor - Sales Mock Interviews Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Job Treks in Sacramento Mock Interviews Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Case Competition Prep and Finalize Slides Mock Networking Session 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Ropes Course Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Case Competition Friday, September 16, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016 8:00 AM to 11:30 PM Doy Charnsupharinder - Storytelling for Leadership 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM ASM Club Luncheon 1:00 to 3:00 PM Professor Kimberly Elsbach Ethics MBA Case Study 3:00 to 4:00 PM Meet Your Core Faculty 4:00 to 6:00 PM Closing Reception
Doy Charnsupharindr - Storytelling for Leadership Doy Charnsupharindr is an executive coach and an instructor of graduate-level courses on developing leadership, communication, and coaching skills. As an executive coach and consultant, Doy draws upon his prior professional experiences in management, customer service, business strategy, operations, and product management. Today, he coaches and leads workshops for some of the largest corporations, nonprofits and governmental organizations worldwide. Steve Dalton The 2-Hour Job Search Steve Dalton is author of The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster, the former associate marketing manager at General Mills and a strategy consultant at A.T. Kearney. He will share practical tips, perspective and insights that you can use to build your career plan. Speaker website Steve Lee Research on Success Steve Lee will present on Grit, the Growth Mindset and the Marshmallow Test. He is the Graduate Diversity Officer for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related programs at UC Davis. He previously trained and mentored graduate students at Northwestern University, where he served as an assistant director for a graduate professional development program. He has also served on the faculty of Roosevelt University and Wheaton College, and earned a PhD in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and a BS in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University. Joyful Simpson Improv Program Joyful Simpson is an actress, writer and creativity educator who combines improv theater, storytelling and mindfulness-training to create unique team building and leadership workshops for businesses and institutions. She studied theater and dance at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and received her MFA in Dramatic Art from UC Davis.
Rikin Vasani MBA Interview Prep Rikin Vasani, speaker and coach with MBACASE (www.mbacase.com), began coaching after working at Bain & company for four years. Previous to that, he spent time at Deutsche Banc London, Morgan Stanley and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is extensively versed in the Crack the Case System, an innovative blend of concept, cases and videos, brought together in a book format. CTCS has over 150 videos that bring to life concepts through tips, interviewers asking questions and candidates explaining their work. These engaging materials challenge candidates to think quickly in an integrated way while working through strategic problems that include data and handouts. Detailed agendas and recommended pre-reading here and here.