Chair's Corner
Welcome to the second edition of Get Connected for 2014.
In recent weeks you may have been contacted about the Griffith Business School's Transforming
Business Appeal. With the completion of the new business building at the Gold Coast campus, this appeal
is raising funds to assist students through the Alumni Future Generations Scholarship, and to help create
world-class learning environments. This month I made a donation to the appeal, and I encourage you to
do the same.
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more of the Chair's Corner
Profile
| Fabienne Wintle
Adventurous expert digital marketer and business entrepreneur
Fabienne graduated from Griffith in 2003 with Master of International Tourism
and Hospitality Management.
Fabienne’s passion for travel and digital marketing led her
to set up her own digital tourism consultancy in 2007. Since then she has helped over 3,300 Australian
tourism businesses obtain the tools and knowledge required to succeed in the digital space.
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New to Get Connected: Our alumni share Top
Tips from their field of expertise
Fabienne's Top Tips for using smart technology to boost business productivity
These 3 tips have allowed me to keep my sanity and have given me and my staff
an extra four hours of productivity each week.
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Business
tax receipts
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File storage
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WordPress as
a content management system
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more about Fabie's top tips
Be part of the story
We are always interested in hearing from you
about what you are doing, and where you are in the world. So if you want to share your story with your
fellow alumni, please email gbs-alumni@griffith.edu.au
News from the Griffith Business School
Looking
inside the new Griffith Business School building
The new GBS building at the Gold Coast is starting to come alive as the first
staff move to their new offices. More staff will follow in the coming weeks and months, with undergraduate
and postgraduate business students joining them in the state-of-the-art teaching and learning facility
from Semester 2.
With the final works finishing on Level 1 over the next few weeks, including
the fit-out of the café, the building is scheduled to be officially opened in July 2014.
Read more about
the new GBS building and the Transforming Business Appeal.
GBS postgraduate student named Brisbane Ambassador
Congratulations to Master of International Business student Ka Po Lee who has been announced as one
of the Brisbane International Student Ambassadors for 2014.
Ka Po, who is from Hong Kong, joins
35 other enthusiastic new advocates from 34 countries. As a Brisbane Ambassador Ka Po will use social
media to spread the word on why Brisbane is increasingly the city of choice for international students.
Read more
about Ko Pa
Minister launches tourism research institute
Griffith University will lead and shape the Australian tourism landscape into the future through “
vital” research conducted under the banner of its all-new Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT).
Unveiled on Thursday 27 March at Griffith’s Gold Coast campus by Queensland Tourism and
Major Events Minister Jann Stuckey, GIFT will have relevance and outcomes effective at both academic and
industry levels.
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more about GIFT
Griffith @ the Asia Pacific Finals of the CFA Research Challenge
Pictured is the Griffith team, comprised of GBS students John Fan (team captain), Andrew L’
Estrelle, Euan Orsini and Jason Rayment, who recently returned from the Asia Pacific and Global Finals
of the CFA Research Challenge 2013-2014.
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more about the CFA
Research Challenge 2013-2014
Griffith Business School Alumni Network Events
Big Data: Big Ideas, Big data for business productivity
Breakfast
and Networking event
Date: Friday 16 May 2014
Time:
7.00 am - 9.00 am
Venue: Southport SharksEvent Centre
Fees:
$40 alumni, staff and students | $45 general admission
Big Data refers to the large amounts
of data collected every day from a range of human activities. Analysed correctly this data is invaluable
to businesses, communities, governments and individuals.
Learn
more about Big Data and register for this event
New
Griffith Business School building preview event
Date:
Thursday 22 May 2014
Time: 6.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: Griffith
Business School building (G42), Gold Coast campus
GBS alumni and friends are invited to return
to campus for an exclusive preview of the new Griffith Business School building at the Gold Coast campus.
Tour the building and see first-hand the state-of-the-art features incorporated into this amazing
learning facility.
Read
more about the exclusive building preview event and register
Corruption, Integrity Systems and the G20
Date: Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 June 2014
Venue:
Brisbane
Griffith University, in partnership with Transparency International, is pleased to
host a half-day public conference and dinner, on the vital role of anti-corruption leadership by the G20
group of nations, and a workshop on assessment of 'integrity systems' around the world.
Read
more about Corruption,
Integrity Systems and the G20 and register
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Date Claimers
Breakfast and Networking Series
Big Data for business
productivity
With Tim Timchur, ACTIVPRO Consulting
Date: Friday 16 May 2014
Time: 7.00 am - 9.00 am
Venue: Southport Sharks, Gold Coast
Fees: $40 alumni, staff and students
| $45 general admission
Register for Big
Data
Networking and Cocktail Events
Griffith
Business School African alumni event
Date: Wednesday 21 May 2014
Time: 6.00 pm -
8.30 pm
Venue: Level 7, Webb Centre (S02), Griffith University South Bank campus
Register
for African alumni event
New Griffith Business School building preview event
Date: Thursday 22 May 2014
Time: 6.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: GBS building (G42), Parklands Drive,
Southport QLD
Attire: Business
Regsiter
for preview event
Griffith Business School Chinese alumni event
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2014
Time: 6.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: Level 7, Webb Centre (S02), Griffith
University South Bank campus
Register
for Chinese alumni event
Take advantage of the fantastic discounts offered exclusively to Griffith Alumni from our partners
at:
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7D Cinema
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Di Bella Coffee
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Dejan SEO
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Exceptional Training
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Gold Coast SUNS Football Club
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Home Realty Group
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MRC Clinics
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Palazzo Versace Hotel
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Physiotherapy Links
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Thrifty Car Rentals
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Vision Direct
Visit Alumni
Benefits and Discounts for more information
Would you like to contribute to our next newsletter, perhaps share your story and feature
in our 'Spotlight on Alumni' section?
Email:
gbs-alumni@griffith.edu.au
Phone:
+61 7 3735 7648
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