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Oral Roberts University College of Business hosts Regional Collegiate Sales Competition

By Ally Powell ('13) and Natasha Mitchell ('94)

Oral Roberts University's College of Business is hosting the Regional Collegiate Sales Competition from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.

At the competition, business students from Oklahoma colleges and universities will sell NetSuite CRM+, a cloud-based computer program, to Tulsa business professionals who will judge students according to their selling abilities. NetSuite Inc. is a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites for midsize businesses and divisions of large companies.

Also, there will be panel sessions on various topics including sales during the competition. Lunch is provided to participants.

Other schools invited to participate in the competition include Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Community College and the University of Tulsa. The top two winners from the competition will have the opportunity to attend the National Collegiate Sales Competition on March 2-5, 2012, at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga. More than 60 top graduate and undergraduate sales programs in the world are expected to participate in the competition.

For more information, send an email to ORURCSC@gmail.com, visit ORU's Regional Collegiate Sales Competition Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ORUs-Regional-Collegiate-Sales-Competition/284156178272134 or follow the competition on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/ORURCSC.