Presentations

April 2009   Top ideas for finding resources It All Starts With A PLAN! Know Your Assets Develop A Vision Make It Public Don’t Let The CAVE people Get You Down Create Obtainable Goals This is NOT an Easter Egg Hunt  
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July 2008    Growing Entrepreneurs in Rural America was the focus of a workshop at the national Workforce Innovations conference hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor in New Orleans in July 2008. The Montgomery Institute, representing the WAEM WIRED Initiative, joined with the Mississippi Technology Alliance and the Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and...
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November 29-30, 2007  Connecting Entrepreneurs, communities, and service providers Today’s global economy alarms many rural communities. The traditional economic development strategy of bringing a factory to town is less and less effective. New strategies are needed. For many communities and regions a viable new strategy is growing local entrepreneurs and businesses. Entrepreneurship capitalizes on people...
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November 9, 2007   Today’s employers are sending the message that they cannot find qualified applicants for many of their job openings, citing reasons such as poor reading, writing, math and basic employment skills. A U.S. Department of Education report echoes the finding, indicating that 7 out of 10 students graduate from high school...
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