What’s happening at MATR and MJN?

Many have asked about the status of MATR and MJN and how effective they are in promoting the business success of Montana and developing a more successful entrepreneurial economy.

Here are some of the facts and features about the sites. Thanks for all of your support and interest.

Russ and Julie

Facts for Montana Associated Technology Roundtables http://www.matr.net

(Big thanks to the folks at http://www.Modwest.com for developing the MATR site. They’ve done an outstanding job responding to the requests of the members to help provide a more useful site. Thanks guys)

Over 1 Million hits a month from over 120 countries.

Listing over 1000 Companies and Resources from Montana and the Inland Northwest http://www.matr.net/companies.phtml Logos, URL’s and mission statements appear throughout the MATR site to increase the visibility to the readers. (We’re working on a "user entered" module so organizations can enter and update their own info.)

User entered http://www.matr.net/addevents.phtml Events list for Economic and Business Events in the Inland Northwest http://www.matr.net/events.phtml along with monthly calendars.

5 years of searchable archived stories in over 40 categories http://www.matr.net/

The homepage is updated daily and there is a twice-weekly newsletter (free) to several thousand who are interested in learning about what Montana is doing and what is has to offer (here are the archives and the subscription form) http://www.matr.net/newsletter.phtml . Each edition contains a focus listing for a Montana Community from Come Home Montana and a Talent and Career Opportunity from Montana Jobs Net. We’re also looking at adding the ability for individuals to enter their own news stories.

All are encouraged to comment on articles posted on MATR. There is a moderated comments function at the bottom of each page to increase info sharing and networking and a page of all comments at http://www.matr.net/comments.phtml

MATR hosts monthly Roundtables to foster discussion and networking. Here’s a couple of example –

Dr. Lee Cheatham of the Washington Technology Center http://www.matr.net/article-13553.html

and

"Innovation For All" With Paul Gladen, CEO of muzeview.com http://www.matr.net/article-16462.html

If you have friends or associates who are in or are going to be visiting Montana and you think they could raise our level of understanding on a business topic, please let me know and we’ll consider setting up a Roundtable with them as keynote. [email protected]

My personal goal is to assist entrepreneurs in building successful companies. If you have an executive summary that you would like reviewed, please submit it. http://www.matr.net/submitsummary.phtml If you unsure about what makes a good executive summary, please visit: http://www.matr.net/stepstosuccess.phtml

All on MATR is free of charge but funding for operations and my butt time is gratefully accepted. [email protected]

*****

Montana-Jobs.net

We are all aware that one of the biggest challenges for business is going to be the ability to recruit and retain the best employees possible. Human capital is the most important product of Montana. Here’s how you can find the best:

Here are the figures for http://www.Montana-Jobs.net :

180+ posted positions

Salary range $24,0000 to $150,000.

5600 resumes on file

12,000 visitors to MJN and Come Home Montana http://www.comehomemontana.org

2300 subscribers to Careers Mailing List

500 Montana employers subscribed to Employers Mailing List

Average 8 new positions posted per week.

Average 25 applications submitted per week.

Over 700 Montana Employers have posted a career opportunity at MJN.

Governor Schweitzer and Office of Economic Opportunity help support expatriated Montanans quest to "Come Home". http://www.matr.net/article-15419.html

All on MJN and Come Home is free of charge. Funding for operations is gratefully accepted. Julie at [email protected]