Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D., (@drbret) is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Nevada, Reno. He earned his doctorate in Business Administration at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Bret teaches courses in organizational behavior, social business, and personal branding to both undergraduate and MBA students. He helped enable a team of talented organizers, speakers and participants to produce TEDxUniversityofNevada on January 25, 2013. The event was recognized as the 2013 Best New Entrepreneurial Activity of the Year by The Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NCET) and the Reno Gazette-Journal (RGJ). Bret blogs about leadership and social business on his website Positive Organizational Behavior.