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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Jun 17, 2016 |
5th Annual Graduation Matters Montana Summer Summit (Free And All Are Invited), 6/20-21, Bozeman, MT http://www.matr.net/ev ... =5945
Gov. Steve Bullock
Northwestern Energy
- Protecting public access, protecting Montana jobs
I believe this is one of a governor's fundamental responsibilities: protecting access to our public lands. Sadly, we've seen that access come under attack in Montana.
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- As solar energy heats up, NorthWestern tries to eclipse movement
The Montana Consumer Council, which represents ratepayers in regulated utility cases, sided with NorthWestern, arguing the price promised to solar farms was more than utility customers should pay.
- Montana regulators suspend required rate for new solar projects
"Our action today to protect NorthWestern Energy's customers from unreasonably priced solar power is a compromise that still allows solar energy development to continue across the state," PSC Chairman Brad Johnson said in a statement.
Arrow Solutions Group
- Exploring Montana in an Awesome Vintage Camper Van
Let's take it for a spin in Big Sky Country
- Glacier Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road Fully Opens for Summer
Despite being dusted with snow and ice just hours earlier, Glacier National Park opened all 50 miles of Going-to-the-Sun Road to vehicles Thursday night, heralding the arrival of summer in Northwest Montana.
Energy and Climate Change
- Save The Date - TecNet Billings - September 29
Enjoy an evening with your fellow information technology professionals building the business of tomorrow in companies large and small, new and old, across Billings and the surrounding region.
Come Home Montana
- Feds announce $82 million for nuclear energy research
Much of the money announced June 14 is heading for universities, about $36 million for 49 university-led projects. Fifteen universities also will receive nearly $6 million for research reactor and infrastructure improvements.
Montana Business
- Job Openings at All-Time High in Flathead County
With over 900 open positions posted as the busy summer season arrives, worker shortage putting strain on businesses
Careers
- Missoula tech company hosts women's business competition in San Francisco
The Audience Awards, founded by Paige Williams of Missoula, will film the sales pitch given by the 10 finalists and host the content on its website for a round of public voting, which opened Tuesday and runs through next Monday.
- Packers come to Montana to learn from Smoke and the mules
Are you tired of the static, stress and noise in your busy daily life and would prefer to hear the soft clomping of your horse while you experience the peaceful sounds and smells of whispering Montana pines and rushing rivers at 3 Miles an hour?
Rural Communities
- How to impress an interviewer with non-verbal language
Non-verbal language can send volumes of information about you in a matter of seconds and without being aware of it you could be sending red flags before a single word is ever spoken.
- An Expensive Law Degree, and No Place to Use It
While demand for other white-collar jobs has rebounded since the recession, law firms and corporations are finding that they can make do with far fewer full-time lawyers than before.
Government
- Rural America - What's Going Right?
Whether it's building a relationship with a local banker or networking with housing practitioners in another county, personal and professional links may be the single most important element for rural community-based organizations working to change results in small towns.
Idaho Business
- Building A Base To Overturn "Citizens United": How We Pass The 28th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution, 6/23, Missoula
A special Montana presentation The role of money in politics is dominating the national debate. We Montanans have shown that we want fair elections, free of the corrupting influence of voters and outside influence.
- Montana Public Lands Forum - This Land Is Our Land, 6/29, Billings, Montana
Join us for a panel discussion on the importance of protecting Montana's public lands!
- Do cities need a point-person to lead innovation?
"I think what a good chief innovation officer understands is how to make new innovations and technologies complementary, and how to make them accelerate the move in government to more connected, more intelligent, more nimble and more adaptive."
Regional Business
- Farm to cubicle, Idaho's workforce has thousands of guest workers
At least 4,400 workers were approved for Idaho visa programs last year
- No bell tolls for Boise's WaterCooler
Opened in 2008, it was a place for entrepreneurs to share the challenges of establishing companies with others on similar quests, where coffee and conversation flowed, where speakers talked and performers performed.
Education
- High court says law requires more contracts for veteran-owned small businesses
The decision is likely to help more veteran-owned businesses compete for the billions of dollars in contracts
MAPS : Media Arts in the Public Schools
- The 7 questions every new teacher should be able to answer
Teaching for the 21st century looks a lot different. Here's what admins -- and teachers -- need to know for job interviews and beyond
Montana Education Excellence
- MAPS success leads to promotions for staff
MAPS begins its 13th year of programming with new community partnerships and student opportunities.
Government Technology
- An End and a Beginning
Larry Gianchetta, who rose to dean of UM's School of Business Administration, is calling it a career.
Non-Profit News
- Wisconsin Aims to Unify the Customer Experience Online
Public-sector IT leaders realize that 50 departments and 50 different citizen-government relationships is not an acceptable way of delivering services in the Internet economy.
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- The 2015 Montana Nonprofit Industry Report
46,794 Montanans are employed by a 501(c)(3) organization, making up 10. 4% of Montana's workforce.
Transportation
- Hitchhiking project brings 'Transformers' actor Shia LaBeouf to Helena
"It's not every day that you have something like that happen," he said. "It was definitely surreal."
- IBM's Watson Lets You Talk to Your Self-Driving Car
What makes Olli, the car that's now rolling through the streets of National Harbor, Maryland, important isn't that it drives itself, that it's electric, or even that Local Motors made it from 3-D printed parts. What sets Olli apart is its gift of gab.
- A kit that retrofits 18-wheelers to enable self-driving.
Now, new startup Otto has designed and developed a kit that turns traditional 18-wheel commercial trucks into smart, self-driving vehicles.
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