 FEATURED EVENTSCareer Expo Ribbon Cutting: 8:45 a.m.
Follow your career path down the carpet and join us as we cut the ribbon to open this year's Career Expo. Visit the Exhibit Floor Map.
Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium (ICCLOS) – Outside Hall I Luncheon With the Leaders: 12:15 p.m. ICCLOS – Sagamore Ballroom Open to all full Conference registrants (blue badge holder) Thursday, September 27
GENERAL SESSIONS Wisdom From the Executive Suite ICCLOS – 138 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Sponsored by 
 Branding Digi-Sphere: Crafting Your Brand for the Digital Age ICCLOS – 133-135 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Sponsored by  One Life at a Time: Using Your MBA to Impact Lives ICCLOS – 142 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Sponsored by 
 Why MBAs Should Consider Project Management Certification ICCLOS – 144 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Business Productivity Tools ICCLOS – 138 10:45 a.m. - Noon Outsmart Your Leadership Genes: Managing Your Work Environment to Help You Manage Your Inherent Leadership Style ICCLOS – 142 10:45 a.m. - Noon Sponsored by  Inside GE Capital's Executive Development Strategy ICCLOS – 140 10:45 a.m. - Noon Sponsored by  Having It All: Dare to Design YOUR Best Life ICCLOS – 144 10:45 a.m. - Noon Thursday Town Hall Luncheon: Luncheon With the Leaders ICCLOS – Sagamore Ballroom 12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Moderated by journalist Ed Gordon. Speakers: Roslyn M. Brock, NAACP Board Chair Mayor Alvin Brown, mayor of Jacksonville, Fla. Karen L. Heath Wade, Vice President of National Sales, Nationwide Financial Sponsored by  NBMBAA/Chrysler Case Competition® Graduate business students from the nation’s leading business schools compete for top ranking, scholarship dollars and employment opportunities! Preliminary Rounds begin at 1 p.m.  NBMBAA Career Success Network® Center: Meet the Experts Workshops  Humana's Infusion Program ICCLOS – 139 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Recipe for Success: Passion. Purpose. Profit. ICCLOS – 141 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Managing Business and Personal Brands in the Era of the Consumer ICCLOS – 143 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  It's Your Journey, You Choose – Navigating the Non-Traditional Path to Success ICCLOS – 145 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. NBMBAA EXCURSIONS Black History Tour NCAA Hall of Champions Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tickets required 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Corporate Hospitality Receptions JW Marriott and Hyatt Regency 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Club MBA With DJ Vince Adams JW Marriott 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Need a Charge? Refuel your phone after a long day at Conference by visiting Dell's Charging Stations, in the Foyer outside the Career Expo. Take a Test Drive
Chrysler's Ride and Drive Program gives you the opportunity to test drive new vehicles from each of the Chrysler family brands. Visit the stand in the foyer outside the Career Expo to set up your test drive – right from the convention center!9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Grab the Conference App! Get the App Here Are You Tweeting? We Are! Track
Conference Tweets for special booth giveaways and events and share your
own insights from this year's event. Use the hashtag: #nbmbaa12 Today's Hours
Registration Hours ICCLOS – Hall D 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Internet Café and Merchant Gallery* ICCLOS – Hall E 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Merchant hours may vary. NBMBAA Career Success Network Center® ICCLOS – Hoosier Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sponsored by
 
Employment Network Conference Job Match interviews. By appointment only. ICCLOS – Halls F-G 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. NBMBAA Connect Café and Bookstore ICCLOS – Hall E 8:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Housing Booth ICCLOS – Crossroads Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Membership Booth ICCLOS – Crossroads Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Career Expo ICCLOS – Halls H-K 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thursday Corporate Hospitality Receptions
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. JW Marriott Aetna......................................White River Level, Ballroom I Becton Dickinson......................Griffin Hall Level, Room 206 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation............................White River Level, Ballroom B Cognizant.................................White River Level, Ballroom G Crane Co..................................Griffin Hall Level, Room 202 Cummins Incorporated.............White River Level, Ballroom J Deloitte...................................Ballroom 9, Third Floor Exxon Mobil.............................Ballroom 1, Third Floor Genentech...............................White River Level, Rooms 103 & 104 Indiana University Kelley School of Business...........Rooms 304 - 306, Third Floor Johnson & Johnson...................Ballrooms 3 & 4, Third Floor Kaiser Permanente/Ernst & Young..........................Ballroom 6, Third Floor Kimberly-Clark Corporation.....Ballroom 2, Third Floor Louisville Gas & Electric...........Room 307, Third Floor Lowe's Companies Inc...............Ballroom 8, Third Floor Mass Mutual Financial Group..................................Ballroom 312, Third Floor Mead Johnson Nutrition..........White River Level, Room 106 New Jersey Alliance................White River Level, Ballrooms C & D Nissan North America.............White River Level, Room 102 Unilever.................................Griffin Hall Level, Room 203 Hyatt Regency Baxter Healthcare...................Cosmopolitan D, Third Floor GE..........................................Eagle's Nest Restaurant Kraft Foods..............................Discovery A, Third Level PepsiCo...................................Level One Lounge Regions Financial Corporation.................................Regency E, Second Level The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management...........Cosmopolitan B, Third Level Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc....................................Studio 5, Third Level United Health Group..............................................Regency A & B, Second Level DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Tomorrow: Keynote Luncheon with Dell's Mel ParkerHear the powerful insights of one of the top African American leaders of a Fortune 500 corporation! As the Friday Luncheon Keynote Speaker, Mel Parker, Vice President & General Manager of the Consumer and Small Business organization at Dell, will share the success tips that propelled him into senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, including Newell Rubbermaid and PepsiCo prior to Dell. Mr. Parker will also announce the winner of the new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook at the luncheon. You may be the lucky winner by registering for the Dell Advantage, the membership program free for NBMBAA members and conference attendees, at www.dell.com/mpp/nbmbaa2012. Just remember to register for Dell Advantage and enter the NBMBAA Member ID# CS118672790 by Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, to be entered in the drawing. As a Dell Advantage member, you will also receive 5% back on purchases and free 2nd business day shipping! Also Coming Tomorrow
NBMBAA/Chrysler Case Competition® Graduate business students from the nation’s leading business schools compete for top ranking, scholarship dollars and employment opportunities! Final rounds 7:o0 a.m.-11:30 a.m. NBMBAA Members-Only Career Expo Time NBMBAA Members get exclusive early access to the Career Expo. ICCLOS – Halls H-K 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. GENERAL SESSIONS Plenary: Men's and Women's Forum – Equal Time: Men & Women in the Workplace ICCLOS – 500 Ballroom 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Sponsored by  Friday Keynote Luncheon ICCLOS – Sagamore Ballroom 12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Speaker: Mel Parker, VP, GM for North America Consumer and Small Office Segments, Dell Sponsored by  Networking Sessions Financial Services ICCLOS – 140 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Sponsored by
Before You Go – Networking for Almost Entrepreneurs ICCLOS – 142 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. So You Think You Can Plan Our Conference? ICCLOS – 144 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. NBMBAA Annual Membership Meeting and Reception NBMBAA members only JW Marriott, Grand Ballroom Salons 1-4 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Reception sponsored by 
 Corporate Hospitality Receptions JW Marriott and Hyatt Regency 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Friday Night Entertainment: Charlie Wilson ICCLOS – Sagamore Ballroom 9:00 p.m. - Midnight Club MBA With DJ Vince Adams JW Marriott 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Wednesday Highlights
Stories from amazing sessions at the Leadership Institute® and Entrepreneurial Institute® "We expect all of you to experience your own personal breakthrough to be the best you can be." With these words, Kim Wilson, NBMBAA acting president and vice president of strategic program initiatives, challenged attendees at the Institutes’ breakfast to take advantage of the opportunities to learn, network and further develop their skills and connections.
Learn More... Time management has been a corporate buzzword for years but Philip Burton of Human Performance Institute disagrees with time management’s importance and says, "The most critical resource we have as human beings is our energy and most of us fail to manage it effectively."
In his Leadership Institute® seminar "Corporate Athlete®," Burton said that everyone needs to think like a professional athlete – train well, prepare for our jobs and allow time to rest so we can maintain our energy levels. Learn More... Putting your laptop on a desk and working on it while the seminar leaders talks is normally not accepted behavior at a professional conference but for Mitzi Short’s Take Back Your Life seminar, it was a requirement.
In a day-long, hands-on seminar, attendees learned how to organize and prioritize tasks in their personal and business lives by focusing on objectives and utilizing Microsoft Outlook as a tool. Learn More... The small business capital market is messy today, but a breadth of financing options exist, including some that place less emphasis on credit scores, NBMBAA members learned Wednesday at the "Are You a Gold Digger? Discovering Your Financing Options" panel session during the Entrepreneurial Institute®.
Learn More... If every African-American owned business employed one Black person, unemployment would dramatically plunge, said Dr. Randal Pinkett, scholar, author, entrepreneur and CEO of BCT Partners, who is widely known as the winner of the fourth season of "The Apprentice."
Of the 1.9 million black-owned businesses, only 100,000 have paid employees, he said Wednesday during the "Entrepreneurship Unplugged – Recharge Panel" discussion. Learn More... |
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