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January 2010 update from Stephanie and Mike
Dear SBI® 2010 Albuquerque Conference participants:
Greetings and best wishes for a productive New Year!
Here are some updates & details for our February 2010 conference & some timely suggestions for making your conference a memorable event:
1. Please be sure to register ASAP for the conference on-line and indicate your event/meal attendance to ensure our numbers are accurate. Payment may be made either via credit card or by check mailed to our Treasurer Jeff Shields.
[Click here for details.]
2. Please be sure to reserve your hotel accommodations at the Hyatt Regency. The early bird guaranteed rate expires on January 23rd!
3. Your SBI® conference planning team is delighted to be able to extend our thanks for all the early registrations at our elegant Hyatt Regency hotel and for all your early on-line Conference registrations. Please remember the dinner reservations for the Sandia Casino and Resort are on a first come basis!
4. We have a full schedule of presentations, workshops, Best Practices, receptions, keynote speakers, student paper presentations, POY award presentations, meetings and awards; and this year all the pre-conference workshops are included with your registration!
5. We have completed our final presentation schedule and a copy of the schedule will be emailed to each official registrant and will be posted on the website.
We look forward to seeing you in glorious Albuquerque, NM for our best ever 34th Annual Small Business Institute® conference.
Cheers!
Stephanie Huneycutt Bardwell, Program Chair
Mike Harris, Proceedings Editor and Program Vice-Chair
November 25, 2009
2010 Conference Update
Dear Albuquerque 2010 Authors, Co-Authors, Presenters, Friends, Students, SBI®ers and wonderful Colleagues!
We are very excited about your attendance at the Albuquerque 2010 Conference- and want to remind you about all the events and opportunities at the conference! I just bought my airplane tickets and happily urge you to book the Hyatt Hotel and your Airplane flight as soon as you can!
Our pre-conference workshops Thursday morning February 18th include some incredibly beneficial learning propositions! Learn how you can optimize funding potential in Dr. Roberta Rosenberg’s “Grants” workshop. Take in the Legal Expertise of Dr. Joseph Bell, Dr. Joe Geiger (and yours truly, Bardwell) in a comprehensive legal and financial issues workshop. We will have SBI® past presidents present the best way to create an effective SBI® program at your University and develop the full potential of our renowned student consulting program. Master SBI® Directors Kirk Heriot and Bruce Kemelgor will each present pre-conference workshops and Dr. Leo Simpson will present a special workshop “All about POY [Projects of the Year]” to describe the student consulting case Project of the Year competition!
Our Grand Opening Luncheon Thursday just before NOON features the dynamic Australian, keynote Speaker, Garry Ridge, who will kick off the conference in a great combination of Aussi and Albuquerque style!
Fellows and Past Presidents of our 34 year old organization will be specially honored at a Wine and Cheese Reception Thursday evening from 5:30-6:30 pm in a spectacular 19th floor room with a grand vista of the Sandia Mountains.
There’s more!!!! Watch out for Mike Harris asking for Session Volunteers and I may ask you for help at Albuquerque, too! Thursday, Friday and Saturday are very busy and the Social Event Saturday @ the Sandia Resort will be great!
But in the meantime, congratulations on your acceptance as an author/presenter and get ready to help us get “Business Aloft” in Albuquerque!
Cheers!
Stephanie Bardwell
Program Chair
November 7, 2009
BOARD, SHOWCASE AND MENTOR NOMINATIONS DUE 11/15
Dear SBI members and friends,
This is a friendly reminder regarding the various calls for nominations as mentioned in the third issue of Not Quite eMomentum on 10/22 and due 11/15:
Call for Board Nominations
Bruce Kemelgor, Past President, chairs the nominations committee. He invites SBI members to self nominate or, after securing the person's agreement, nominate another. Nominations are sought for three positions: VP of Research and Publications, VP Program Chair-Elect, and one Director. Position descriptions and terms of office can be found on our SBI website -- click on "About SBI", then "SBI Officers' Playbook".
Nominations should be e-mailed to Bruce at bhkeme01@louisville.edu by November 15th. Elections will be conducted electronically by December 15th.
Call for 2010 Showcase Award Nominations
The Showcase Award recognizes the SBI Program and its Director for innovative development and management or contribution to a client success story. For detailed description and list of previous winners, please check the SBI website. Members are encouraged to submit nominations to Paul Belliveau, VP Marketing and Communications, at belliveau@att.net by 11/15. Previous winners and current SBI officers will vote electronically by 12/15. The Award(s) will be presented at our Albuquerque Conference in February.
Call for 2010 Homer L. Saunders Mentor Award Nominations
The Homer L. Saunders Mentor Award recognizes a deserving SBI member for outstanding contribution to the training and development of an SBI Program Director. A detailed description of the award and a list of previous winners can be found on our website. Nominations should be emailed to Paul Belliveau at belliveau@att.net by November 15th. Previous winners and current SBI officers will vote electronically by 12/15. The Award will be presented in February at our Albuquerque Conference.
Thanks,
Paul Belliveau
SBI VP, Marketing & Communications
belliveau@att.net
October 16, 2009
COUNTDOWN TO THE 34th ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS INSTITUTE® CONFERENCE
Colleagues!
Our 34th Annual Small Business Institute® Conference received over 30% more research paper submissions than last year as we continue to grow! Get ready for a FABULOUS CONFERENCE!!!
NOW- we are extending our submission date for BEST PRACTICES until November 1st.
AND we look forward to great innovations in our STUDENT PAPER submissions- also due November 1st.
Remember- the very first STUDENT PAPERS track in SBI history will permit the next generation of leaders in business, consulting, ethics and experiential learning to participate in the world's best organization- the SMALL BUSINESS INSTITUTE®.
Contact me at bardwell@cnu.edu if you have any questions-
See you in Albuquerque in February 2010!
Cheers and Let's stay ALOFT!!!
Stephanie Bardwell
Program Chair for Albuquerque 2010
September 23, 2009
COUNTDOWN TO THE 34th ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS INSTITUTE® CONFERENCE
Dear Colleagues [new and old, busy and busier, novice and expert] – AND to Everyone interested in the 34th Annual Small Business Institute® Conference ALBUQUERQUE, NM in February 2010:
Please put your finishing touches on your submission to the conference: We have our tried and true categories of paper, workshop or best practice AND a brand new track called “Student Papers” for the 2010 SBI® conference in Albuquerque, NM.
ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 - [However, student authored papers are due November 1st.2009]
Here are the TOP 7 REASONS you will make this conference a SUCCESS!
1. Exciting sessions on cutting edge entrepreneurial/small business issues
2. Fabulous Pre-Conference Workshops on Grant-writing, Legal Issues, Starting an SBI at your university and more!
3. Top Scholar-Practitioners to help to enhance your student consulting activities
4. Academic excellence presented in best practices of your colleagues in entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, small business consulting projects, for-profits and non-profits, curriculum, assessment and quality
5. Accepted Papers will be published in our 34th Annual National Proceedings [Vol. 34, No.1 Winter, 2010]
6. Exciting Keynote Speakers, and top rated conference facilities!
7. AND your Research networking experience with collegial academics will be positive, encouraging and compelling!
Think about what you can offer: Whether you will submit a paper, workshop or describe an academic best practice developed at your University we welcome your polished submissions!
NOTE: For the first time, we offer an opportunity for student –authored papers to be submitted in a separate track- These submissions have a separate due date of November 1st.
View our DRAFT PROGRAM online and note we will host award receptions for Student papers for the first time this Year!
Remember - the submission deadline is 9/30/2009 at MIDNIGHT EST. Don't delay!
https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/SBI2010/
It’s Business Aloft!!!
Best regards and I look forward to seeing you in Albuquerque!
Stephanie Bardwell
VP of Programs
September 3, 2009
NOTICE: EXTENSION of TIME to SUBMIT to the CONFERENCE
"The SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS to the 34th Annual Small Business Institute® Conference using the CMT Conference WEBSITE has been extended until September 30th. This is the final extension. Remember, the Student Paper Track deadline remains Nov. 1st. Thank you for the wonderful number of submissions to date!"
Very truly yours-
Stephanie Bardwell
2010 Conference Chair
August 31, 2009
As we get closer to the Call for Papers deadline (September 10) for the 2010 Small Business Institute® Conference I would like to encourage you to consider submitting a paper, workshop, or best practice. The Program Committee (lead by Stephanie Bardwell) is in the process of planning an excellent conference in Albuquerque and we want you there. We realize that travel budgets are tight this year, but the SBI conference has a rich tradition of collegiality and is a great place to share research and teaching practices. In addition to paper submissions (or workshops & best practices), please consider serving as a session chair or part of a roundtable at the conference. If you are interested in any role with the conference please contact me ( harrismi@ecu.edu) or Stephanie ( Bardwell@cnu.edu).
We look forward to seeing you all in Albuquerque!
Best wishes,
Mike Harris, Competitive Papers Chair
2010 Small Business Institute® Conference
August 14, 2009
Student Consulting Project of the Year Competition
The Small Business Institute®'s Student Consulting Project of the Year Competition (formerly the SBI Case of the Year (COY) Competition) is open to SBI members and other college and university faculty. The submission deadline is Monday, September 14th. In addition to the new name, SBI is encouraging electronic submission for the first time this year.
For more information, please review the Online Submission Guidelines.
NEW this year - The Student Consulting Project Competition is going GREEN!
Electronic submission is now available and encouraged. See the Online Submission Guidelines for details.
DON'T FORGET: The entry deadline for SBI Student Consulting Project Competition is the second Monday in September.
August 12, 2009
STUDENT PAPERS TRACK
Student research papers are being solicited that are focused on issues related to field-based consulting and related business issues, including ethics, business practices, business leadership and/or any of the tracks in the conference. In particular, methodologies related to consulting, applications of business related concepts in small business environments, and unique perceptions of small business issues are encouraged. Student papers should identify the issue being examined and research designs should identify field-based consulting contemporary issue related to the topic; the paper should describe an appropriate [set of] hypotheses, use empirical methods to collect and test related data, and make supported conclusions regarding the issues. Only undergraduate and master’s level students are eligible, but up to four students may participate on each paper.
The DEADLINE for Student Paper submissions is NOVEMBER 1, 2009 –
ALL STUDENT PAPERS MUST BE SAVED as .doc file and NAMED AS FOLLOWS: StudentPaperTitleof Paper.doc
For example, if Jessica writes a student paper about Small Business Tax Issues in Consulting Projects, she would name it as follows: StudentPaperSmallBusinessTaxIssuesinConsulitng.doc
SPECIAL NOTE: WE WILL HOST A SPECIAL RECEPTION FRIDAY EVENING at the CONFERENCE TO HONOR THE STUDENTS who submit the BEST STUDENT PAPERS and THE WINNERS of the BEST STUDENT PAPER COMPETITON will receive an AWARD.
July 31, 2009
SBI's 34th Annual Conference
We invite you to plan NOW to attend SBI's 34th Annual Conference in glorious Albuquerque, NM! A draft program schedule is available online at: http://smallbusinessinstitute.biz/images/PDF_ALBUQUERQUE_DRAFT_PROGRAM_2010_july_24_2009updates.pdf.
Our paper submissions [as well as workshops and "best Practices"] are underway! Submission deadlines for Papers, Workshops and Best Practices is September 10th. We encourage papers on topics ranging from family business to consulting, both applied and theoretical! Our tracks include:
Global Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Experiential Learning
Family Business
Marketing
Corporate & Environmental Responsibility
Ethics, Legal, Accounting & Finance
Women & Minority Business
Student Papers
Visit our Paper Submission website http://www.sbida.org/Submission_Instructions.pdf to submit your paper using our CMT submission software for the 34th Annual Small Business Institute® conference OR to learn more about the exciting new track we have added for "Student Papers." The new "Student Papers" track is exclusively for undergraduate student authored works and we have extended the deadline for submission of student authored papers to November 1, 2009 to permit your encouragement of student authored works this upcoming academic term!
Also track chairs are in the process of identifying reviewers and anyone willing to volunteer can contact Mike Harris, Competitive Papers Chair, at harrismi@ecu.edu (and please indicate your preferred track). We need everyone's help, so please strongly consider serving as a reviewer. We are excited to invite you to our 34th Annual conference and look forward to your participation!!!
Best Regards,
Stephanie Huneycutt Bardwell, B.A., J.D. LLM
Associate Professor of Business Law and Management
Christopher Newport University
SBI VP Programs- Conference Chair
July 28, 2009
Read the Latest List-Serve Post
Paul Belliveau, SBI VP of Marketing and Communications, provided an update on communications to SBI members on the SBI List-Serve on July 28, 2009. If you did not receive the list-serve post, you may read it here. If you would like to subscribe to the SBI list-serve, email info@smallbusinessinstitute.biz.
June 8, 2009
Read the Latest List-Serve Post
Paul Belliveau, SBI VP of Marketing and Communications, provided an update on communications to SBI members on the SBI List-Serve on June 8, 2009. If you did not receive the list-serve post, you may read it here. If you would like to subscribe to the SBI list-serve, email info@smallbusinessinstitute.biz.
May 20, 2009
SBI Issues 2010 Call for Papers
The 2010 SBI Call for Papers has just been posted online. Click here to download a copy. The 2010 SBI Conference Webpage will be updated regularly with conference specific info. Check the 2010 SBI Conference Webpage often for the most up-to-date details.
May 15, 2009
SBI is Pleased to Announce a New "New" Member Benefit
SBI has made arrangements with the publisher CENGAGE Learning, to provide complimentary copies of The Experiential Student Team Consulting Process - A Guidebook for Students, Clients & Instructors (Third Edition) by Ronald G. Cook and Paul Belliveau as a membership benefit for indidividuals who have never been a member of the Small Business Institute®. The guidebook provides a ground-breaking model for the experiential team consulting process. This 3rd edition has additional material to help students and instructors master the intricacies of this kind of learning, and provide assurance of learning.
May 15, 2009
2009 Conference Slide Show Now Posted
Visit the 2009 Conference page to see a new slide show from the 2009 SBI Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. Once you see the fun and comraderie online, you will want to make sure you attend the 2010 SBI Conference - BUSINESS ALOFT - in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 18 -20, 2010.
April 1, 2009
SBI is pleased to announce a new management relationship with Affinity Resource Group, LLC.
After almost 35 years as an all-volunteer run organization, we are very pleased to announce that SBI has taken the next step in growing the organization by hiring a professional association management firm to provide a home base for our operations.
Affinity Resource Group, LLC (ARG) will oversee SBI’s day-to-day administrative operations. Our volunteer officers and board members will continue to oversee and coordinate the annual conference, finances, case of the year competition, publications, and other valuable features of your SBI membership. To learn more about ARG and the individuals who will be serving as the new SBI staff, go to www.affinityresourcegroup.net. The new contact information is: SBI, 134 Fairmont Street, Suite B. Clinton, MS 39056; phone 601-924-3489, fax 601-924-0720.
With ARG, we hope to enhance your membership experience and will work to assure that you do enjoy all of the valuable benefits associated with your SBI membership.
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