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Kathleen Burke awakens students through classroom engagement
Feb 1, 2016
Beedie School of Business senior lecturer Kathleen Burke’s first teaching position was an awakening – both figuratively and literally.More...
Businesses can benefit by using “gamification” techniques: study
Jul 21, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that businesses could benefit from unprecedented levels of consumer and employee engagement by turning traditional processes into game-like experiences.More...
Ian McCarthy ranked among Top 50 Professors on Twitter
Aug 26, 2014
Ian McCarthy, associate dean of graduate programs at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, has for the second year in a row been included on a prestigious list of the top 50 professors using Twitter.More...
Student project helps land Juno nomination
Mar 16, 2014
Beedie School of Business teachers have a reputation for innovative class assignments with an emphasis on experiential learning. One such group project in the Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership has resulted in an outcome that will be familiar to those with an interest in music – a Juno Awards nomination.More...
From Textbook to Tablet
Dec 17, 2013
Ian McCarthy on the value of using social media in academia.More...
Ian McCarthy named a Top Professor on Twitter in leadership, innovation and strategy
Aug 12, 2013
Ian McCarthy, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology & Operations Management at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, has been named to a prestigious list of the Top 50 Professors on Twitter, ranking him as one of the most influential academics using social media in the fields of leadership, innovation and strategy. The LDRLB list recognizes those professors who consistently build upon their body of knowledge and further the goal of evidence-based leadership through the use […]More...
Innovation into action
May 17, 2013
Beedie’s Executive Education serves up leading-edge programming for professionals Innovation is at the heart of Executive Education offerings from SFU’s Beedie School of Business – making a pivotal link between academia and the professional world. The Executive Education team at Beedie collaborates with organizations and leaders seeking powerful ideas and innovative approaches for driving their industries forward – designing everything from short courses and workshops to industry dialogues and corporate MBAs. A recent example: Earlier […]More...
Beedie graduate in running for Best Job in the World
May 7, 2013
Beedie School of Business alumna Salina Siu has been given an opportunity all graduates seek – the chance to land her dream job. Siu is one of 150 people selected from over 600,000 applicants to advance to the second round of Tourism Australia’s The Best Jobs in the World competition. With six positions available, Siu is the only Canadian to make the 25-person shortlist for the Chief Funster position. The Chief Funster position is based […]More...
Students weave web to promote community engagement
Mar 24, 2013
A group of Beedie School of Business MBA students weaved a web of yarn in a guerilla marketing campaign to raise awareness for isolated seniors and older adults who live alone and find themselves disconnected from the community. The web was part of a wider project that required the students to design a social media strategy for a local nonprofit organization as part of their marketing and management information systems classes. The group, consisting of […]More...
SFU students design social media plan to help isolated Marpole seniors
Mar 8, 2013
The following article was published by The Vancouver Courier by Stanley Tromp, contributing writer. A group of business students has created a social media plan to reduce the isolation of seniors living alone in Marpole. Last week, the students designed a “web” of coloured yarn in front of Marpole library on Granville Street near 70th Avenue, to symbolize both physical community connections and the Internet’s interconnected web. Passersby wrote their names on papers hung onto […]More...