Center for Executive & Professional Development

Spears School of Business • cepd.okstate.edu

Center for Executive & Professional Development

Spears School of Business • cepd.okstate.edu

Midwest Business Dean’s ConferenceOctober 11, 2007

Center for Executive and Professional Development

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Spears School of Business • cepd.okstate.edu

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Location

• OSU is located in Stillwater, OK

• Campus is about 30,000 students—other locations at OSU-Tulsa, OSU-Okmulgee, OSU-OKC

• 65 miles from both Tulsa and Oklahoma City

• Stillwater population—65,000

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Value of Center

• Fulfill the land-grant mission of the university

• Bring visibility to the Spears School of Business through Programs

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Value of Center

• Be a financial resource to the Spears School and departments

• Bring visibility to the university through national and regional awards

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Value of Center

• Strengthen business partnerships through programs (public programs, on-site programs, professional and executive development, chairs/professorships, networking opportunities)

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Purpose of Center

Center Activities—Credit

• Study Abroad and Travel Programs

• Distance Learning

• On-Campus Supplemental Courses

• Off-Campus Delivered Credit Courses on-site at corporations/government entities

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Retreat and Conference PlanningRetreat and Conference Planning

•Noncredit Executive and Professional Development Programs

•Retreat and Conference Center Planning

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Purpose of Center

• More than 50 years experience

• Professionally plan and execute conferences and events

• Customized programs of all sizes

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Mission/Goals & Objectives

• Tied into strategic plan of Spears School

• Goals and objectives approved by Dean, Spears School

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Approval Process of Programs

• Annual program plans tied into emphasis areas of departments

• Database that projects budget for all programs and tied into pay for faculty

• Annual programs for department— approved by department head and dean

• Each new program added—approved

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End of Year Financial Share

• End of fiscal year, share 1/3 of “overage”—Spears School, department and CEPD

• CEPD Department Incentive accounts can also be used in reinvest in Outreach

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Center for Executive and Professional

Development

Center for Executive and Professional

Development

•Over 225 executive and professional development programs

•More than 14,000 Oklahomans participate each year

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Center for Executive and Professional

Development

Center for Executive and Professional

Development

• Provide quality executive and professional growth opportunities

• Foster economic development

• Facilitate engaged learning

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Programs through the Center for Executive and Professional Development

Programs through the Center for Executive and Professional Development

• Degrees and Certificates• Workforce Development• Applied Research & Assistance/Technology

Transfer• Publications/Information Services• Community Development/Cultural Enrichment

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Program InstructorsProgram Instructors

• Faculty in the Spears School of Business Noted scholars, authors, consultants and practitioners

• Nationally and internationally recognized

for their leadership positions

• Student-oriented instruction

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Tulsa Business Forums SeriesTulsa Business Forums Series

Wally Uiehlein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Acushnet Company (Titleist, Footjoy, and Cobra), October 2007

Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, 2000-2006, February 2008

Marcus Buckingham, Author of “First, Break all the Rules” and “Go Put Your Strengths to Work”, March 2008

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Corporate Sponsorships

• Raise visibility for OSU in Tulsa and OKC• Corporate sponsorships provide funding for speakers• Opportunity to market other CEPD programs at event• Strengthen ties —Chairs —Networking

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Annual ConferencesAnnual Conferences

• Accounting and Financial Reporting Conf. (4th annual)

• Women’s Business Leadership Conf. (17th annual)

• Energy Conference (2nd annual)

• Executive Education Partnership Program (14th annual)

• Governor’s Executive Dev. Program (3rd annual)

• Tulsa Business Forums (22nd annual)

• Executive Management Briefing (20th annual)

• One-day professional development seminars

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17th Annual Women’s Business Leadership Program

17th Annual Women’s Business Leadership Program

Liane LevetanConsultant/Real Estate Broker, Atlanta, Georgia

Esther Silver-Parker Vice President of Diversity Relations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas

Renee WerbinPublisher, Travelgirl, Chamblee, Georgia

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Energy Conference

• Secretary David S. Fleischaker, Secretary of Energy, State of Oklahoma and President and Chief Operating Officer, Jolen Operating Company

Guest Speakers from 2007 Energy Conference Included:

• William E. Hobbs, President, Power, Williams and President, The Associates, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University

April 23, 2008 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Cox Convention Center

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Upcoming Development Seminars:

Oklahoma City and Tulsa

Upcoming Development Seminars:

Oklahoma City and Tulsa

• Employee Selection & Interviewing• Presentation Skills• Setting Goals to Increase Productivity• Developing Effective Attitudes• Influence Skills: Authority is Out/ Influence is In

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Distance LearningDistance Learning

Graduate Degrees/Certificates• MBA—Part-time and Dental MBA• MS in Telecommunications Management• MS in Management Information Systems•Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance•Graduate Certificate in Data Base Mining

•Selected Undergraduate Courses

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Distance LearningMBA, MSTM, and MS in MIS

Distance LearningMBA, MSTM, and MS in MIS

• Digital, mobile, and virtual

• Flexible work arrangements

• Not geographically bound

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Center for Executive and Professional Development

Center for Executive and Professional Development

Spears School of Business | Oklahoma State University

215 Business Building Stillwater, OK  74078

cepd.okstate.edu call 1-866-678-3933