"If a graduate degree makes sense generally for your career, this period of unemployment could be seen as a window of opportunity," said Jeffrey A. Heath, a managing director of the Landstone Group in Manhattan, an affiliate of the recruitment firm MRINetwork.
Simon Sinek on MSNBC’s Your Business: Tips on Product Pitching
MSNBC, Mar 30, 2008
Strategic Communications instructor Simon Sinek, CEO and founder of SinekPartners, gives tips on product pitching on Your Business’s “Elevator Pitch” segment on MSNBC.
Simon Sinek on MSNBC’s Your Business: Business Questions Answered
MSNBC, Mar 30, 2008
Strategic Communications instructor Simon Sinek, CEO and founder of SinekPartners, answers business questions from viewers on Your Business on MSNBC. Watch the MSNBC segment online.
Simon Sinek is CEO and founder of SinekPartners, Corporate Refocusing. A visionary thinker, Sinek is helping companies establish stronger emotional connections with their customers.
Master’s Degrees Abound: Expanding Programs as More People Seek Higher Credentials
New York Times, Sep 12, 2007
There is a huge demand for credentials in high-level jobs now. "Each of my degrees helped me to get a leg up in the job market, and earn higher salaries than I would have otherwise. They were great investments."
New Yorker of the Week: Local Businessmen Help Raise Money For Local Charities
NY1 News, May 18, 2007
Alex Price (a student in Columbia University's Strategic Communications program) and Mathew Farkash look like other young businessmen, but go beyond the blazers and ties, and you will see they are on a mission to do something good. Price and Farkash are the founders of "New York City Ties," an
organization of young professionals who raise money and volunteer for various not-for-profit organizations.
The Lost Art of Conversation: What to Do When Execs Become Message
Bulldog Reporter’s Daily Dog, Apr 10, 2007
Journalists tell me that they always know when someone they've interviewed has been media trained. They're "robotic." "Talking from a script." "Overly- policed." "Dull." "Less real," says Jane Praeger, Instructor, Columbia University School of Continuing Education Strategic Communications M.S. Program.
The March 4, 2007, issue of Crain's New York Business notes that more and more seasoned executives are sharing the hallowed halls of the city's universities with traditional academics. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it seems that those who can do, can also teach.
