Leadership Summit Agenda
The next Graduate Leadership Summit will be Fall 2024.
| Sept 2023 Graduate Summit –
Growing Your Business |
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| *Speaker Topics Listed in Separate Chart Below* | ||
| Friday | Time | Location |
| Opening Prayer Student | 9am – 9:15am | SHAL 113 |
| Discuss prioritized questions for Keynote Speakers | 9:15am – 9:45am | SHAL 113 |
| Roundtable–Speakers listed Below | 10am-11:45am | SHAL 113 |
| Speaker Chat GPT uses in industry–Tyler May, Snowflake | Noon – 1pm | SHAL 113 |
| Lunch | 1-2pm | Students’ Choice |
| Ed Breen Roundtable | 2-4pm | SHAL 113 |
| Talk with Keynote speaker–Michael Lazarus | 4-4:30pm | SHAL 113 |
| Keynote–Michael Lazarus | 4:30-5:15pm | Sticht |
| Q and A–Breen and Lazarus | 5:30-6:30pm | Sticht |
| Reception (light refreshment) | 6:30-8:30pm | SHAL 113 |
| Saturday | ||
| Homecoming Breakfast–open with prayer 9am | 9am – 10:30am | SHAL 113 |
| Divide into teams contest; 10am contest | ||
| Discuss questions for speaker | 10:30-11am | SHAL 113 |
| Lunch / Parade | 11-12:30 | Students’ Choice |
| Growing Your Business–Doug Thomas | 12:30-2:00 | SHAL 113 |
| Carl Trueman | 2:15-3:15pm | SHAL 113 |
| Talk with Keynote Speaker | 3:30-4:30pm | SHAL 113 |
| Keynote–Suzanne Persechino | 4:30-5:15pm | Sticht |
| Q and A with Keynote Speaker | 5:15pm-6pm | Sticht |
| Reception (light refreshment) | 6pm-7:30pm | SHAL 113 |
| Sunday | ||
| Worship Service/Devotional –Van Campbell | 8am-9:30am | SHAL 113 |
| Breakfast/Weekend Recap | 10am-12pm | SHAL 113 |
Suggested Reading (Mandatory for MBA Students):
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter
| Roundtable participants (Open ended questions on any small business issues you want to explore) | ||
| Finch | Superintendent of a School District | |
| E. May | Previous owner of Howe Coffee (a family business) | |
| Smith | Current owner of Howe Coffee (no longer in “the family”) | |
| Gatewood | Operator of local ChickFilA | |
| Hovis | Owner of Hovis Automotive Parts | |
| Keynote speakers | ||
| Lazarus | “Lessons Learned from a Career in Private Equity” | |
| Persechino | “Persuasion Manifestation:The Art of Persuading Creative Executives: Taglines” | |
| Thomas | “Growing your Business in Interesting Times” | |
| Breen | Open ended questions on any big business issues you want to explore | |
| T. May | “The Impact of LLM’s on Business” | |
| Trueman | Open ended questions on how morality changes impact business | |
| Van Campbell | Biblical perspectives on Honoring God while you build your business | |