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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Mar 17, 2017 |
Dance like your microwave isn't watching
TODAY! - Rally For Montana's Future Superheroes!, 3/17, Helena, Montana http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html --- Montana Code Girls Seeks Volunteer Mentors To Support Teams of Girl Coders http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Gov. Steve Bullock
Montana Department of Commerce
- Governor Bullock Announces Additional Support for Montana Businesses to Create Jobs, Grow the Economy
Workers' compensation rate reductions allow job creators to invest in their business, employees, and Montana's economy
Montana Politics & Legislature
- Missoula Tech Company, TOMIS, Wins SBDC 'Shark Tank' Competition at the Governor's Conference on Tourism and Recreation
Evan Tipton and his team created an automated marketing intelligence platform for tour operators. TOMIS helps tour operators manage marketing in the digital age, with products like search engine optimization, Google Adwords, email marketing, and more.
- Governor Bullock Announces 15 Economic Development Grants
Grants to assist Main Street Montana businesses with growth and job creation
PFL
- Rally For Montana's Future Superheroes!, 3/17, Helena, Montana
This Rally is in support of Representative Kathy Kelker’s and my $12 million preschool grant program, House Bill 563.
- 46 of 56 Montana counties support mail ballot for special election
Thursday was the deadline for county commissions across the state to decide if they would support a mail ballot for the upcoming special election to select Montana's sole congressman.
- Governor in Butte touts $12 million grant proposal for preschoolers
"From my perspective, it's atrocious that Montana is one of a small handful of states that hasn't made these investments," said Bullock after the reading session.
Montana Code Girls
- How Do You Know if Direct Mail Works?
It's easy with our online Direct Mail ROI calculator. Just enter a few pieces of information and you'll see what your projected return on investment really is.
Big Sky Code Academy
- Montana Code Girls Seeks Volunteer Mentors To Support Teams of Girl Coders
If you support our cause, there is no better way than to get involved than though volunteering! We are in need of mentors for our 2017 Technovation Montana teams!
Montana Office of Tourism & Economic Development
- If You Want to Survive in Design, You Better Learn to Code
What companies need now are designers who can empathize and bang out lines of Javascript.
Early Edge Montana
- Governor Bullock Announces 2017 Montana Tourism Award Winners
The awards celebrate the outstanding work of the communities, businesses, organizations and people who strengthen Montana's tourism industry and thereby contribute to maximizing its economic impact for Montana residents.
- Destination Montana: Governor's conference looks to capture more #MontanaMoments
"What we're looking for are people who will provide a high degree of economic impact and are excited about Montana,"
- Two Butte entities recognized at state tourism conference
"To me that's what this award is really about,' said Fisher, noting that the campaign gives residents a collective voice. "That Butte is an amazing place to live, work and play."
- 'Tongue-in-cheek' Colorado ad thanks Utah for passing .05 DUI law
..."We know you've always been a little 'quirky' when it comes to alcohol laws, but this is really out there." The note is signed, "Sincerely, Colorado."
Artificial Intelligence and The Internet of Things
- Why do Idaho, five other states spend nothing on preschool? Political and family culture - Rally For Montana's Future Superheroes!, 3/17, Helena, Montana
Forty-nine percent of Idaho's kindergartners show up not ready to learn to read, according to the results of the state's reading indicator evaluation.
Energy and Climate Change
- Artificial Intelligence Is Learning to Predict and Prevent Suicide
The goal: build predictive models to tailor interventions earlier. Because preventative medicine is the best medicine, especially when it comes to mental health.
Come Home Montana
- More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
"We all came away with a deeper understanding of the ubiquity of climate change as a challenge for business leaders of the future"
- Climate change is making us sick, top U.S. doctors say
Even the little nuances of climate change could become significant problems for our health in the future. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
- Survey: Customers Don't See Net Metering as Key to Going Solar
A Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative report contains some unexpected findings on consumer attitudes toward rooftop PV.
- The old, dirty, creaky US electric grid would cost $5 trillion to replace. Where should infrastructure spending go?
The U.S. electric infrastructure, which already contains trillions of dollars of sunk capital, will soon need significant ongoing investment just to keep things the way they are.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - Chief Financial Officer - Northern Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Northern Telephone is seeking an experienced, highly motivated, organized, and detail oriented individual to join our team as our Chief Financial Officer.
- Western Montana's Largest Career Fair, 04/27, Missoula
This is a simple way to get your business name out AND meet hundreds of possible applicants. Job Service makes all the arrangements. All you have to do is come and introduce yourself to the motivated people who are there to find jobs.
- Montana Career Opportunity - GIS Engineer - Northwestern Energy
The GIS engineer with work with the BT team, the GIS coordinator and the rest of the integrity team to build the necessary functionality into the GIS system to efficiently input new data and interface with existing data systems.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Web Content Manager - Rocky Mountain College
This position is responsible for creating, gathering, reviewing, editing and publishing compelling and strategic content on RMC's website.
- Montana Career Opportunity - GIS Data Acquisition Analyst - onXmaps
The role of the Data Acquisition Analyst is to establish and maintain contacts with municipalities to facilitate vector data as well as maintain the team's custom data processing toolbox.
- Manufacturing Jobs in Montana
Job Postings here are a service for MMEC clients and are provided by the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Hydro Supervisor, GIS Engineer, Data Analyst and more... Northwestern Energy
TEDx Events in Montana
- Flathead Lake's Legendary Lodge
For the last 70 years, the Averill family has welcomed guests from around the world, including celebrities and dignitaries, to the classic Montana dude ranch along the scenic shores of Flathead Lake
- Just like in North Dakota, Montana energy and ag struggle
Montana, too, is grappling with substantial decreases in revenue from energy production, but their pain from the energy sector has been deepened by declines in the coal industry.
- ZAF Energy Systems expanding development of cutting-edge battery technology from Columbia Falls facility
"We think our mission statement is pretty ambitious but attainable: We're going to change the way we power the world," Randy Moore, president and CEO, said last week.
- The Sip-n-Dip in Great Falls, Montana Encourages Channing Tatum to Be a Merman and Have a Dip in Its Pool
Come on in. The water's great in Great Falls
Careers
- TEDxBozeman 4/8/17 is SOLD OUT - Live Viewing Locations Available
These viewing parties are completely free to the public (not to mention FUN) and are the perfect way to participate in TED's vision of sharing ideas worth spreading on the local level.
Business Plan Forums
- 10 hard skills to learn that will last a lifetime
1. Hunt the good stuff
Government
- John Ruffatto Business Startup Challenge - 4/13 - Missoula, Montana
Hosted annually by the University of Montana School of Business Administration since 1989, the Business Startup Challenge is Montana's premiere opportunity for students attending any college or university across Montana to present exciting new businesses and/or social entrepreneurship venture ideas for adjudication.
- University of Montana Student Wins Statewide Business Plan Competition
Evan Tipton, who is studying recreation resource management in UM's W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation and set to graduate in May, bested 24 other competitors to earn $5,000 for his business, TOMIS http://tomis.tech/
Idaho Business
- Is a Universal Basic Income a Good Idea?
In the U.S., some Silicon Valley titans are championing the idea.
- Zinke: Interior Department in the 'energy business'
Jeremy Nichols with WildEarth Guardians -- one of the environmental groups that fought the Greens Hollow lease -- called Zinke's decision a "travesty."
- The Blow-It-All-Up Billionaires
They had lost all faith in the ruling class--the government, the media, Wall Street. "It showed the entire blow-up of the country coming," Caddell told me. "A whole new paradigm developing."
Other Economies
- No, it really is that slow. Idaho ranks dead last for internet speed despite some gains
Among states neighboring Idaho, Utah was ranked 6th, Washington 10th, Oregon 18th, Wyoming 37th and Montana 39th.
- Idaho Governor Otter Announces Membership of Higher Ed, Workforce Development Task ForcesOTTER
Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter announced the full membership rolls today for two new task forces created to study and recommend how best to address Idaho's "K-through-Career" education and job training needs beyond high school.
Regional Business
- Israeli tech firms revving up engines for self-driving cars
Israel is now home to hundreds of startups that provide everything from censors to cybersecurity to data collection for autonomous vehicles, putting it alongside Silicon Valley at the forefront of an industry that many expect to take off over the next decade.
Workforce Development
- Wells Fargo 25% More Likely to Punish Women Employees than Men, Study Says
A new study released Monday shows that while female financial advisers are less likely than their male counterparts to engage in misconduct, they are punished far more harshly after complaints of wrongdoing.
- Small Colleges and Small Towns Working Together for Their Futures
Still, for prospective students who value the intimacy of small colleges and communities, small towns have a lot to offer.
Montana Education Excellence
- 'How do we replace them?': As skilled workers approach retirement, schools focus more on career training
The "skills gap" is often highlighted by industry and government officials as the confluence of workers needing more advanced skills to enter trades at the same time there are less people pursuing trades.
Funding and Building your Business
- Slashing Higher Education in Montana is the Wrong Way to Address Budget Shortfalls
There are better options. It is not fair to students, families, or our state's economy to make deep, debilitating cuts to higher education while the super wealthy and large out-of-state corporations get tax breaks.
Government Technology
- Study: You need 86 candidates to hire that one right person
Although reviewing that many candidates sounds like a lot of work, this rate is actually better than most larger companies, who need to see an average of 100 candidates before hiring someone.
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Utah Finds Unexpected Benefits from Statewide Road Data Project
Lidar uses 40 sensors strapped to a vehicle to collect 2,000 points of data per second, creating a visual representation of the streets.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Max Baucus as you've never seen him before
He revealed plans to launch The Baucus Institute, a public policy think tank focused on issues that are important to Montana. He's working with the University of Montana to raise money to build a new wing to its law school that will house the institute.
Transportation
- Solar-powered aquaponic greenhouses grow up to 880 lbs of produce each year
Myfood is pursuing the vision that everyone should be able to grow their own produce locally.
Events
- 6 takeaways from Bozeman's new transportation plan
Fed up with heavy traffic, half-built street sections or the other associated quirks of Bozeman's street grid complicating your commute?
- 6 takeaways from Bozeman's new transportation plan
Fed up with heavy traffic, half-built street sections or the other associated quirks of Bozeman's street grid complicating your commute?
- Why Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Are Inextricably Linked
While we're still far from an actualized mass implementation of AVs, it is not hard to imagine a scenario in which people just trade in their current vehicle for a self-driving model.
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