Industry expert, Manny Kostas, VP of HP’s Ink Jet and Web Solutions, shared his know-how with the EMBA class on managing geographically dispersed work teams.

April 2009

Manny Kostas teaches EMBA session

Execs hosted a poster session for city leaders to present ideas they developed as part of their competitive advantage course to “Make Boise more Creative and Competitive.”  A panel discussion followed with the class and Mark Rivers of Brix (BoDo developer); Alan Shealy, City of Boise; Phil Kushlan, CCDC and Karen Bubb, City of Boise.

March 2009

Executive MBA participants present their ideas to Mark Rivers

February modules included sessions on managing knowledge workers and creating competitive cities.  Complimenting the courses and to set the stage for  next month’s challenge of “Making Boise Better” Cheryl Larabee and Phil Kushlan of Capital City Dev. Corp. presented CCDC’s perspective of “Building Vitality in Downtown Boise “ to class members. 
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February 2009

Phil Kushlan and Cheryl Larabee represent the Boise CCDC

Trey McIntyre Project’s Exec Dir., John Michael Schert shared with execs of Nancy Napier’s Competitive Advantage course why the dance company chose to locate in Boise rather than other major cities in the US. Boise allows the dancers to have grassroots interaction and give something to the community while still being fiscally viable. 
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January 2009

Nancy Napier with TMP's John Michael Schert

This month Executive MBA participants had a special presentation on “The State of Treasure Valley Economics” by Dr. Don Holley, renowned Economist and Professor at Boise State University. In addition to exploring the current recession and its implications and impact on Idaho, Don gave his projection for the recovery.

December 2008

Don Holley speaks to the EMBA class