{"id":71984,"date":"1999-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-02-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-swim-with-the-sharks-author-at-uris-providence-campus\/"},"modified":"1999-02-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1999-02-02T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-swim-with-the-sharks-author-at-uris-providence-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/1999\/02\/uri-to-host-swim-with-the-sharks-author-at-uris-providence-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host Swim with the Sharks author at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Providence Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPROVIDENCE, R.I. — February 2, 1999 — Come meet the man who taught millions how to Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 9:30 a.m. Tabbed \u201cMr. Make Things Happen,\u201d by Fortune Magazine, Harvey Mackay is the author of four best-selling books: Swim With the Sharks, Beware the Naked Man who Offers You His Shirt , Dig Your Well Before You\u2019re Thirsty and Sharkproof. Two of them, Swim With the Sharks and Beware the Naked Man, are on The New York Times list of best-selling motivational books of all time. Tickets for Mackay\u2019s visit are $25. Proceeds will go to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein College of Continuing Education and 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Business Administration, which are sponsoring the event in collaboration with Providence Business News. The weekly business newspaper runs Mackay\u2019s column \u201cMackay\u2019s Moral\u201d on its opinion pages. Those purchasing tickets for the talk in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence Campus\u2019 Paff Auditorium, 80 Washington St., will receive Mackay\u2019s new book, Pushing the Envelope All the Way to the Top. Call 401-273-2201, extension 200, for tickets. Rhode Island Convention Center parking tickets will be validated. On a space available basis, students will be admitted at no charge. Mackay will take questions from the audience, and will autograph books after his talk. Dr. Walter A. Crocker, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站-ASFCCE, said Mackay\u2019s visit is the result of a very good relationship with Roger Bergenheim, publisher of Providence Business News. \u201cHe has been very supportive of our town meetings,\u201d Crocker said. \u201cHe called me and said Harvey Mackay was coming to town to promote his new book and said, \u2018How about a partnership with 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019?\u201d Crocker said yes, and then called Dr. Edward M. Mazze, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Business Administration, to see if he wanted to co-sponsor the event. \u201cEd said he\u2019d be delighted. 溏心vlog免费B站 is getting all the proceeds after the expenses are paid,\u201d Crocker said. \u201cWe\u2019re expecting to fill the auditorium,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is absolutely the biggest business leader we\u2019ve had here.\u201d Mazze said the College of Business Administration is making Mackay\u2019s talk part of the College\u2019s 75th Anniversary, which is being celebrated this year. \u201cThis is a critical year for the College as we move toward becoming the premier center for business education and research in Rhode Island,\u201d Mazze said. \u201cAmong the activities that have already taken place include the Financial Services Symposium in Providence, which had 240 participants; a major business alumni event in Providence before one of the men\u2019s basketball games, which attracted 180 individuals; and major fund-raising efforts tied to the Ballentine Hall Renovations. \u201cWe hope this is the beginning of a strong alliance involving Providence Business News, the Feinstein College of Continuing Education and the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration to bring speakers of this caliber to Rhode Island,\u201d Mazze said. Mackay started on the road to success when he bought an insolvent envelope company in Minnesota at age 26. The company, Mackay Envelope, is now an $85 million business that produces more than 12 million envelopes a day. \u201cHarvey Mackay is an incredibly well-respected businessman who has developed his career well beyond his Minnesota envelope company,\u201d said Franklin S. Prosnitz, editor of Providence Business News. \u201cHe has become one of the best business writers and one of the best speakers in the world. Toastmaster International rates him as one of the top 5 speakers in the world. \u201cThere is something very special in his columns,\u201d Prosnitz said. \u201cWe get a great sense of people from him. We learn how to deal with people, respect people, listen to people.\u201d Prosnitz said the business and University communities are being given a rare chance to hear someone who\u2019ll have something to offer the veteran businessman, the young entrepreneur, the faculty member and the student. Prosnitz said PBN saw 溏心vlog免费B站 as a natural partner to offer Mackay to the community. \u201cI am thrilled that we are giving the students an opportunity to hear from Harvey. He\u2019s a real success story, and Rhode Islanders want to hear success stories.\u201d For Further Information: Walter A. Crocker Jr. 401-277-5080 Dave Lavallee 401-874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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