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The Montana Job Training Partnership, Inc. through a new grant from the US Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy will be sponsoring two-hour multimedia presentations. This presentation “Making the Living You Want, Living Wherever You Want” is geared for people interested in the latest opportunities to learn the use of the Internet for self-employment and entrepreneurship.

Who can benefit:
· K12 Educators, Parents and Students
· Community Leaders
· Community Resource Providers
· Home Business
· Self-Employed
· Existing Businesses
· Crafters
· Individuals with Disabilities*
*Interested in self-employment may qualify for additional online training.

Frank Odasz, President of Lone Eagle Consulting, will be conducting a Free orientation of e-commerce and tele working via the Internet. Some of the topics to be discussed will be:
· What is E-commerce and Tele-working?
· Who is it for?
· How does it work?
· How does it benefit the community?
Dates and places are as follows:
· Stevensville January 28, 2004 at the LDS church on the corner of Eastside Hwy and Middle Burnt Fork Rd, ¼ mile south of town. Time: 6-8PM
· Hamilton January 29, 2004 at the Human Resource Counsel building, 316 N. 3rd St. Time: 9-11AM
· Darby January 29, 2004 at Trapper Creek Job Corps Center 5139West Fork Rd. Recreation Bldg. Movie Rm. Time: 1-3PM. Please check in at the front office
TO SIGN UP FOR ANY OF THESE FREE ORIENTATIONS CALL RICHARD CLAUTU AT 363-1822 OR BOB NICHOLLS AT 363-5400
Mr. Odasz will also cover success stories of other rural communities and how we can create new opportunities for community and ourselves.
A little about Frank Odasz, President of Lone Eagle Consulting –(see back)
Born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1952, Frank Odasz has been a carpenter, oil field roughneck, dude ranch manager, college professor and is now a "Lone Eagle," an independent instructional entrepreneur. In 1982, Frank attended the University of Wyoming to learn the benefits computers and telecommunications could bring to citizens. As one of the earliest pioneers with both online learning and community networking, he founded the Big Sky Telegraph network, 1988-1998, one of the first online systems to offer online courses.
He was listed as one of the one hundred most influential people in the microcomputer industry by Microtimes Magazine in 1990. Under his leadership, Big Sky Telegraph has been cited for excellence in four reports by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and by a major study on rural telecommunications and economic development produced for the U.S. Telephone Association by Mesa, Inc. Big Sky Telegraph was included in 1992 NII White House Agenda report as a network model of excellence.
Among his publications are "Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks" (Harvard); "Online Teaching: A Significant New Pedagogy" (Journal for the U.S. Distance Learning Association); and "Community Economic Development Networks; A Grassroots Leadership Challenge" (Internet Research Journal).
Frank received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of California-Davis, and his M.A. in instructional technology from the University of Wyoming. He has taught educational technology, programming, telecommunications, and microcomputer applications at the University of Colorado, and has also created online courses on how to create and teach an online course, telecollaborating on the Internet, and mentoring online.

Frank Odasz, with his vast knowledge of e-commerce and tele working has agreed to conduct several presentations in the Bitterroot Valley for the benefit of our community.
For more information contact Bob Nicholls at 363-5400 or Richard Clautu at 363-1822

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