Joyce Schwarz was the featured Keynote Speaker for the motivational welcome program for new MBA students at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA Schwarz is the bestselling author of 7 books including SUCCESSFUL RECAREERING as featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NBC, ABC, PBS and hundreds of TV, radio, newspapers and online.She heads JCOMbusinessdevelopment.com and serves as a much sought after consultant for early-stage venture funded companies and new product launches for major brands. She has advised 79 startups ranging from emusic.com to Primesense.com

1. WHY THAT EXTRA DEGREE!
Changing Careers in a World Beyond the Office –
2010
Joyce Schwarz, author, coach, consultant
www.joycecom.com
Email:joyceschwarz@gmail.com

2. WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE
*Robots *Verbots *Avatars *IA, *AI *Holograms &
MORE….is the future STAR TREK or STAR WARS OR
MINORITY REPORT? “in the years ahead more than
90 million jobs in a labor force of 124 million are
vulnerable to replacement by machines” Jeremy Rifkin
THE END OF WORK

3. FUTUREWORK: 5 TRENDS
*#`1 THE WORD CAREER IS OUTDATED!
“…the reality is the old-fashioned notion of a career
doesn’t exist anymore. In fact, the word “career” is as
outdated as the word “typewriter”.
The truths evident are: Re-Careering and MultiCareering, Faith Popcorn, author CLICKING.

4. TREND #2
• CUBICLE IS DEAD WOOD ….instead
think *Tele-Immersion!

5. Trend #3 End of Conference calls –
start virtual conferences
• Teleportec Inc. enables personnel to demo
products and link to remote offices. Teleris Ltd.
Features a virtual GlobalTable…new way for F2F
meetings…videoconferencing $7.6 Billion
annually…..

6. TREND #4 Desk Is “beamed-up”
• THE WORD DESK IS OUT! THINK
ABOUT THE HELM OF A SPACESHIP –
command center….or the “Bridge” on StarTrek….and think about it all being portable
and virtual!

7. Trend #5 END OF
EMPLOYEES:
RISE OF FREE AGENTS:
• RISE OF e-TALENT…..
• and e-Talent Scout…and e-provider
• Matchmaking for business

8. Do you have a degree?

9. Why one more degree?

11. One Solar Panel
boil water for 5 hours!

12. That’s why you need an MBA
• AND that’s why you HAVE AN MBA or
you would not even be here now
• – ask – what is
• MY BEST ASSET =
• EXERCISE – intro & discuss who you are!
• Have your partner say what is your MBA –
write it down!

13. •A) Best advice I can give you – GET A LIFE
NOT JUST A JOB!
•B) WHY People succeed in making a
change– it’s ATTITUDE not APTITUDE
•C) Beyond careers? – lifestyle choices &
multiple sources of income
•C) GREAT EXAMPLES – of famous people
Joyce has worked with!

14. EXAMPLES
• Candy Lightner, founder of MADD
• Harris Faulkner, Anchor FOX national
News
• Jason Sperling – head of his own nonprofit
ecycling company
• Mark Chasan – founder emusic.com

15. Pepperdine MBA alumni
• What I saw online
• http://www.topmba.com/mba_programs/stude

16. OC ALUMNI MBA
PEPPERDINE
• Brendon Kensel
06 Kensel Ventures LLC
Chair
• Zubin Mehta
MBA 2006
Global Wave Group
Vice Chair
• Brent Evans
MBA 1981
Evans & Co.
•
Craig Hirson
MBA 2002
Bank of America

17. More OC MBA
• Debra Schueler
MBA 1996
Graziadio School of Business and Management
• Matt Wiech
MBA 1995
Anaheim Ducks & Honda Center
• Jim Wilton
MBA 2004
Newport Technology Group
• Chair Emeritus
César Rosas
Toltec Financial

18. Joyce Schwarz , founder
Center for Successful Recareering
As seen in : THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
SERVICES: one to one consulting,
MASTERMIND GROUP “FIRST 100 DAYS” For
MBAs & Life Transition

19. Joyce Schwarz contact info:
310-822-3119
Joycecom@aol.com
www.joycecom.com , JCOM
14004 Palawan Way, Ph6,
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292