How to Grow the Bottom Line in a Down Economy March 25, 5-6 pm free

How to Grow the Bottom Line
in a Down Economy
Turnaround Techniques with Dr. Don Bibeault, author of the bestselling book Corporate Turnaround: How Managers Turn Losers into Winners

Thursday, March 25, 5-6 pm
(Admission is free)
Golden Gate University
536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Auditorium 2202


The economy is down but your company’s results needn’t be. Get ideas on positioning your company from one of America’s premier turnaround leaders.
Dr. Don Bibeault, author of the bestselling book Corporate Turnaround: How Managers Turn Losers into Winners, will show how your company can emerge as an even stronger competitor as the economy heals.

For more information, contact Janice Carter,
jcarter@ggu.edu 415 442-7248

Green Printing - Really!

After some delays due to set-up issues, GGU's Green Printing "pay-for-print" is now live.

Green Print Information

• Cost is $0.12 per page.
• All public printers in the University Library operate by using a copy card. Cards may be purchased from the card dispenser located in the Mission Street room next to the copy machine.
• You will need to use a one dollar bill for the first copy card purchase. After you receive your card, you may add additional money to your card if you wish. Please do not insert more than one dollar bill for initial card.
• If you already have a card, insert the card in the card dispenser and add whatever amount you wish to add into bill acceptor.
• For problems with printers and refunds, see the circulation desk staff.
• Faculty & Staff should contact their departments for a copy card; library staff do not have the ability to give faculty/staff free printing or photocopies.
  

Step-By-Step Instructions

At the Computer:

1. When you are ready to print a document, click File and select Print.
2. Select desired print options and click OK.
3. At the Name prompt field, please type your full name and Click NEXT.
4. Go to the Print Release Station nearest to your computer.

At the Print Release Station:

1. Insert your Copy Card into the card reader for print job list.
2. Type in the name you entered for your print job.
3. Notice the number of pages and cost for your print job.
4. Click Print or Delete.
5. Remove your Copy Card completely from the reader after you are done.

International Industry Information

Larry notified us that Information Advisor made its article on locating International industry information, published last month, freely available via

http://informationadvisor.com/InternationalRoundup.pdf

According to Bob Berkman, editor of The Information Advisor, the article is

"a round up of some of the best sources (market research and industry
databases, international agencies like UN, OECD, World Bank, associations,
etc.); and search strategies for zeroing in on official and reputable
information on industries around the globe."

Note that the GGU University Library provides GGU students and faculty with access to the major stand alone databases the article recommends: 1) Mergent Online, 2) S&P Net Advantage, and 3) OneSource, as well as to some of the databases the article's author accesses via Dialog, ABI Inform and the Economist.

A number of the organizational links the author provides are also included in the GGU University Library Country Information LibGuide, available via http://ggu.libguides.com/country

Balancing work and school number one reason students leave college, according to Public Agenda survey

"The number one reason students give for leaving school
is the fact that they had to work and go to school at the
same time and, despite their best efforts, the stress of
trying to do both eventually took its toll. ..." according to a survey by Public Agenda, http://www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/theirwholelivesaheadofthem.pdf funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
p 5

"So what would help?"
Most "point first to options that would give them more
flexibility in schedules and help them mitigate the challenge of working
and going to school at the same time. Eight in 10 of those who did not
complete college supported two proposals that they believe would make
college graduation feasible: 1) making it possible for part-time students to
be eligible for more financial aid (81 percent said this would help 'a lot');
and 2) offering more courses in the evening and on weekends so that they
could continue working while taking classes (78 percent said this would
help 'a lot')." p. 18

We were alerted to the study by an entry in an Academic Impressions e-mail which linked to a Washington Post article,
"Majority of College Dropouts Cite Financial Struggles as Main Cause," by Jenna Johnson, Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 9, 2009; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120903045.html

Intersecting Social Justice and Public Policy for a Better Understanding of Who Lives in America

Please join us for an exciting, free presentation on Intersecting Social Justice and Public Policy for a Better Understanding of Who Lives in America


Friday, October 23, 2009
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Golden Gate University
536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Room 5203

Dr. Johnson’s research centers on social justice and equity within the fields of higher education, human resource management, leadership and public affairs. He seeks to give “voice” to populations traditionally underrepresented such as people of color, LGBT individuals, women and immigrants.

Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III has edited and contribued to the following books:

• Resilience: Queer Professors from the Working Class (with Ken Oldfield,
SUNY, 2008);
• A Twenty-First Century Approach to Teaching Social Justice: Education for both Advocacy and Action (Peter Lang, 2009) and
• The Queer Community: Continuing the Struggle for Social Justice (Birkdale, 2009).

Dr. Johnson graduated from Golden Gate University with a Doctorate in Public Policy and Administration in 1995 and is currently an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Leadership and Policy Studies Masters and Doctoral Programs at the University of Vermont.

Please spread the word to others who may be interested.


For more information contact: Janice Carter, jcarter@ggu.edu
Director, GGU University Library

Future of U.S. Hispanic Marketing, Oct 15, 5-6 pm, 536 Mission Street, SF. Room 5207

The Future of U.S. Hispanic Marketing

Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Golden Gate University
536 Mission Street, S.F., Room 5207

Hispanic marketing expert Jake Beniflah will discuss his
recent dissertation research and address:

• How companies can conceptualize the Hispanic population differently to address the changing demography.

• How to explore and understand the cultural nuances within the Hispanic market to better develop business strategies.

• The effects of acculturation on the cognitive structure.

Jake Beniflah is a student in GGU’s Doctor of Business Administration program. He has more than 17-years of marketing and advertising experience in the U.S. Hispanic market and is one of the few business practitioners in this country with a doctoral-level background in this area. In 2005, Beniflah started Integrados, a strategic brand consulting and marketing communications firm in San Francisco that specializes in the U.S. Hispanic segment. Beniflah’s clientele includes numerous Fortune 500 clients, such as Procter & Gamble, AT&T, Visa U.S.A., Volkswagen, Bank of America, Sprint PCS, and Chevron. He is also a contributing editor for HispanicBusiness, the only C-level publication for the U.S. Hispanic population.

For more information contact: Janice Carter, Director, GGU University Library, jcarter@ggu.edu

Sherlock Holmes of Research Shares Tips on How to Unearth "Hidden" Nuggets of Information

How to Find It: Strategies to Unearth “Hidden” Nuggets of Information


Thursday, October 8, 2009
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Golden Gate University
536 Mission Street, S.F., Room 3323

Tons of information is available via Google and online databases. But what if you cannot find the information you need in easily accessible sources?

Investigative research expert Amy Stabler will show you how to:

• Identify government agencies, organizations or individuals that may have the information
• Make successful “cold calls”
• Search old telephone books, city directories, trade journals, and newspapers
• Use the “Wayback Machine” for old websites
• Find historical information on companies that no longer exist

Amy Stabler is a modern day Sherlock Holmes. For more than 15 years, she has tracked down “hidden” information on behalf of plaintiffs in asbestos and other types of lawsuits. Stabler is currently completing a Masters degree in Library & Information Science at San Jose State University and has worked as an Intern at the Golden Gate University Library.


For more information contact:
Wendy Giblin at (415) 977-2220 / gwendolynrose@yahoo.com