International Virtual Business Symposium

Doing Business Around the World: Trends & Challenges
Hosted by Dr. Bonnie J. Covelli, Professor

Join the Session via this Zoom link: International Virtual Business Symposium

Please note: There is a capacity limit on the session. If you receive a message saying the meeting is full, you may wait to see if someone leaves or join us next time. We appreciate your interest! Feel free to fill out the feedback form below to let us know that you are interested in joining us next time.

Friday, 16 January 2026
08:00 CST Chicago, United States
15:00 CET Brno, Czech Republic
21:00 ICT Hanoi, Vietnam

For more information, contact Dr. Bonnie Covelli, bcovelli@stfrancis.edu

After the Session, please provide feedback via this link: Feedback form

When Students Succeed, So Will the Online Program

This post is provided by guest blogger, Paulette Richardson, graduate student, University of St. Francis, MS Training and Development Program.

Students must get the support they need if they are to succeed. This is especially true in an e-learning program or distance education program.  In a 2019 article, Theresa Barger addresses steps to building virtual services for online students. She recommends that Continue reading

Faculty Training and Development: A Method

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This post is provided by guest blogger, Tricia DeFay, graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, MBA in Health Administration program.

Summary

In Cultivating Online Growth Through Leadership Training, Hall and Williams (2020) discuss how leadership training can help faculty lead their classrooms and take on future leadership roles with confidence. The authors present some key attributes which teachers should possess when pursuing leadership roles: Continue reading

Change Management to eLearning through Servant Leadership? Yes!

This post is provided by guest blogger, George Skerritt, graduate student of the University of St. Francis, Joliet, Il., MS Training and Development program.

Change management is challenging in any setting.  Managers of learning and training departments, especially those responsible for changing from a predominantly face-to-face to eLearning environments would be wise to adopt the style of servant leaders to be

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Guest Post: 10 Signs You Were “Born to Train”

This post is provided by guest blogger, Wendy Frushon Tsaninos, alumna University of St. Francis, MS Training and Development program

While many employees may sigh loudly, roll their eyes, or make a scrunchy face at the mere mention of training, there are those of us who break into a wide smile, raise our hands to volunteer, and say, “Yay!”   We just have a passion for this process. Here are Continue reading