Next SIFE Meeting:

BRB Meeting 3pm-4pm,
SIFE General 4pm-5pm, Sunday, February 14th,
In Sverdrup 117

Next SIFE Officer Meeting:

Wednesday, February 10th,
12pm-1pm
In Emerson Library 315

For more information, contact:
Mario Santander

EVENT INVITATION

"The Power of the Handshake"

At: Woody's Men's Store, 10411 Clayton Road #104, Frontenac, MO 63131.

On: Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Time: 5:30-6:00pm

Presenter: Vivek Nagrani, Designer & Owner of The Ovadafut Hosiery Company

CURRENT PROJECTS

INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE: UNITED STATES VS. LATIN AMERICA

At: UC Presentation Room

On: Thursday: 10/ 29/ 2009

Time: 4:15~5:15

Join us in our first event from our International Etiquette series to navigate the world of etiquette between the United States and Latin American societies. How should you greet Latin Americans? What is okay and what is not okay to do? What does a certain hand gesture mean in Latin American culture? Learn all this and more at this event. Also, food will be provided.

WHAT IS SIFE?

We are a mechanism to enhance one's own career path in their current field of study.

Webster University's SIFE is a part of a global non-profit organization. It is comprised of students
who work as a team in order to mold and fashion the potentiality of each individual
by using various strategies and principles of free enterprise.

Thru SIFE, you can experience:

  • How to gain an edge in the job market
  • Career preparation
  • Professional development
  • Mentorship by CEO/Execs
  • Invitation to Speaker series

    • There are seven criteria that SIFE enthusiastically practice to spread this gained knowledge with the entire community:

    • Success Skills
    • Market Economics
    • Entrepreneurship (Education, Consulting)
    • Financial Literacy/ Financial Management
    • Business ethics
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Sustainability (how do we recruit, get media attention, how are we organized, how do we get support from the dean and the institution we are affiliated with, how do we get funding, credit/no-credit, how do we tie into our advisory board)

    In its seventh year, Webster SIFE has grown to accomplish many worldwide projects. Here are some examples:

    • CREDIFE
      To provide below-market interest loans to rural workers and low-income families to start their own business in Quito, Ecuador (South America).
      1. Partnered with National Chamber of Micro Enterprises
      2. Two day seminars and 8 professional speakers
      3. Three ecuadorian Newspapers published the story
    • Adventures in entrepreneurship / co-sponsorship St. Louis Public School System
      To educate eighth-grade students about the marketing, entrepreneurship, ethical and financial skills needed in running any type of business. Students developed: Missions Statements, Budget, Marketing campaign , logo and slogan, and dealt with ethical dilemmas. Also, students had the opportunity to visited a small business company.
    • Seminars
      The seminars were targeted not only to out Webster friends but to our community in general.
      • "Leadership ought to be easy" local civic leader Jerry Daniels and our co-sponsorship of David Kemper, Chairman of Commerce Bank, spoke with our Webster friends and emphasized the importance of having an excellent customer relationship and the importance of leadership skills needed to successfully compete.
      • "Anheuser Bush: Behind Super Bowl Commercials" The Super Bowl seminar discussed the marketing techniques and strategies Anheuser Busch uses in order to stay competitive in the beverage industry. For example, Busch has been emphasizing its advertisements of Michelob Ultra towards women in order to expand their target audience to be more favorable towards females. † Moreover, Tim Murphy discussed the social responsibility involved in deciding the Super Bowl commercials and broke through a lot of pre-conceived notions about the beer industry. Students had a great time watching the yet-to-be aired Super Bowl commercials while learning about the secrets of the marketing industry.
        i.e. critical thinking, management strategies, strategic planning, and leadership qualities).