SBE “Business as a Calling” Day

Tuesday, February 9th, 9:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.

Vision: SBE’s Business as a Calling day is envisioned as a gathering for students, faculty, and staff where they can ask questions, deepen friendships, and explore the spiritual and relational commitments necessary to nurturing an integrated life and calling to business; a life that brings personal meaning and well-being, as well as contributes to the transformation of culture and communities.
 

Keynote Speaker: Bill Pollard is a former Chairman and CEO of the ServiceMaster company. During his leadership of the company, ServiceMaster was recognized by Fortune magazine as the #1 service company among the Fortune 500 and also was included in its list of its most admired companies. In addition to his work at ServiceMaster, he has served as a Director of several other public companies and a number of charitable, religious, and educational organizations. Bill is a graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and received a Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law. He is the author of several well-known books. Bill also has been recognized by a number of educational and other organizations for his leadership in business ethics and corporate governance. A native of Chicago, Bill and his wife, Judy, have been married for over 50 years. They have four adult children and fifteen grandchildren.

Additional Information:

• All SBE classes that normally meet on Tuesdays before 3:00 are cancelled. Many professors may be requiring attendance at Business as a Calling events, or awarding extra credit. Check with your professor!
  
• Attendance is free (except for the breakfast session). Student attendance at the keynote talk and the breakout sessions will be tracked.
  
• Lunch is provided free of charge during the Alumni Panel.
  
• Locations and times for all sessions are provided here.  Also, watch for email, flyers, and posters.

Schedule for the Day

Details on Morning and Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

Morning Sessions, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

[ pending ]

Marketing as a Calling

with Dr. Regina Schlee

Dr. Schlee's guests will include:

• Heidi Henry, Senior Account Executive at Masterworks (their list of clients include World Vision, Focus on the Family, Campus Crusade for Christ, Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, and many others)
• Chris Madson, Account Supervisor at Merkle, Inc. (their list of clients include Dell, Home Depot, The Limited, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Salvation Army, American Heart Association, and many others) 
• Dan Voetmann, CEO, Destination Marketing (their list of clients include Penguin Windows, Acura of Bellevue, Lynnwood Honda, Sonobello, and many others)

Afternoon Sessions, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

[ pending ]

The Call to Entrepreneurship and Small Business

with Dr. Herb Kierulff

Is God calling you to be an entrepreneur? How do you know? Why would God do this? Aren't entrepreneurs second class citizens in the Kingdom of God -- ministers and missionaries being the first class citizens?

Come find out if you might be called to this challenge and what the ramifications are. You'll interact with session leaders Dan Price and Herb Kierulff. Dan Price started his business in his SPU dorm room just seven years ago and has built it into a multi-million dollar enterprise. Herb Kierulff cofounded the first large scale graduate Entrepreneurship program in the world at the University of Southern California and has studied with and has served as a consultant to entrepreneurs for more than 40 years.

 

Calling to a For-profit Business

with Dr. Al Erisman  

Sometimes Christian students may think that to serve God in business they must go to a non-profit or at least a social venture.  Working in a for-profit company is just a job.

 

But when you look at the transformation of the world that has happened through for-profit businesses, and the opportunity to build things that meet real needs in society, it is easy to get excited.  I personally spent 32 years at The Boeing Company and came to see my work as a part of my calling from God.   With me will be Paul Graves, an entrepreneur with a new company called See Seven.  After working for a number of for-profit companies, he has decided to start his own for-profit company, building into it a biblical foundation for his work in design and branding.  Explore with us how your job in a large or small for-profit company can be much more than a paycheck.

 

The Calling of Personal Mastery:

Pursue your passion, not your pension

with Dr. Jim Rand

Personal mastery fosters courage to take risks and accept new challenges to achieve goals. The type of venue i.e. big business, small business, nonprofit, health care, manufacturing, education, etc. matters not!

What matters is your purpose and subsequent passion. Without that information and resulting personal mastery life is blah and that on a good day. In this session we will provide the tools to begin to discover your purpose and start on the road to pursuing your passion, not your pension regardless of the venue you choose. It is through the paradigm of body, mind, heart, and spirit that you will find your voice and help others find theirs.