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  • Dr. Daryl D. Green Receives 2022 ACBSP Region #6 Best Presentation Award

    Dr. Daryl D. Green Receives 2022 ACBSP Region #6 Best Presentation Award

    Leadership development expert and award-winning author, Dr. Daryl D. Green, along with his co-presenter Dr. Tracy Dunn of Benedict College, receives the 2022 ACBSP Region #6 Best Presentation Award.

    Dr. Daryl D. Green, Associate Professor of Business, Oklahoma Baptist University,  and his co-presenter, Dr. Tracy Dunn, Business Dean, Benedict College, were named as regional award recipients of the 2022 Best of Region Presentation Award. Due to prior obligations, Dr. Dunn was unable to co-present with Dr. Green at this conference. The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) recognizes individuals each year who exemplify teaching excellence in the classroom.  Region #6 is comprised of universities and colleges from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

    Dr. Green and Dr. Dunn bring a combined more than 30 years of academic experience in engaging students toward greater learning outcomes.

    In his presentation, Dr. Green focused on the issue of how today’s educational institutions can produce greater learning outcomes for this generation of students. In 2020, many organizations, not only in academia, were challenged by the pandemic. As a result, they were required to modify existing strategies. Across the country, universities are concerned about how to improve student performance. Dr. Green’s presentation exhibited some innovative teaching practices targeted to engage today’s student population.  Dr. Green explains, “I think we are underserving our students as educators if we do not understand their learning styles and make adjustments. Our students today are of Generation Z, who make up the most global, diverse and deliberate generation of all times.” Both Drs. Green and Dunn advocate for a student-centered approach to teaching in lieu of  the traditional lecture-based teaching, which focuses more on the subject being taught rather than on the students who are expected to better understand the subject.

    In this entertaining presentation, participants learned more about Gen Z students and how to leverage more student-engaging activities to produce greater learner outcomes.  Most students can benefit from practical applications of theory. With that said, educators need to better understand this student generation to more effectively engage them in learning.

    At the conference, Dr. Green shares teaching strategies to better engage today’s students.

    Green adds, “Today’s students need classes that show them how to connect with the real world, especially in business schools. Dr. Dunn and I bring a unique skillset to academia because of the substantial corporate experience in our careers. In our workshops, we show faculty how to engage their students.” Today’s Gen Z students need more ”hands on” real world exposure to connect classroom theories.  Some of these active learning tactics include question-and-answer sessions, team led-discussions, experiential learning, and hands-on activities. Engagement activities get students involved in their own learning experiences. 

    Using games, Dr. Green provided hands-on experience to participants on engaging students.

    As a result of winning this award, Drs. Green  Dunn will advance to present at ACBSP Conference 2023, the Accreditation Council’s national conference, held in Chicago on June 29-May 2.

    For more information, please contact Estraletta Green at estraletta@att.net

    Dean Dr. Randall Dupont of Louisiana State University, Alexandria (LSU-A), presents Dr. Green with the presentation award for the conference.
    Dr. Green celebrates his award with fellow Louisianan, Ashley Nelson (LSU-A).

    About AGSM LLC

    AGSM Consulting LLC provides consulting, guidance and management training for today’s small businesses.  Estraletta Green and Dr. Daryl D. Green formed their consultancy, which is  based in Tennessee.  Additionally, Dr. Green is the Dickinson Chair of Business in the Paul Dickinson College of Business at Oklahoma Baptist University. AGSM LLC offers a full menu of services for business owners, depending on their particular business needs. This includes, but is not limited to, business and marketing plan preparation, audit/management evaluations, general business consulting services, leadership development training, professional seminars/workshops, speaker services and personal advisement. The company focuses on new and start-up businesses, preferably in the earlier stages of operation.  For more information, please visit www.agsmconsulting.com.

  • Research encourages universities to nourish entrepreneurial spirit in Generation Z

    Research encourages universities to nourish entrepreneurial spirit in Generation Z

    Speaking to a packed crowd at the 2019 ACBSP Conference, Dr. Daryl D. Green from the Oklahoma Baptist University, revealed that recent research shows Generation Z students are not only the most diverse and inclusive yet, but also the most ambitious. Making up nearly a quarter of the American population (some 74 million young adults), they shun the traditional employee route of their predecessors, with 72% of them wanting to start a business with 61% preferring to be an entrepreneur rather than an employee.
    This high percentage reflects the differing work ethic of these students. Having never known a world without social media or smartphones, 84% of participants in a recent study by Forrester showed they regularly multitask with an internet-connected device when watching TV, whilst 66% believe technology makes anything possible. Not just digitally savvy, these students are driven to set themselves apart with nearly 50% participating in internships during high school for the purpose of advancing themselves professionally and 26% currently volunteering in their spare time. 
    Therefore if Universities want to continue to attract the best students, it is important for them to adapt their teaching practices for Generation Z. Dr. Green broke this down into seven suggested practices;

    • Creating an academic environment that fosters creativity and entrepreneurial thinking
    • Setting clear expectations and boundaries
    • Engaging students digitally in the classroom and beyond
    • Breaking work assignments into smaller, manageable segments
    • Communicating regularly to provide frequent feedback
    • Being relevant and providing practical application and business role models
    • Incorporating a fluidic frequent reward system

    Summing up, Dr. Green said “For the first time in history, there are now 5 generations coexisting in the work place and Generation Z, with its diversity and ingenuity, may be the best of all. This is why it is so important for universities and places of higher learning to encourage the natural entrepreneurial spirit of the most tech savvy, pragmatic and diverse generation yet; enabling them to join the workforce ready to hit the ground running and perhaps inspire businesses to adapt to the future.”  
    Event Photos:
    unnamed-6Caption #1:  Dr. Green presents “Wire for Life: Inspiring Generation Z to Be Entrepreneurial Leaders.”
    unnamed-5Caption #2:  Dr. Green engages the audience of academics.
    unnamed-4Caption #3:  Dr. Green unlocks the mystery related to GEN Z.
    unnamed-3Caption #4:  Dr. Green discusses 5 generations in the workplaces.
    unnamed-2Caption #5:  The audience listens as Dr. Green breaks down GEN Z traits.
    unnamed-1Caption #6:  Dr. Green reunites with a former classmate from his doctoral program.
    unnamedAbout Oklahoma Baptist University/Dr. Daryl D. Green: 
    With its campus in Shawnee, and locations in Oklahoma City and Broken Arrow, OBU offers 10 bachelor’s degrees with 88 fields of study and 5 master’s degree programs. The Christian liberal arts university has an overall enrollment of 2,073, with students from 40 states and 35 other countries. OBU has been rated as one of the top 10 regional colleges in the West by the U.S. News and World Report for 25 consecutive years and has been Oklahoma’s highest rated regional college in the U.S. News rankings for 23 consecutive years. OBU is one of the three universities in Oklahoma and the only private Oklahoma University listed on Great Value College’s rankings of 50 Great Affordable Colleges in the Midwest. Forbes.com consistently ranks OBU as a top university in Oklahoma, and the Princeton Review has named OBU one of the best colleges and universities in the western United States for 12 consecutive years.
    Dr. Daryl Green, assistant professor of business at Oklahoma Baptist University and Dickinson chair of business.  He is an award-winning author with more than 30 books. He and his wife Estraletta have several years of social and competitive ballroom dance experience, competing in Georgia, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Dr. Green has taught social dancing classes and is a former president of the Knoxville Chapter of USA Dance Inc.