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MEDA (Montana Economic Developers Association) Conference photos, highlights and presentation files

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Montana workers do commute, but without the stress of big-city drivers

The nature of Montana commuting got mention in the Wall Street Journal last week. Tapping Census data, the newspaper concluded that Cascade County residents enjoy the shortest average commute time of any county in the country.

Leaner Marines: Wesco of Helena working to help lighten equipment load on troops

Wesco, which has in the past done work for several state departments, recently became a subcontactor of Raytheon, one of the biggest national defense firms in the country.

Economic Sports Development. Advantage Butte delivers on tournament promises

Four years later, Advantage Butte is going strong, with a record 13 tournaments booked for 2007, each promising to bring in hundreds of players and fans. The group is also helping Butte Central host a major speech meet in December.

Luncheon in Great Falls to focus on recruiting younger talent – "Hot Jobs — Cool Communities"

"We have room for 560," he said. "We are going to sell it out."

RightNow Technologies Reports Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results

RightNow reported its 35th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, with third quarter consolidated revenue of $30.1 million, an increase of 30 percent from the third quarter of 2005.

Montana Companies Should Capitalize on the "Montana" Name

Montanans can be successful in the global market when branding their products with the “Montana” name, according to an international marketing consultant.

Visual Learning Systems (VLS of Missoula) Parent Company purchased by Textron – Owners of Bell Helicopter and Cessna

"Visual Learning Systems is a machine learning R&D company creating 21st century information technology tools for the GIS industry."

Rally-racing reality TV program takes off from downtown Whitefish, Montana

"We wanted to start somewhere all-American," Rodgers said. "We love Whitefish."

To drive IT, State needs entrepreneurial makeover. Education is the key.

That speaks to the type of creativity and problem-solving that innovation experts believe is absent in K-12 education. Thieme, author of Islands in the Clickstream, has written about technology’s impact on the social and cultural events that affect business, particularly collaboration and work teams, and how executives are oblivious to it. He said the same neglect affects public education, which has been slow to recognize the benefits of creative collaboration fostered by electronic games.

"Kids are supposedly `wasting time’ on online multi-player gaming, but when half a million people are online at the same time, participating in new social structures, it’s not wasting time," Thieme explained. "It’s learning new skills and new collaborative abilities. And to give kids the opportunities to explore that rather than just drill down and do exercises about it, is absolutely essential."

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