Looking for an opportunity to volunteer while networking or giving back. Look no further! Because we need a few good entrepreneurs to make our upcoming fall events rock!

At ITS 2011, one volunteer shift gets free admission to the August 31st event. Or help with planning for Tampa area’s first Gasparilla Interactive Event focusing on business innovation, design, and programming. And let’s not forget our economic growth focus-group, sharing insights with our area county officials on how best to attract young professionals and new businesses to the area.

So, interested? Then let is know! Just send an quick email of your interest to alumni@bnfe.org, and we will hook you up with the right contact.

A Research!America Research Partners Forum

Let Me Be Clear: Science Journalism
in the Age of the Genome and Twitter

Embassy Suites-Tampa USF, 3705 Spectrum Blvd., Tampa, FL

October 27, 2011

12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Florida is home to an increasing array of leading health and research institutions as well as some of the nation’s most respected media outlets. The state is thus in a unique position to shape the future of science journalism and health communications and their impact on public policy.

Research!America, with the University of South Florida and Pfizer, presents a Research Partners Forum: Let Me Be Clear: Science Journalism in the Age of the Genome and Twitter. Results from a new Florida poll will provide a springboard for an interactive conversation about media, health research, science and public understanding of these issues in a time of increasing complexity in all of these areas. Two high-level panel discussions, each followed by Q&A, will address these important issues. Leaders in science, health communications, journalism and social media will explore ways journalists and scientists can work together to communicate research news in today’s fast-changing environment.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Jay Dean, PhD, professor of molecular pharmacology and physiology, USF Health
• Elie Dolgin, PhD, news editor, Nature Medicine
• Eric Eisenberg, PhD, dean, University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences
• Steven Klasko, MD, MBA, dean, University of South Florida College of Medicine
• Sheril Kirshenbaum, science writer and research associate, University of Texas Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy
• Karen Liller, PhD, dean, University of South Florida Graduate School; associate vice president for Research & Innovation, University of South Florida
• Alice Park, senior reporter, TIME Magazine
• Fred Pearce, PhD, director, University of South Florida School of Mass Communications
• David Sampson, director, medical & scientific communications, American Cancer Society
• Charlotte Sutton, health editor, St. Petersburg Times
• Jack Watters, MD, vice president for External Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc
• Ralph Wilcox, PhD, provost and executive vice president, University of South Florida
• Mary Woolley, president and CEO, Research!America

Welcome back BNFE members and Alumni!

3 P’s of Business Workshop: Planning – Positioning – Presenting

Please RSVP: (813) 974-7900
or email us at
entrepreneurship@usf.edu or bsn-cedesk@usf.edu

Four New Business E-Resources Available

Four significant online resources with a Business focus have recently been added to the online collection of the USF Libraries. For each title, access is now online only. Funding for these resources comes in part from USF Sarasota-Manatee.

The International Directory of Company Histories provides detailed information on the development of any of the world’s 4,550 largest and most influential companies.

Entries provide information on founders, expansions and losses, labor/management actions, NAIC codes, key dates, ticker symbol, principal subsidiaries, principal divisions, principal operating units, principle competitors and other significant milestones – complete with statistics, dates and names of key players. Vols. 1-6 are organized alphabetically by major industries; Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes are arranged alphabetically by company name within each volume. Each volume includes a cumulative index to companies and personal names. Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes include a cumulative index to industries. Starting with Volume 37 a geographical index to companies sorted by country of head office. USF purchased the online volumes from v.1- v.58 and then v. 105 to the present.

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Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies

This resource provides current company and industry profiles for over 100,000 U.S. companies, 90 percent of which are private. The database can be searched by company name, ticker symbol, zip code, city or state, SIC or NAICS codes, assets, employee count, officers, and other variables. Results can be sorted by financial data, geography, employees, etc. Ward’s Business Directory is part of the Gale Directory Library. It may be searched as a single source or in a cross-search with other directories.

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Market Share Reporter

Part of Gale’s Directory Library collection, the publication provides comparative business statistics (arranged by 4-digit SIC code) for companies, products and services. With over 3,600 individual entries, queries can be built using descriptors such as: NAICS code, subject heading, and title. All entries also include source information.

Search results can be displayed by title, publication date, and geography. Saved searches can be downloaded in HTML format.

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SRDS Online provides access to electronic versions of the following SRDS print publications:

Business Media Advertising: Provides comprehensive, multi-platform planning information on domestic and healthcare trade media. Media are classified into more than 190 markets, with more than 30,000 updates every year.

Consumer Media Advertising Source: Provides complete planning information on U.S. and international consumer magazines. This database contains standardized ad rates, dates, contact information, and links to online media kits, Web sites, and audit statements that provide additional facts on readership information and positioning.

Direct Marketing List Source: This source provides an index and search fuctions that focus on e-mail lists. Using DMLS, researchers can locate consumer and business-to-business e-mail lists in 212 market classifications. Information covered includes complete list rental information, sources, selects, costs and other information useful for direct marketing campaigns.

Newspaper Advertising Source: Provides complete planning information on daily ethnic, college, and international newspapers and newspaper-distributed magazines and newspaper groups. This database contains standardized ad rates, dates, contact information, and links to online media kits and Web sites that provide additional facts on readership information and positioning.

Radio Advertising Source: Provides complete planning information on AM/FM commercial radio stations in the U.S. This database contains format detail, demographics, and contact information.

TV & Cable Source: Provides information on broadcast, cable, syndicated, and alternative television advertising opportunities in the U.S. Over 3,400 listings identify commercial and noncommercial stations, broadcast networks, multiple station owners, cable systems, interconnects, cable networks, MSOs, syndicators, and sales reps. A separate section covers Latin American ad outlets.

Local Market Audience has a market profile section that characterizes demographic and lifestyle proclivities of Designated Market Areas (DMA) and counties; a lifestyle analyst section that cross tabulates interests and behaviors, ranking them within DMAs; and demographic reports that illuminate interests and behaviors with reference to age, income, marital status and life stages.

For access to these databases and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu. Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.

2012 Spring Orientation for the master’s program will be held Saturday morning, Febuary 2nd, 2012.  Please see posted flier for more information.

At Internet Technology Summit 2011, Internet leaders from across the country will converge to discuss emerging trends, innovations and opportunities created by internet technologies. Hear from top internet experts and thought leaders on topics such as Mobile, Social Media, Cloud Computing, Gaming, Applications, TV 2.0, Analytics, E-Commerce, Search, Geolocation, Internet Security, Advertising and more.

Join over 1,000 technology executives, internet marketers, business strategists, entrepreneurs, developers, media and venture investors for the 3rd annual Internet Technology Summit, hosted on August 31, 2011 in Tampa, Florida.

http://www.internettechnologysummit.com/speakers.html

Brought to you by:

USF ranked 9^th among universities and 269^th among the 300 top patenting organizations in 2010, according to the count compiled by the IPO. Last year, USF researchers and students were granted 83 patents. Thirteen American universities and university systems and one university in China comprised the collection of leading higher education innovators.

 http://www.ipo.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Top_300_Patent_Owners&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=29856

USF has grown to be a strong research University with an important economic impact on the Tampa Bay Region and Florida. The underlying component of USF that drives its research initiatives is the talent of faculty, staff and students. In every corner of the University great scientists, scholars and educators are teaching the next generation of students how to be competent researchers.

Membership:

The ACADEMY is open to all members of the USF community including alumni and affiliates who have received an issued patent from the USPTO. An annual meeting and recognition ceremony will be held during the academic year and a list of members will be published, in order to enhance networking, recognition, and the opportunity to share your experiences. The Academy will also participate during USF Research Week.

The purpose of the ACADEMY is:

1. To recognize publicly a cadre of investigators who are also inventors.
2. To enhance visibility of University technology development, promote entrepreneurship and be advocates for USF innovation in the Tampa Bay Community.
3. To be a resource for the Tampa Bay community to facilitate greater industry research contracts and interactions with companies and organizations in order to increase economic impact.
4. To increase awareness of intellectual property at USF by mentoring, fostering and encouraging other faculty, staff and students to develop their intellectual property and inventions.
5. To help shape society by being in a position to understand the translational use of inventions at USF and elsewhere; and be a role model in such endeavors for students.
6. To develop relevant invention-based activities in collaboration with the Division of Patents and Licensing.

  http://www3.research.usf.edu/inventors/usf-academy.asp

Congratulations to our Spring 2011 Graduates!

If you are graduating this term, please feel free to join us for a small beach picnic celebration

at Caddy’s in St. Pete Beach, Florida on Saturday, April 30th, 2011 at 12Noon.

Both students and alumni are welcomed to attend.

Please RSVP via our BNFE Facebook page.