Monthly Archives: November 2012

After graduating first in her class from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro with a Bachelor in Social Communication, Julia Pareja decided to pursue graduate education at San Diego State Read More »

By now, companies that don’t have a social media presence yet are simply behind the times. Harnessing the potential of social media requires much more than a tweet here or status update there, so businesses Read More »

Beverly Flaxington is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA), hypnotherapist, and career and business adviser who helps managers and employees deal with workplace behavioral issues. She’ Read More »

We've made our picks for the best foodpreneurs this year, based on their success, their creativity, and their social consciousness. Read More »

OnlineMBA.com will host a Twitter chat on what makes a successful online MBA student Wednesday, December 5 at 3 p.m. CST. Joining in the chat will be Michele Pfund (@wpcareyschool), faculty director for Read More »

It’s the end of November, Thanksgiving has come and gone and now the holiday season is in full force. Time for everyone to commence gift shopping, holiday partying, winter vacations, right? Wrong. As Read More »

Cari Guittard is a founding Principal at Global Engagement Partners (GEP), an on demand corporate diplomacy, business intelligence, global engagement, public affairs and strategic communications firm. Read More »

Here we'll explore 15 things that great leaders know, and how important they are to success, not just as a leader, but as a human being. Read More »

An old man started something. Call it ingenuity or craftiness, but when Merrill “Bud” Dame founded Dame Moulding and Lumber Company in Cedar City, Utah, now known as Woodgrain Millwork, he Read More »

Betsy Massar, founder of Master Admissions, a Harvard MBA from the 1980′s, spent years in the investment banking and financial markets industry before deciding to help prospective MBA students master Read More »

It’s a little known fact: The “M” in GMAT stands for migraine. Or, that’s what happened to me in the hours leading up to test time. After a whirlwind few weeks of Knewton courses Read More »

In every office, there’s always at least one employee – the underperformer, the one who falls behind, bends the rules, needs more direction, the one who takes up the managers’ time. A recent study Read More »

From green business to analytics, businesses are increasingly looking for MBAs savvy in information technology. Whether a students’ undergraduate work was in the field, or their career path has Read More »

At the tender age of 16, Shreyans Parekh and his brother Sheetal launched a wedding and upscale event supplies business, Koyal Wholesale, out of their parents’ garage. Nearly 10 years and two MBAs later Read More »

These are some of the most successful and popular crowd funding projects we've seen to date. Read More »

Not ready to take the MBA plunge? A growing number of students are looking to online business certificates as a way to dip a toe in graduate-level education. Joe Patterson, managing director of Thunderbird Read More »

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has offered online MBA programs for 11 years, but even John Wells, who became the associate dean for professional programs at the Isenberg School of Management Read More »

The University of Texas-Arlington (UTA) announced Rachel Croson as the dean of the university’s College of Business, Nov. 12. Before coming to UTA, she was an economics professor and the director Read More »

When studying for the GMAT and applying to business school, it’s inarguably crucial to manage your time effectively. Before you started studying for the GMAT, you were only concerned with balancing Read More »

With the advances of digital and social media, the need for marketing professionals with updated skill sets is growing. According to the University of Texas-Dallas, while traditional media spending is Read More »

In August, Cleveland State University (CSU) launched a fully-online, one-year accelerated online MBA program. Instead of using traditional computers, students were provided with iPads fully loaded with Read More »

One of the largest universities in the nation has added another reason for students to become part of its school system. The University of Florida (UF) developed the Innovation Square, a 40-acre community Read More »

As servicemen and women return to the classroom, colleges and universities increasingly are finding innovative ways to aid this unique student body. Average enrollment of service members and veterans Read More »

Dr. Ajay Amar, founder of Austin GMAT Review, offers these three tips to take students conquer the GMAT’s verbal section. In the GMAT verbal sections, many incorrect answers are carefully designed Read More »

The USC Marshall School of Business has launched the Master of Business for Veterans (MBV), a new degree program for veterans. Developed through conversations with Marshall alumni and the California Department Read More »

Entrepreneurs are a unique bunch with unique needs. Their ability to tackle problems and their tangible creativity separates them from the common individual. Felena Hanson, founder of the Hera Hub, has Read More »

The majority (95%) of students surveyed from top graduate business schools in the country feel the need to distinguish themselves from their peers and are finding new and creative ways to do so in light Read More »

Every savvy business owner understands the impact of the global economy, but not every business education ventures beyond the U.S. borders. The U.S. State Department and the Department of Education is Read More »

Business professors from around the globe have been nominated by their students for the inaugural Business Professor of the Year Award presented by The Economist and the Hult International Business School Read More »

We've gathered more than 70 different PowerPoint tips from the people who know it best: Microsoft, professional speakers, and geeks who make PowerPoint their business. Read More »