Why to Pursue International MBA at IESE Business School in Spain - Ramsey Pryor

In Chapter 8 of 22 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, international Internet product management executive Ramsey Pryor shares why he chose University of Navarra's IESE Business School for his MBA Studies. Pryor notes the rigorous classroom component, including mandatory attendance, intense workload, case studies, and cold calling. He also notes the absolute curve and associated probationary periods. While more academically focused than North American peer schools, Pryor finds value in high percentage of international students and the related post-graduate international networking possibilities. Learn more about IESE at http://www.iese.edu/en/MBAPrograms/index.asp.

How International MBA Creates Global Business Network - Ramsey Pryor

In Chapter 7 of 22 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, international Internet product management executive Ramsey Pryor shares why he decided to leave Silicon Valley to study business at the IESE MBA program in Barcelona, Spain. Pryor sets long term goals to live internationally and reasons that an internationally located MBA will help cultivate a global business network. This pushes Pryor to rank foreign options, including IESE, above domestic ones such as the Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley.

How Living in Spain Directs Career Development - Ramsey Pryor

In Chapter 6 of 22 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, international Internet product management executive Ramsey Pryor shares how Spain has influenced his development and life outlook. Beginning with abroad study at the Universidad de Sevilla, Pryor connects with the country's rich history, culture, language, and literature. Pryor returns regularly, including for his MBA at IESE in Barcelona, to experience the rich cultural traditions and lifestyle present in the country.

What are the Benefits from Living, Studying, and Working Abroad - Ramsey Pryor

In Chapter 4 of 22 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, international Internet product management executive Ramsey Pryor shares why living, studying, and working abroad challenges what one thinks is normal. Pryor travels and / or lives abroad during high school, college, graduate school and as a professional. He embraces the alternative perspectives that expose him to entirely new ways of doing things. He better understands his preferences and is then more informed when incorporating new approaches into his life.

How to Cultivate a Child's Interest in Foreign Language - Ramsey Pryor

In Chapter 3 of 22 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, international Internet product management executive Ramsey Pryor shares how his mother identified and then cultivated his interest in foreign language. Learning language came naturally to young Pryor. Seeing this, his mother nurtures the interest by providing immersive learning experiences. She makes sure Pryor spends time around a native Spanish speaker and also encourages her son to take an abroad trip to Spain while in high school. Over time, Pryor finds learning language opens doors to culture and education. After winning high school awards in language contests, Pryor gets admitted to Northwestern University. While there he studies abroad in Spain, where he returns later to earn an MBA at IESE.

Why Conscious Eating Habits Create a Healthier Lifestyle - Sarah Simmons

In Chapter 14 of 16 of her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, Food and Wine Magazine 2010 Home Cook Superstar, Bon Appetit contributor, and food entrepreneur Sarah Simmons shares why she strives to raise food consciousness - an awareness of what we eat - in her fresh food advocacy, writing, and cooking pursuits. Simmons sets a priority on educating and communicating food nutrition and ingredients to help transform an American culture long on fast food and dining out and short on culinary nutritional understanding and acknowledgment. Learn more about Sarah at http://sarahmcsimmons.com.

How Journalism Education Applies to Food Writing - Sarah Simmons

In Chapter 9 of 16 of her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, Food and Wine Magazine 2010 Home Cook Superstar, Bon Appetit contributor, and food entrepreneur Sarah Simmons shares how her journalism education has proven useful building a food career. Simmons not only applies skills such as writing to your audience on projects for Bon Appetit and her personal blog, but also finds the education useful when writing recipes. Learn more about Sarah at http://sarahmcsimmons.com.

Why Not to Pursue a Harvard MBA - Sarah Simmons

In Chapter 8 of 16 of her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, Food and Wine Magazine 2010 Home Cook Superstar, Bon Appetit contributor, and food entrepreneur Sarah Simmons shares why she decided against pursuing an MBA after being admitted to Harvard Business School. Simmons takes the GMAT and applies to appease her parents. Upon being accepted to Harvard Business School, she determines an MBA is not the optimal investment at the time and continues her career in retail digital strategy consulting. Learn more about Sarah at http://sarahmcsimmons.com.

Why Science Matters in Cooking - Sarah Simmons

In Chapter 2 of 16 of her 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag host Erik Michielsen, food writer and entrepreneur Sarah Simmons shares how she has learned to appreciate the science of cooking. Simmons, Food and Wine Magazine's 2010 "Home Cook Superstar", finds cooking a continuous learning environment, citing examples across the dairy pendulum of milk, yogurt, and cheese. Read more about Sarah at http://sarahmcsimmons.com.

How to Apply Anthropology in a Recruiting Career - Steph Redlener

In Chapter 1 of 10, creative talent agent Stephanie Redlener cultivates a passion for understanding people and culture through an interest in anthropology studies and, later, advertising. She finds the anthropology developmental aspect a strong complement to advertising brand, consumer, and culture aspects. This leads Redlener to become an advertising industry recruiter, working for The Talent Business (http://www.thetalentbusiness.com/) in New York.

How to Create a More Innovative U.S. Education System - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 17 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, talks about consensus building challenges in education causing innovation shortfalls. Education initiatives often fail to ask "why did it succeed or fail?" Recent developments highlight a more scientific study and rigorous analysis within education innovation, but, as Gonen notes, the movement is only beginning. Before starting his New York City newspaper reporting career, Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

Why Teacher Turnover is a Big Charter School Concern - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 16 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, shares why teacher turnover is a central issue in the charter school debate. He highlights how many charters rely on highly motivated, energetic young teachers coming from Teach for America. Their commitment is several years in length and charter schools, who tend to have longer work hours and school terms than public schools, tend to burnout the young teachers. Gonen highlights a New Orleans charter school experiencing burnout, but cautions that charter schools require a longer trial - 5 to 10 years longer - to assess teaching sustainability and turnover issues. Before starting his New York City newspaper reporting career, Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

Why Charter Schools Polarize Education Debate - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 15 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, discusses the public versus private debate charter schools present nationally as well as locally in New York City. Gonen highlights two specific friction inducing charter school issues. The first is that most charter schools - only 12 of 99 in New York City - are non-union. This threatens the city's teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT). The second involves space. In New York City, the space battle is the primary source of charter school negativity, as they claim unused or underutilized class space in public school facilities. Before starting his New York City newspaper reporting career, Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

How to Find a Teaching Job in the Right School for You - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 14 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, provides insight into the free Department of Education (www.ed.gov) online resources experienced and prospective teachers can use to identify opportunities and research schools. Gonen recognizes teachers seek schools where they are comfortable and where they get along with school leaders. He highlights how the Obama Administration has made student performance and school surveys available, ranging from parent feedback to teacher and administrative rankings, that provide visibility into school performance and management. For example, Gonen highlights how the surveys show management effectiveness and trust between teachers and administration. The surveys and information may be found at the Department of Education website. Before starting his New York City newspaper reporting career, Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

Why Expert Relationships Matter in Big City Newspaper Reporting - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 13 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, shares the complexities working in the largest U.S. public education system. The 1.1 million participants in the New York City system go beyond students and teachers to include politics, policy, transportation, and food. As a result of the complexity, Gonen prioritizes building relationships with experts across the various education sub-sectors. The relationships, developed over time, help Gonen identify and make sense of stories in his daily reporter role at the New York Post. Before starting his New York City newspaper reporting career, Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

What Are Myths and Realities in a Reporter and Editor Relationship - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 12 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, shares his perspective on myths versus realities in the newspaper reporter and editor relationship. Journalism school taught Gonen to expect a hands-on relationship between the editor and journalist. In reality, Gonen learned editors function more like movie directors, managing many moving parts and budgeting time and attention accordingly. As a result, autonomy, independence, and, especially, trust are central to the editor and reporter relationship. Before starting his New York City newspaper reporting career, Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

How Daily Routines Help Reporter Identify Stories and Meet Deadlines - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 10 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter, shares his daily routine and how it translates into story ideation and meeting deadlines. Gonen faces daily challenges, as his editors require story submissions by a mornign 11am meeting. Gonen consistently goes through a checklist of resources, including reading Department of Education website updates, monitoring blog posts, and calling key sources, to identify and submit story ideas before then writing the article. Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

What Journalism School Skill is Most Useful in a Reporting Career - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 7 of 17, New York Post newspaper education reporter Yoav Gonen shares the most useful skill learned in Journalism School. He highlights persistence, as he commonly faces challenges getting someone to respond and participate in a story. Gonen prefers to confront a potential source in person. He finds 9 times out of 10 the person contributes. It is not always easy. Gonen shares that he often will have to find out where the person will be after hours, for example at a dinner benefit, and then track them down for a quote. Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.