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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Nov 7, 2008 |
"I Have a Dream" Martin Luther King 1963...."Yes We Can" Barack Obama 2008
Idaho National Laboratory
Three Cups of Tea - The Central Asia Institute
- Idaho National Laboratory and Idaho State University dedicate new Energy Technology Education Center
The Center is a hands-on laboratory-based curriculum to prepare students to enter the energy generation sector workforce where shortages of energy systems technicians are expected in coming years.
Boomtown Institute
- Three cups of tea was a ticket to education - From the Himalayas to Montana State University
Craig Mortensen saw in Naseer impressive drive and intellect – exactly what his nonprofit Central Asia Institute(CAI) has been trying to tap in women in the developing world for 12 years.
Come Home Montana
- Boomtown Institute - It’s here! Finally. November 4, 2008!
The rest of the world continues to be amazed that for over 200 years, we have peacefully and without incident passed power from one president and party to another every four or eight years. No other country in the world can say as much.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Total Label USA enjoys growth in fifth year in the Flathead Valley of Montana. Family-Run and Going International
In five years, Total Label has grown from a small family-run business with a handful of employees to a vast international labeling enterprise.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Software Development Assistant - SimBio (Missoula)
The candidate filling this position will be trained to be an 'expert user' of our interactive software, and will fill two important roles on the development team:
- Montana Career Opportunity - Special Projects Coordinator - Montana Department of Agriculture
The position serves as the special projects coordinator for the Agriculture Marketing and Business Development Bureau (AMBD), working with other AMBD staff members to achieve bureau and program goals.
Montana Business
- John Doerr’s Advice for Barack Obama: Hire Bill Joy
The next question from the president-elect was what single policy issue he could focus on that would most help entrepreneurs.
Montana Economic Development
- Blackfoot Telecommunications Group Doubles Contributions to Western Montana Food Banks
"From Noxon to Philipsburg and from Missoula to Condon the communities we serve are struggling to provide for their families. Blackfoot was there for our customers when they needed phone service in 1954, and we are here for them today," said Joan Mandeville, CEO of Blackfoot Telecommunications Group.
- Neville Log Homes Corp.- Montana based log home builder files bankruptcy on Canada plant
Nancy Neville, a member of the family that owns the business, said civic and provincial officials sold them on the business climate in B.C. before they opened in 2001. "They were going to do all kinds of wonderful things, but they didn't do anything except tax the hell out of us."
Careers
- E-Newsletter: Montana Association of Community Development Extension Professionals
MACDEP's mission is to encourage excellence in community development educational programs, processes, research, and technical assistance through the exchange of ideas and methods, collaboration, and professional development of members to benefit communities.
- Missoula's housing plan aims for in-city living
“The need is increasing across the state, so resources are becoming thinner and thinner.”
Funding and Building your Business
- Online job boards headed for obsolescence
More than 450 U.S. corporations have teamed up with several federal agencies, 47 out of 50 state workforce agencies and numerous universities and colleges to post jobs at a fraction of what online job boards charge.
Incubators and R&D
- Microsoft is Giving Away Software to Spark Startups
Microsoft is giving away software, services and support to startups earning less than $1 million to help them get off the ground and to the next level.
- Everything I Know About Startups
You can be in the middle of nowhere and still build a great business.
- Startups want office leases with flexibility - Rofo.com
As the economy continues to falter and the commercial real estate market slows, small-business owners are searching for shorter leases and for office space that can expand, shrink or be subdivided. And many entrepreneurs are eschewing brokers, opting to do the work themselves.
- Inside Entrepreneurship: Tips on setting up an advisory board
Startup entrepreneurs and small-business owners benefit when they surround themselves with astute advisers.
Montana Education Excellence
- MSU business professor, Laura Black wins $100,000 NSF grant to study virtual organizations
The grant will allow her and the people with whom she is working to study how virtual organizations - or businesses and organizations made up of people who are not physically in the same place -- can be more effective.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- The University of Montana Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) - "The Missoula Food Bank Needs Your Help!"
The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) is currently collecting food for the Missoula Food Bank through November 18th.
Idaho Business
- Montana State University management class seeks businesses for consultation
Montana State University's College of Business is seeking local and regional businesses that would be willing to offer management students practical business experience during the upcoming spring semester in return for research, issue analysis or operational advice.
Education
- Groupware Technology opens Boise office
Groupware Technology is one of the fastest growing solution providers in North America, and has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest growing private companies for the second year in a row.
- Nampa, Idaho-based MPC files for bankruptcy
Nampa-based computer maker MPC Corp. is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid a financial crisis that’s forced it to lay off hundreds of workers.
Energy
- Improving Outcomes for Traditionally Underserved Students Through Early College High Schools
Early college high schools are one emerging method of increasing the rates of high school completion and postsecondary participation of traditionally underserved students and meeting projected workforce development needs.
- Idaho Schools dump Plato - Computer program helps students on ISAT, uninstalled... and then gives them another 90 days
After pouring nearly $6 million into an out-of-state education company to help Idaho kids who struggle with the state's high-stakes tests, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna has abruptly ended the program.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- California Renewable-Energy Initiatives Defeated
As drafted, the initiative would have driven up electricity rates, stalled the state’s already steady shift to clean power and strangled small alternative-energy companies.
- Laser Sensors for Wind Turbines
A system that detects gusts before they arrive reduces wear, boosts output.
Commuter Rail Development
- Cheap, Self-Assembling Optics
Researchers have made new nano building blocks for optical computing and solar-cell coatings.
- The Healthy Skinny Pill
A new drug proves effective in fighting obesity and related diseases while increasing stamina in mice.
- Next-Generation Longevity Drug Works Mouse Wonders
Mice given the new drug, called SRT1720, gorged on high-fat food for four months without gaining weight or developing diabetes, and ran twice as far on a treadmill as their control-group counterparts. Similar drugs are expected to follow down the pipeline.
Non-Profit News
- Passenger rail is on the minds of voters and politicians more than ever. Some say the next train era is on its way.
Californians are considering selling billions of dollars worth of bonds to get going on an 800-mile system of bullet trains that could zip along at 200 miles per hour, linking San Francisco and San Diego and the cities in between.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- Why a For-Profit Mentality Often Fails to Help the Social Sector
If the organization you're involved with--as a volunteer, board member or actual employee--doesn't hew the party line, it must be because its leadership is clueless. .
- MT PTAC Seeks Non-Profit Partners
To expand its services, the MT PTAC intends to partner with existing nonprofit organizations who currently provide technical assistance to small businesses and that would be willing to offer assistance to these same businesses in the area of government contracts.
TransportationVIRUS ALERTS
- Great Lakes moves forward on EAS flights in Montana
Great Lakes took over the EAS contract, but so far has been able to resume flights in only three communities: Sidney, Lewistown, and, just last week, Miles City.
- Malware Campaign Uses Obama's Name
The polls have been closed for less than 24 hours, and already hackers are launching a new malware campaign.
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