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Jan Kietzmann
From Textbook to Tablet
Dec 17, 2013
Ian McCarthy on the value of using social media in academia.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 social media research scores twice in ScienceDirect’s Top 25 Hottest Articles
Feb 19, 2013
The latest ScienceDirect ranking of business, management and accounting research sees Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business leading the field in social media research. The ranking lists the 25 Hottest Articles in business, management and accounting, and includes two research articles from Beedie School of Business faculty, both of which focus on the topic of social media. Ranked in the top three three in the list is the article, “Social Media? Get Serious! Understanding […]More...
Teaching and Learning Luncheon delivers best practices for business and management educators
Dec 21, 2012
A teaching forum hosted by the Beedie School of Business this past fall for faculty demonstrated once again why Beedie is recognized as one of Canada’s leading institutions not only in the realm of academic research but also for teaching and learning. Held on November 2, 2012, the second annual Teaching and Learning Luncheon offered the school’s faculty members an opportunity to come together in a supportive and collegial environment to engage in learning and […]More...
Beedie App brings software engineers, business professionals – and the World – closer together
Sep 26, 2012
In 2010’s hit film The Social Network, a young Mark Zuckerberg knows he has just launched something special when – out of the blue – a fellow Harvard student asks him to “Facebook me.” Simon Fraser University’s Justin Lee, a fourth-year accounting student in the Beedie School of Business who helped develop the pioneering new Beedie iPhone app, hasn’t quite experienced his Zuckerberg moment – at least not yet. “People have messaged me and said, […]More...
Bridging the Digital Divide
Jun 21, 2012
Beedie App Brings Software Engineers, Business Professionals – and the World – Closer Together. In 2010’s hit film The Social Network, a young Mark Zuckerberg knows he has just launched something special when – out of the blue – a fellow Harvard student asks him to “Facebook me.” Simon Fraser University’s Justin Lee, a fourth-year accounting student in the Beedie School of Business who helped develop the pioneering new Beedie iPhone app, hasn’t quite experienced […]More...
Beedie School of Business maintains top Klout score
Jun 7, 2012
For the second year in a row, SFU’s Beedie School of Business is enjoying some serious Klout on social media. Tweeting since early 2010, Simon Fraser University’s business school (@SFUBeedie) has been rated as the most influential Canadian business school by a prominent social media metric known as Klout. The metric website measures influence by using data from selected media channels, such as Twitter followers and unique mentions and Facebook comments and likes. With a Klout […]More...
Jan Kietzmann on Designing SFU Mobile
Apr 30, 2012
"SFU Mobile will emphasize the skills students have learned in their respective disciplines, demanding that they coordinate their talents with other specialists in service of a larger goal"More...
Students engage community with social media
Apr 5, 2012
A course that was launched less than a year ago at SFU’s Beedie School of Business has provided students with unprecedented focus on analyzing and optimizing the value of social media for organizations and businesses. Through community-building projects, undergrad students applied the social media lessons of the course to new and established not-for-profits and social agencies on a wide range of issues, from life-saving transplants to disability in sport. The course, Social Media & Business, was taught at SFU's Surrey campus by assistant professor Jan Kietzmann and instructor Ashish Gurung. Students used Facebook and the Twitter hashtag #BUS450 to engage with each other and their teachers, and to collaborate on assigned projects and readings. Throughout the semester, Kietmann and Gurung invited industry thoughts leaders, entrepreneurs and businesses to share their insights and expertise in social media.More...
Beedie looks back at extraordinary year in Surrey
Dec 19, 2011
It has been an extraordinary year for the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University – and the accomplishments of the school at SFU Surrey have helped to drive that success. As 2011 draws to a close, Beedie is celebrating such student accomplishments as SFU Student of the Year, the Surrey Green City Award, and selection to one of Canada's most prestigious leadership programs for entrepreneurs.More...