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| MATR Newsletter - Tue May 27, 2014 |
"Business Intelligence is not a technology, it's not a group of software suites you buy, it's not even a team of expensive data conversion and analysis experts you recruit. It's a new way of doing business so everyone in your organization can do their jobs better."
TODAY at 1:30 - Big Data Alliance Meeting, 5/27, Missoula, Montana http://www.matr.net/ev ... =5067 --- Startup Women Montana: Startup 101 Webinar, 5/28, Online http://www.matr.net/ev ... =5057 --- Hellgate Venture Network- Jeremy Sauter Of Paramount Pictures, 5/29, Missoula http://www.matr.net/ev ... =5059
Big Data Week - May 5-11-14 - 30+ Cities Worldwide Including Missoula
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Big data, IT a good fit for Missoula
Earlier this month, Missoula was one of 25 cities to participate in Big Data Week, a global confluence of events focused on the impacts of data.
Come Home Montana
- Dorsey Updates - Supreme Court Hears Argument in Aereo Case re Bringing Broadcast TV to the Internet
Owners of works able to be performed have struggled with value slipping away from uses without payment and have sought to find copyright infringement in the acts of makers and users of the new technologies.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - Customer Support Manager - Pulsara
The Customer Support Manager will be a part of the Customer Support department, assisting in all levels of communication with current Pulsara end users, administrators and potential leads.
- Montana Career Opportuniy - District Operations Manager and other positions - Northwestern Energy
Responsible for managing, directing and supporting functions related to the operation and administration of the electric and natural gas system within the Livingston and Yellowstone Park areas.
Careers
- U Family Connect - Creating and developing exceptional Parent/Family programs at Colleges and Universities
What are schools doing correctly in their efforts to include parent communities from the very first brochure that is sent to a prospective student through graduation ceremonies?
- Cape Air boardings are taking off in Eastern Montana
Cape Air flights to Eastern Montana have become a hot-ticket item since the Massachusetts-based airline became the Essential Air Service provider between Billings and five rural Montana communities.
- Outside Magazine - The Next Energy Bar Revolution: Real Meat - The Omnibar from Montana
Made from Montana-raised beef, they're intended for sustained activity - four hours or more. Comes in four flavors including roasted peanut and mango curry.
- New owner to keep employees, expand Jim Palmer Trucking in Missoula, Montana
"We bought it to grow our business and expand our footprint in the Northwest, where we hadn't had a lot of presence in. Jim Palmer has one of the better names in the industry. We are looking to grow both companies by 15 to 20 percent a year. We're really all in."
- Say what? A Mamalode for Dads? A Dadalode...
Say what? A Mamalode for Dads? A Dadalode-- it's true. Ad free special dad edition... Just in time for Father's Day.
Rural Communities
- Here's how much your high school grades predict your future salary
"A one-unit increase in your GPA has a very sizable impact on your education and earnings."
- Profoundly Disconnected?
The goal of Profoundly Disconnected is to challenge the absurd belief that a four-year degree is the only path to success. The Skills Gap is here, and if we don't close it, it'll swallow us all.
- Overseeing America's community service - AmeriCorps
"You either have to care about people or get out of the way."
Government
- Rural Veterans: An Aging Population
Nearly 4 million rural Americans are military veterans. That population is aging and has special needs, according to a report from the Economic Research Service of USDA.
Regional Economic Development
- Water Infrastructure That Delivers More Public Value
What we're seeing in cities like Columbus is part of a trend toward using green infrastructure to meet specific needs of utilities while generating a host of additional benefits for their communities. These cities are turning their infrastructural liabilities into assets.
- How one small word change could mean many more contracting dollars for small businesses
40 percent of nothing is nothing.
University Business Plan Competitions
- Develop trails, develop local economy
Most people don't think of trails and greenways when considering economic development, but they should.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Catheter that emits bacteria-killing light wins $75,000 for University of Utah team - Veritas Medical LLC
The latest $75,000 win comes from International Business Model Competition hosted by Brigham Young University, which drew more than 2,500 teams from 200 schools around the world.
Education
- Programs give students real world work experience in high school
The center's courses are designed to help students choose college majors and careers. Participants work on projects in business, engineering, interactive design, teaching and technology.
Montana Education Excellence
- The Ripple Effects of Rising Student Debt
A collection of studies shows that the burden of student debt may well cause people to make different decisions than they would otherwise -- affecting not just individual lives but also the entire economy.
- Colleges Rattled as Obama Seeks Rating System
White House officials said the government rating system would provide new incentives for colleges to hold down costs and broaden access to a more diverse student population -- and provide an alternative to the private rankings, where colleges often battle for spots by erecting lavish new athletic centers and libraries and by becoming more selective in whom they admit.
- Europe's Top Business School Courts Women by Learning What 'Candid Americans' Want
"If you look at where Wharton and others are, we need to do better."
Community
- Invitation from the Governor's Office and the Dennis & Phyllis Washington - Business Leaders' Summit on Early Childhood Education 5/28 in Missoula
Montana is one of only nine states with no state investment in preschool programs.
- Montana State University remains school of choice for high achieving students
"The number of honor students selecting MSU is up 5 percent from last year and is more than all of the other colleges in the state combined."
Funding and Building your Business
- The HIVE - New model of community life/work development on the rise in downtown Oakland
What makes the place special is that "while they're all doing business, there is also a sense of community."
- Ten new grant announcements
Connectivity & Communications
- Nobody Cares How Awesome You Are at Your Job
If you can guarantee an outcome, you'll make your customers (or bosses) happiest when you promise it. But if you're not sure you can do it--or if you think you can do it even better--you might not want to promise anything and surprise them instead.
- Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends
The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company.
Government Technology
- USDA Announces Funding for Advanced Communications Technology in Rural Areas
"This funding will help small, rural communities across the country gain access to communications technologies to improve health, education and other services," Vilsack said.
- At the End of the Line - Unregulated Monopolies and Modern-day Communications
Today we take it for granted that Americans should have access to electricity. It wasn't always that way.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- 5 Innovative Tech Solutions for Civic Disengagement
Communities have a growing number of technological resources available to face the challenges posed by a growing population and a resource constrained world.
- The Tools We Need to Measure Quality in Government
Without auditable standards, quality in government cannot be measured.
- What shopping will look like in the future
"Physical shopping will become a lot more fun because it's going to have to be," retail futurist Doug Stephens says.
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