| Thursday, February 4, 2010
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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It's Not About Business, It's About Life!
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Presented by
Kent J. Thiry
Chairman, CEO of DaVita Inc.
Mr. Thiry will speak about the never-ending struggle in the workplace to create and sustain unusually consistent values-based decision-making. He will share thoughts and ideas on ways to create differentially healthy work communities – how to move from rhetoric to reality, from high level pitter patter to pervasive and sustainable practices.
Kent Thiry has been Chairman and CEO of DaVita Inc. since 1999. DaVita is the largest independent provider of dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. Under Mr. Thiry’s leadership, DaVita has seen nine straight years of improved clinical outcomes. He turned the company’s financial situation from near bankruptcy to today’s standing of revenues topping at approximately $6 billion. Mr. Thiry earned his BA in Political Science with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University. Later he earned an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School.
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| Location: |
UC Building, Suite 150, 1250 14th Street |
| Contact: |
Linda Theus-Lee
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| Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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February Leadership Café speaker series.
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Panel Event:
Entrepreneurship - CEO/Presidents & Founders
The Graduate Career Connections office would like to invite you to our February Leadership Café speaker series. It’s your opportunity to learn from executives who not only started their firms but are the current operational executive running a growing, successful business today.
Join us for this panel event where we’ll talk about:
* Starting with an idea and building from the ground up!
* Developing a market niche and focusing on award-winning service
* Expanding routes to market via the web and partnerships
* Growing the business geographically and vertically
* Leveraging a services v. product business
* How to become the BEST!
These executives will share their perspectives, their passion for their business and answer your questions about creating and building a successful business:
* Michael Hommel, Founder & President,
Designs by Sundown
Landscape Architects and Construction
* Molly McCoy, Founder and President,
hrQ
Human Resources Search and Consulting Services (and UC-D Alum)
* Kevin McMahon, Founding Partner & CEO,
McMahon & Company
Innovative Programs for Employee Benefits & Insurance
* Diana Nelson, President,
Kazootoys.com
Toys that Play with Imagination
* Kerri Smith, Founder & President,
ADDvantage Credit Union Staffing
Executive Search & Staffing Services
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| Location: |
Site of the New Business School, 1475 Lawrence St., 6th floor (on Lawrence at 15th Street) |
| Contact: |
Terri Vasquez
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| Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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5:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Net Impact Event:
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Net Impact Event:
Elephant Energy, Networking with Doug Vilsack, Founder of Elephant Energy, Elephant Energy promotes rural development and nature conservation in Africa through the dissemination of small-scale renewable energy.
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| Location: |
1515 Market |
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Katie Smith, V.P., UCD Net Impact
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2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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Info Session: Networking Workshop with Storm Glor
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In terms of career preparation, we’ve always heard that the perfect complement to WHAT you know is WHO you know. While a great education can provide the former, successful networking skills are key to obtaining the latter. Technology has perhaps made the art of networking more “social”, but at the same time more challenging.
In this presentation we’ll cover basic and emerging principles, philosophies, and techniques behind making “who you know” an asset in your career planning.
RSVP: Roseann Wagner, roseann.wagner@ucdenver.edu or 303-556-3998
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| Location: |
Tivoli Room 440 |
| Contact: |
Roseann Wagner
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| Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Noon - 1:30 PM
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Separately Together: A New Path to Healthy Hospital-Physician Relations
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University of Colorado Denver
Business School
Invites you to attend a Rutt Bridges Seminar Series Lecture:
Separately Together:
A New Path to Healthy Hospital-Physician Relations
Presented by
Edward J. O'Connor and
C. Marlena Fiol, Mehalchin Term Professor
Professors of Health Administration,
Business School
University of Colorado Denver
Too often physicians and hospital administrators are locked in a lose-lose battle with no apparent way out. Despite a proliferation of strategies for mastering physician-hospital collaboration, we have made little progress in our efforts to improve those relations. Clearly a new approach is needed to reduce the tensions between physicians and administrators and unite them in a common cause.
This presentation offers an uncommon perspective on hospital-physician relations, based on evidence from social science research, and on practical experiences from healthcare as well as from other diverse arenas (e.g., international diplomacy and corporate alliances): To bring together groups locked in intractable conflicts, you must first pull them apart and strengthen them separately. Based upon their recent book (Separately Together: A New Path to Healthy Hospital-Physician Relations) and articles, Drs. Fiol and O'Connor will describe the four phases of the PAR (Physician-Administrator Relations) Process for moving from intractable conflicts to enduring collaboration between hospital administrators and physicians. After explaining each phase, they will discuss how to anticipate resistance to the process and move through the roadblocks. In addition, they will provide example assessment tools as well as intervention exercises for applying the PAR Process in your organization.
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| Location: |
UC Building, Suite 150 1250 14th Street Denver, CO 80202 |
| Contact: |
Linda Theus-Lee
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| Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Info Session: Roger CPA Review
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Who says studying for the CPA Exam can’t be motivating?
Roger CPA Review leads the CPA review industry with innovative course delivery methods, a refreshingly energetic teaching style, and the motivation you need to succeed! Cover all the important concepts with Roger Philipp, our teacher for all parts of the exam and all formats, as he summarizes, simplifies, and focuses you in on the information you need to prepare for the CPA Exam. There is no better way to learn about your favorite topics such as bonds and pensions than with Roger’s 20 years of experience and creative mnemonics that result in 86% pass rates.
In addition to CPA Exam needs, Roger CPA Review is here for you when you are in school as well! We cover soft skills and industry-related topics which with help you market yourself in this tough economy.
Come grab some food, enter in a raffle, and learn what you need to succeed on Tuesday, February 23rd at 3:30-5:00pm in Tivoli Room 329.
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| Location: |
Tivoli Room 329 |
| Contact: |
Roseann Wagner
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| Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Info Session: Networking Workshop with Storm Glor
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In terms of career preparation, we’ve always heard that the perfect complement to WHAT you know is WHO you know. While a great education can provide the former, successful networking skills are key to obtaining the latter. Technology has perhaps made the art of networking more “social”, but at the same time more challenging. In this presentation we’ll cover basic and emerging principles, philosophies, and techniques behind making “who you know” an asset in your career planning. RSVP: Roseann Wagner, roseann.wagner@ucdenver.edu or 303-556-3998
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| Location: |
Tivoli Room 329 |
| Contact: |
Roseann Wagner
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Month of February 2010
