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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Aug 8, 2014 |
The winds of change are gusty. And they will alter what happens in Montana, and whether for better or worse does depend on Montanans, and how they, or you, read those winds.” K. Ross Toole Montana before YouTube http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Carpool if you can! - Main Street Montana Project Regional Meetings!, 8/11, Fairmont http://www.matr.net/ev ... =5116
ikuw Solutions
Montana Department of Commerce
- Ikuw Solutions - Java Fundamentals - Write Once - Run Anywhere, 8/18-22, Helena, Montana
This course is designed for students who are looking for an entry into an application development or a software project management career using Java technologies.
PrintingForLess
- New Faces - New Ideas - Promoting International Trade in Montana - The Office of Trade and International Relations at the Montana Department of Commerce
The Office of Trade and International Relations at the Montana Department of Commerce has undergone a series of changes over the last several months.
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- What Louis Vuitton Has Taught Us About Packaging
At PFL, you'll never catch us choosing a one-size-fits-all approach to deliver that thoughtful experience your customers deserve. We may not have invented custom packaging, but we certainly specialize in it.
Big Sky Commerce
- Travel and Marketing Trends for Montana - August 2014 Summer 2014, a Return to the Golden Age of Travel
As always, if you have any feedback or want us to include trends that you've been hearing or seeing, send an email to [email protected]. Next month's newsletter will be in your inbox at the beginning of September.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Changes in Farm Bill Affect Retailers Processing EBT Cards
Big Sky Commerce http://www.bigskycommerce.com has worked with EBT Merchants for many years and has become a resource for transitioning EBT merchants.
Inteneo Systems
- Great Falls Development Authority Presents CEO Forum: Creating Evangelists 8/13, Great Falls, Montana
The CEO Forum is presented by Great Falls Development Authority and Small Business Development Center at no cost and is designed to showcase innovative efforts of peer CEOs across the State of Montana.
Montana Business
- Data Analytics' splendid isolation from the customer reality.
Do you know of any companies (and do NOT say Amazon or Nordstrom or Sephora again, please) that can carry out genuine, predictive and proactive analysis on behalf of the customer to offer them germane offers and services that engender trust? Let's hear about them - name names! And tell us who is running the initiative!
- Big data banking battle brewing
Big data is the best answer to these problems but that's not to say that it's a quick and easy fix--nor is it to say that these are the only problems that need fixing.
Montana Economic Development
- Bakken Boom still being felt in southwest Montana
Southwest Montana could see the rewards thanks to the Bakken Boom.
- Gallatin economy growing, state slowing
A significant portion of the jobs added in Gallatin County were in sectors that simply don't pay much.
Regional Economic Development
- Butte-Silver Bow panel met repeatedly without public notice when discussing Butte Local Development Corp.
BLDC Executive Director Jim Smitham and Board President Jim Bennett said Wednesday they had no idea the panel was meeting to form recommendations about their economic development group.
- Concern lingers over growth of Montana economy
Growth was only pegged at 2.2% in Montana last year, and Barkey sees two particular areas of concern.
Education
- Labor reporting is the key to site selection
Having good data proves to the site selectors that you have the labor that they are looking for.
Community
- University President Takes $90K Pay Cut to Boost Wages of Low-Income Employees
Burse joins a small movement in University administration. Presidents from Hampton University and Centenary College of Louisiana have either slashed their own income or increased wages to fall in line with President Obama's call for a countrywide minimum wage of $10.10 per hour.
- College of Idaho among Princeton Review's 'Best Colleges'
The College of Idaho scored 97 (out of 99) in the category "quality of campus life." The C of I faculty also received favorable reviews, scoring 98 for "professors accessible" and 95 for "professors interesting."
- Filmmakers gather in Bozeman, learn about future of film education
"I think mostly what I take away is the camaraderie," said Dodd. "I think that is the essence of this conference, that every year you meet new, meet new, meet new other colleagues and you just take away the memories, this shared experience over the course of 5 days."
Miscellaneous RamblingsTransportation
- We need this: A maps app that algorithmically finds you the scenic route
It starts by acknowledging that the fastest route isn't always the best one.
- Plans for electric vehicle charging stations take shape in Missoula, Montana
"It's one of these inevitable waves that are coming." Glenn Kreisel
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