Great River Technologies

With spring officially beginning this week, Great River Technologies Acquisitions Managers head to campus to meet with instructors looking to incorporate unique teaching resources into their courses.

If you're an instructor in search of technology in higher education, let us demonstrate GRT's interactive teaching materials to enhance your classroom collaboration. 

The following GRT  Acquistions Managers will be on campus the week of March 26th to demonstrate our blended learning approach:

    GEOFF PIRAS

    #480-415-3067

    gpiras@greatrivertech.net

     UTAH VALLEY    

   JACK  YOUNG       

#404-788-0489       

jyoung@greatrivertech.net      

                                    MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY    

     MICHELLE SMITH

     #512-663-2834

     msmith@greatrivertech.net

     UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

            RAQUEL CAVAZOS    

#305-978-5145    

rcavazos@greatrivertech.net    

  FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY   

     TIM SHADE

     #563-552-6179

     tshade@greatrivertech.net

     UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

From our specialized training and consulting services, to our interactive teaching materials, Great River Technologies has the custom learning system for you.  Our Acquisitions Managers are available to demonstrate personalized solutions to help enhance teaching and learning styles for you and your students. 

For more information, contact us today.

Until next time, have a GReaT day!

In our last blog Great River Technologies announced the multi-modal learning publication by Jamie Belinne entitled, CONNECTING COLLEGE TO CORPORATE. 

After surveying and interviewing hundreds of employers, Jamie's findings have been compiled in this unique teaching resource which incorporates technology in higher education.  This specialized material is an easy-to-follow guide to career success for college students. 

For instructors interested in incorporating classroom collaboration, here's a look at the Table of Contents from CONNECTING COLLEGE TO CORPORATE.

• Unit 1:  Career Development Cycle
• Unit 2:  Assessment
  • 2.1  Values
  • 2.2  Skills
  • 2.3  Interests
• Unit 3:  Exploration
  • 3.1  Exploring Available Options
  • 3.2  Informational Interviews
• Unit 4:  Evaluation
  • 4.1  Personality Theory and Decision Making
  • 4.2  Transferrable Skills and Evaluation
  • 4.3  Goal Setting
  • 4.4  SMART Goals and Accountability
• Unit 5:  Self Marketing
  • 5.1  Personal Branding
  • 5.2  Image Management
  • 5.3  Networking
  • 5.4  Resumes and Cover Letters
  • 5.5  Applying for Jobs
  • 5.6  Job-Search Etiquette and Ethics
  • 5.7  Interviewing
• Unit 6:  Employment
  • 6.1  Internships
  • 6.2  Offer Evaluation and Salary Negotiation
  • 6.3  Financial Decision Making
  • 6.4  Corporate Politics
  • 6.5  The Cycle Continues

Jamie Belinne is the Assistant Dean for Career Services at the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston's Rockwell Career Center.  Prior to that she managed Recruiting and Staffing at The University of Texas at Austin, the largest central Texas employer at the time.  Earlier at UT, she built McCombs' first dedicated MBA Career Services division.

Jamie has also worked in career services at Tulane's Freeman School of Business and at LSU.  She is a founding member of the international MBA Career Services Council.  She has worked with organizations around the country on inter-generational management issues and productivity improvement through leveraging diverse, interpersonal styles.  She developed and teaches the required "Connecting Bauer to Business" undergraduate course and the required "Art of Negotiation" EMBA course at the University of Houston.

Jamie was a member of Team USA 2009 for the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships and Team USA 2011 for ITU Duathlon World Championships.  She is an Ironman, an RRCA Certified Run Coach and a mother of two.

For more information about this publication, please contact Michelle Smith at #512-663-2834, or via email at msmith@greatrivertech.net

Until next time, have a GReaT day!

Whether you are an instructor looking for a simple, concrete format to teach career success, or a student looking to achieve it, this personalized solutions and unique teaching resource is for you!

Great River Technologies is pleased to present  CONNECTING COLLEGE TO CORPORATE, an easy-to-follow guide to career success for college students, by Jamie Belinne. 

Belinne is the Assistant Dean for Career Services at C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston's Rockwell Career Center,  and has surveyed and interviewed hundreds of employers to find why it is that intelligent, hard-working college graduates sometimes have so much trouble choosing, securing and excelling in careers after graduation.  This publication addresses the consistent problems employers report having with today's college graduates.

This specialized material includes the following activities and topics:

• Determining your skills, interests and work values
• Recognizing and communication transferrable skills
• Understanding available career options
• Overcoming obstacles to career choice
• Writing an effective resume
• What to say, where to go and how to succeed in networking
• Business etiquette at work and at play
• Job search resources and tools
• Successful interviewing, including behavioral interviewing tools
• Salary negotiation
• What to say and do after you get the job to get ahead
• Surviving corporate politics

Be sure to follow us for more information on Jamie Belinne and her CONNECTING COLLEGE TO CORPORATE publication.

Until next time, have a GReaT day!

Thursday, November 17th, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Friday, November 18th, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 19th, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

One of the most anticipated events across the Midwest each summer is the county fair.  While some individuals enjoy the rides, food, and games, others participate by showing their farm animals in hopes of winning a blue ribbon.  Having just attending the annual county fair in Dubuque, Iowa, it was obvious to me that there is something to engage everyone who attends the fair.

It's no different at Great River Technologies, where our blended learning approach and personalized solutions create online publications to engage all students.  With interactive teaching materials and unique teaching resources, GRT provides instructors and students with personalized solutions specific to their online course creation.

Given today's technology in higher education, it's fair to say that instructors don't want to chance their custom learning system to just any digital publishing company.  The main attraction for students is the enhanced learning environment and the ability to access their online publication any time, any where.  And just as pertinent as funnel cakes and ferris wheels are to county fairs, our web support services and instructional technology software significantly adds to GRT's successful approach to classroom collaboration. 

To learn more about creating your own custom learning system, contact us today!

Until next time, have a GReaT day!

When conducting business with organizations, naturally you want to know who you are working with.  Will the company take care of your needs, work around your schedule, and will they be personally invested in what you're doing?  These are all GReaT questions to ask when deciding on a publishing company.

At Great River Technologies, our instructional technology software and design consulting service helps guide you while creating a blended learning approach for your students.  We pride ourselves on providing personalized service and support, all while helping the instructors reach their short- and long-term goals.

As a company, our mission is clear with our GRIT values at the forefront of our approach to customized education.  Personal accountability, integrity and customer satisfaction are just a few of the values we incorporate daily.  From our Acquisitions Managers to our Web Support Services team, we recognize what you're looking for from a digital publishing company. 

For more information, contact us today!

Until next time, have a GReaT day!

Great River Technologies, in conjunction with the NCA Gatekeeper, The Official eNewsletter of the National Communication Association Mass Communication Division, is proud to announce our continued sponsorship with the Mass Communication Division.

The sponsorship deal allows the MCD webpage - www.ncamass.org - to remain online through 2012.  The site has continued to see a steady growth in traffic since the beginning of 2010, with over 6,750 unique page views over the past three months alone.

If you will be attending the National Communication Association convention, which will be held November 14-17 in San Francisco, California, be sure to stop by the exhibit hall to learn more about our GReaT services and blended learning approach.  GRT's Assistant Vice President John Vail and National Sales Manager Keith Kropp will be on hand to demonstrate our instructional technology tools and digital components, and to answer any questions you may have regarding a customized education for your students. 


  JOHN P. VAIL
  Assistant Vice President














  KEITH E. KROPP
  National Sales Manager

Did you ever think that having everything you ever wanted in an enhanced learning environment would be something of a fairy tale?  Is there really such a thing as an intelligent solutions based company - one that's backed by people with the courage, dedication, and heart to not only accompany you, but also help and inspire you while traveling on the road to a successful on-line publication?  There is such a place, I know the people, and this is no dream...it's GRT!

Given all the digital publishing companies out there, how do you know which one to trust to help you create the custom learning system that best fits your needs as well as the needs of your students?  Through our instructional design and technology consulting, GRT provides the expertise in creating engaging materials such as interactive exercises and digital components that are fit for a king!  Our Acquisitions Managers and web support services team will be there to listen and then find solutions that best fit your needs on the road to successful multidimensional learning.

What's important to you is important to us, and we'll help you reach your short- and long-term goals, no matter what you encounter along your journey.  Whether it be clearing permissions or editing, at GRT, we have the software, solutions, and tools to provide your students with a dynamic classroom collaboration experience they won't soon forget.  

So remember, there's no need to ease on down the road without the knowledge and support you need and deserve, so contact us today!  Let GRT be your partner in publishing. 

Until next time, have a GReaT day!