Welcome to MIS 5287-701, Business Skills for the ITACS Professional
Hello, and welcome to Business Skills for the ITACS Professionals. I’m excited to be instructing this online course and look forward to meeting all of you on Saturday, September 8, 2018, on Temple’s WebEx site, at 9:00 AM. You should receive an invitation a few days before the session.
Be sure to check often into our class site at:
http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis5287sec701fall2020/
HERE ARE A FEW IMPORTANT ITEMS:
- All online classes will start promptly at 9:00 AM and will end at 11:30 AM. Plan to stay engaged for the entire 2.5 hours. We will meet on 8 Saturdays. Here are the scheduled class dates.
September 8, 15, 22
October 6, 13, 20
November 3, 10 - Our required text for this course is Barone and Tellis, Your Voice Is Your Business (Plural Publishing) 2016. This book is available from Amazon at a discount. The electronic version is acceptable.
- Check out the syllabus on our class site and attached to this email. Actually, you should read it carefully. It contains important information on course content, grading policy, and other matters relevant to class.
- Assignments to be done prior to September 8 are posted here. Be sure to have them completed. Read these items:
Read Your Voice Is Your Business, Chapter 1
Update and have available your professional resume. We will be covering resume writing in class
Viewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-B6OHpEcuA
Using tips number 1 and 2, write a brief “branding profile” as Prof. Austin defines it in the video in 4b directly above.
I’ll continue to email you announcements and post them under the “Announcements” tab on the class site to keep you informed. Thank you.
Professor Lonnie Barone
Posted by: Orlando Barone
Posted to: BUSINESS SKILLS FOR ITACS PROFESSIONALS, SECTIONS 701, FALL 2018