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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Nov 20, 2007 |
THANKSGIVING: "As we express our gratitude we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them..." John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"Governor Brian Schweitzer and University Presidents George Dennison and Geoff Gamble Invite Alumni to Come Back Home to Montana" http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html ---Montana is a wonderful place to live and work. If you're an alum who's looking for a reason to return or if you haven't lived here but would like to experience the wonderfulness of our Montana, please take advantage of the resources to help you Come Home: "Montana Jobs Net" http://www.montana-jobs.net, "Come Home Montana": http://www.comehomemon ... a.org and MATR's "Come Home Montana" category of available opportunities http://matr.net/news.p ... ntana --- As we like to say- "The State with the Best Education Wins!" here are a couple of great stories about the use of technology to foster education excellence in Montana's smaller schools: "Education on the big screen in Montana. Prioritizing Technology" http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Boomtown Institute
Come Home Montana
- The Agurban from Boomtown Institute - Getting Youth Involved in Planning
Involving children and youth in community planning decisions is an important way to introduce their needs and desires into the process.
Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities
- Governor Brian Schweitzer and university presidents George Dennison and Geoff Gamble Invite Alumni to Come Back Home to Montana
Both university presidents joined together to emphasize that the knowledge economy is booming in Montana and in need of the skills and expertise of the state's alumni.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Economic Analyst - Blackfoot Telecommunications Group
Blackfoot Telecommunications Group is seeking an Economic Analyst to conduct financial analysis in support of business decisions relating to the marketing, regulatory and operating efforts of the Company.
Funding and Building your Business
- Becoming an Innovation City
How can you make your city or region a major innovation center, and in particular, a major center for technology-based innovation?
Education
- The Art of the Huddle How to run a prompt, productive, and painless morning meeting.
Short daily meetings, in Harnish's view, keep companies focused on the same strategic goals, ensure timely answers to pressing questions, and enforce accountability because everyone knows what everyone else is up to.
Connectivity & Communications
- Early-college programs push math, science. Dual credit questioned in Idaho
A shifting educational focus toward science, technology, engineering and math means area students may have more opportunities to land jobs that employers are eager to fill.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Virginia puts telework in the fast lane
Kaine wants to ensure that Virginia does everything it can to extend and take advantage of its broadband networks. The office will “keep the usage of this technology a point of focus for all state offices,” he said. Telework can help reduce traffic in Virginia’s metropolitan areas, but the real focus is economics.
Montana Business
- 23AndMe Will Decode Your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics
The company will also tell you which diseases and conditions are associated with your genes — from colorectal cancer to lactose intolerance — giving you the ability to take preventive action.
- Can Amazon's Kindle light a fire under the e-book market?
"It's consistent with Amazon's vision to be a leading distributor of digital content," said Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets. "Books are right in their sweet spot. They've just been waiting for the technology to catch up."
Montana Economic Development
- "Flat Earth Imports" of Bozeman, Montana Launches New Website. The Best of Italy Comes to Montana
Flat Earth Imports’ vertically integrated business model draws on decades of experience in marketing, communications, logistics, distribution, wholesale and retail.
- Ensi-Med: Wages still unpaid in Butte
Former employees of Ensi-Med, a telemedicine start-up company in Butte, still haven’t been paid after filing complaints in July with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry Wage and Hour Unit, saying their payroll checks bounced.
- Goomzee of Missoula, Montana Announces New Website, Pricing and Affiliate Program
Goomzee Connect is recommended for any type of property marketing including residential, commercial, rentals, condos and developments.
Oregon Business
- The Financial and Job Creation Impact of Economic Development Programs in Montana
Amazing what's being accomplished in Montana. Must reading...
- Montana Climate Change Action Plan Released on Monday 11/19
Plan will be available at the Climate Change website:http://www.mtclimatechange.us on Monday morning (assuming all goes as planned).
- Workforce Training $$ Brings New Growth to Montana
In order to have a trained and capable workforce for our economic future, we must invest in life-long learning.
- Meeting Billings' work force challenge
The labor crunch has arrived after 15 years of steady economic growth in Montana's largest city. Personal income, per capita income and jobs available have all increased in Yellowstone County.
Regional Economic Development
- Icebreaker relocation heats up apparel scene in Portland. Company is leaving Ketchum, Idaho
"It's not easy to build a high-talent team in a town with only one flight in a day," said Icebreaker CEO Jeremy Moon of his decision to relocate U.S. headquarters from Ketchum, Idaho.
Utah Economic Development
- The Pacific Northwest Region's Achilles' Heel: (Un)affordable Housing
Because with the demand for jobs comes the demand for housing, and, in a time of rising energy costs and rising house prices (especially in the Seattle area), workers will only drive so far to qualify for a house before they begin to look elsewhere, to more competitive places, to places that have begun to attack the affordable housing problem.
Government Technology
- Utah Governors Office of Economic Development Board Offers #20MM Incentive to Goldman Sachs
The company plans to hire 375 new employees at 225 percent of the Salt Lake county median wage, which is $32,828.
Idaho Business
- States Making Limited Progress in Using the Web to Enhance Public's Right to Know
"The Internet makes possible unprecedented government transparency," said Good Jobs First Executive Director Greg LeRoy, "But many states have been slow to adopt vigorous online disclosure."
Government
- N. Idaho manufacturing jobs increasing
Nearly 3,000 new jobs _ a 27 percent increase in total payroll jobs _ have been added since 2000. Manufacturing jobs increased 65 percent during that time with 904 new jobs.
Careers
- Montana's SIV investments called into question
The story also notes that Montana has 465-million dollars tied to SIV's. That's about one-fifth of Montana's short term investment program.
Non-Profit News
- The Top 25 Locations for Retirees Seeking a Return to the Workforce
"The final list is a combination of the traditional high employment, larger cities and some surprising small- to midsize cities."
- Good News for Professionals Who Want to Work at Home
"With technology as good as it is," Mr. Diana says, "there aren't many jobs that can't be done remotely."
Energy
- Special State Tourism Events Grants Available to Montana Communities, Organizations and Tribal Governments
“This is an excellent opportunity for our non-profit organizations to use the SEGP grants to draw more of Montana’s 10 million annual visitors to their area of the state,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer.
- Montana Community Foundation gets $1 Million grant from The Northwest Area Foundation to fight poverty
“We are thrilled to receive this vote of confidence from a major Northwest philanthropic organization that shares our vision of building capacity for rural vitality,” Reed said.
Montana Education Excellence
- Montana Gov. Schweitzer releases recommendations from climate change panel
“We’ve watched them in Washington, D.C., talk about (global warming) for a number of years,” Schweitzer said at a Capitol news conference. “It’s time to take action.”
- Through Genetics, Tapping a Tree’s Potential as a Source of Energy
It might be true that “only God can make a tree,” as the poet Joyce Kilmer wrote. But genetic engineers can fundamentally redesign them.
Leadership Montana
- Education on the big screen in Montana. Prioritizing Technology
Nearly every classroom, as well as the library and music room, is equipped with a Smart Board, an interactive whiteboard manufactured by Smart Technologies.
City Club Missoula
- Teaching The Moral Leader
Some of the hardest leadership decisions are the ones with moral or ethical stakes.
- Conservation Groups and Timber Companies Collaborate at City Club Missoula Luncheon
“We have such a big common interest,” Boschee said of conservationists and the timber industry. “The differences we have are not that significant.” Sustainable forest health, Boschee said, is a primary objective for both groups.
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