BB&T Colloquium

The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise & Markets hosted the BB&T Colloquium series.

Selected Past Events

2018: On Oct. 16, 2018, the center hosted How to Find a Great Place to Work and Maximize Your Potential in the Frank Auditorium at the Smith School of Business. Topics included what makes an organization a great place to work, why some create a culture of innovation, the value of difficult feedback, diversity and inclusion and what top performers do to reach the peak of their professions. Michael Bush and Dan Whalen of Great Place to Work spoke with Snider Center Director Rajshree Agarwal. A recording and recap blog are available on the Snider Focus website.

2017: BB&T Chairman Kelly S. King spoke at the Frank Auditorium on Enterprising Finance: Ethics and Leadership in the Banking Industry.

2016: Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, discussed freedom of expression in academia in Assault in the Ivory Tower on the Market for Ideas. Read about the event.

2015: Ed Snider, chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, addressed ethics and leadership in the international sports and entertainment firm. Read about the event and an article in the Smith Brain Trust.

2014: Jonathan Haidt of the New York University Stern School of Business spoke on the intuitive foundations of morality and its variations across American political cultures.