Lately I’ve noticed several different University of Regina billboards around Regina. Now if you immediately jump to “but Jeph you saw them and remembered them. Isn’t that a great billboard?!?” Hardly. Not all exposure is good exposure. Do you think BP’s oil spill was “good” exposure for the company?
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The University of Regina iPhone App
I don’t think most companies and organizations in Saskatchewan need an app. We’re still pretty far behind the technology curve. So if you think developing an app as your next strategic move, I’d look into it a little deeper. One organization that does have an app is the U of S, so obviously we need to ask the question; why doesn’t the University of Regina have one?
Before you go developing god knows what kind of app for your company make sure you ask the difficult questions along the way.
Why do we need an app? What incentive is there to downloading our app? Will an app make it easier for people to _________(fill in the blank) at the University of Regina? Is it just our website in a different format? Who is responsible for updating it? Is our app worth talking about?
7 Lessons Learned Working with the University of Regina Students’ Union
1. Just because something is right, legal, or completely logical doesn’t make it true. During the project one of our goals was to stay out of a legal battle, this meant abiding by their rules, even if we knew they were in violation of some of our basic rights. Sometimes it is best to swallow your pride for the greater good.
2. I believe anyone can work a ridiculous amount of hours in a week without getting burnt out, the key is to work on something* you are very passionate about. *(It is much easier to be passionate about something you believe in, not something you were told to believe in)
3. Being a part of a large project that is actually helping people is one of the most exhilarating experiences in the World.
4. I got more frustrated than I had ever been in my life and learned that I had more self control than I thought. When you step out of your comfort zone you learn much about yourself.
5. You are only as strong as your team. The four individuals on the URSU executive are some of the brightest students at the University and will be Continue Reading
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), a National Embarrassment
I just finished working with the University of Regina Students’ Union. They were holding a referendum on continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Students, I was the chair of the ‘No Campaign’.
Here are the facts that I used to back up my campaign:
Nine separate legal proceedings plus a pile of other legal filings, the CFS vs. other Student Unions from across Canada.
13 Schools from across Canada circulated petitions in 2009 to de-federate from the CFS
The CFS loses a court appeal and the University of Saskatchewan membership
The Post Graduate Students’ Society at McGill University vote to leave the CFS.
Unions Across the Country are Trying to Escape the CFS
“If students at schools still affiliated with the CFS didn’t yet have a reason to leave the organization, they do now.”
CBC News coverage on the CFS
More News Coverage
Sounds too ridiculous to be true right? Because the process to de-federate is so long and difficult, the CFS has plenty of time to prepare for these referendums. Like clock work during our campaign against the CFS they flew in at least fifteen additional people who were pro-CFS from all across Canada.
In addition to them Continue Reading
Something is Awry at the Hill School
Your website is the story you want to tell the world. Do you have a purpose for each page on your site? Do you know who your intended audience is? What are you trying to convince them of when they visit your site? If you can’t answer these questions it becomes blatantly obvious when we view your site.
For the past five years the Paul J. Hill School of Business at the University of Regina has entered the JDC West competition. JDC West is the largest student run academic case competition in Western Canada which includes prestigious schools such as the University of Alberta, Asper School of Business, and Sauder School of Business. The complete list can be found here.
The Paul J. Hill School for the past three years have finished in second place. This is no small feat by any means and it truly shows the quality of students that the school is producing. For reasons beyond my comprehension you can’t find a link on the School’s website to this competition. Not just a second place finish, they also raised $21,390.12 for charity and the faculty is more concerned with course offerings? Something is awry. If I want to find out about Continue Reading
University of the Future
In University I took Business, when I began six years ago there were mandatory courses and there are still mandatory courses. My problem isn’t with having classes mandatory but the fact that the courses I had to take six years ago are still the same courses new students have to take today. Recently I discovered that the Business faculty does a curriculum review every five years, in a World where information changes daily you’d think the institution that is responsible for our “brilliant” business minds would adapt. They don’t.
Instead of complaining about how I think the University should be ran, lets start small and brain storm the first five classes any student should have to take. As of now, in your first year of almost any degree you must take psychology, a math, english, a social science and computer science (give or take a class or two this is what first years are forced to take). What if those were changed to a different five? A better, more relevant five?
We go to University to get jobs in the real World, shouldn’t the real World have a say in what we learn? How about we vote on it, alumni Continue Reading
