MBA Insider's Blog

Social Media Goes Maintainstream at B-school & MBA Programs

More and more business schools are engaging in a variety social media such as FaceBook, twitter, blogs, etc. Not only are b-schools implementing these online platforms into their traditional marketing plans, but they are increasingly serving as a broker of information and training for consultants and firms looking to leverage new virtual technologies.

An example of a b-school embracing social media is UCLA Anderson's Media and Entertainment Institute, which hosted a hands-on workshop for professionals today featuring social media innovators and tech leaders in conjunction with BizSoMe (Business Social Media). Featured speakers included:

• Richard Colback - President, Epic States
• Michael Sean Wright - Founder, NiceFishFilms
• Morgan Brown - Director of Marketing, Turn Here
• Brian Roy - President and Founder, JustSignal
• Mark Hopkins - Editor in Chief, Silicon Angle

Visit the websites of the experts above and you'll become an expert, yourself, before you know. it.

Business Social Media Workshop at UCLA Anderson

Business Social Media in association with the UCLA Anderson Entertainment and Media Institute is hosting a hands-on workshop for professionals today featuring social media innovators and tech leaders. Featured speakers include:

• Richard Colback - President, Epic States
• Michael Sean Wright - Founder, NiceFishFilms
• Morgan Brown - Director of Marketing, Turn Here
• Michael Flanagan - Founder, VideoSymphony
• Brian Roy - President and Founder, JustSignal
• Mark Hopkins - Editor in Chief, Silicon Angle

UCLA Anderson MBA Round 3 Decisions Released

UCLA Anderson MBA released round 3 decisions early this morning and our admissions officers are making “welcome calls” to our newest admits. We are continuing to evaluate waitlisted candidates and will be announcing a new batch of admits by the middle of next week.

Best wishes to all!

CEO of the X Prize Foundation kicks off UCLA Anderson’s Entrepreneurs Conference

 

“If you want to predict the future, you have to invent it yourself,” according to successful entrepreneur Peter H. Diemadis, M.D. As new technological innovations continue to accelerate at unprecedented rates, these advances are fueled by individuals who embrace exponential growth as new norm for business. View the complete presentation click here.

The Entreprenurs Conference is one of the marquee events organized by the student run Entrepreneur Association, one of the most active student organizations at UCLA Anderson.

UCLA Anderson Career Fair welcomes MBA recruiters to campus

Last Friday, April 30, 2010, UCLA Anderson held its second annual career fair. The fair attracted over 35 companies and more than 80 recruiters. This is one of the many resources that our Parker Career Management Center offers to our students during their MBA years.

We plan to add more video content on our blog to showcase some of the different people and programs at UCLA Anderson over the coming months to help you get a better perspective on our school.

Adrian Aguirre
Associate Director of MBA Admissions
UCLA Anderson School of Management

Attend the Forte Women's MBA Conference

UCLA Anderson is a sponsor school of the Forte Foundation, an organization whose mission is to substantially increase the number of women business leaders. As an incoming or current student you have the opportunity to build your MBA network across schools by attending the Forte Women's MBA Conference on July 18-19 in Chicago or the Forte Financial Services FAST Track Conference in New York on June 24-25.  There's also opportunity to meet with Forte's Fortune 100 corporate sponsors.  Don't miss out!