Tuesday, August 30
A career of connection
CEO Heidi Rogers celebrates 20 years with Northwest Council for Computer Education
Geographically, the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) has helped integrate technology and the internet in classrooms from Avery to Anchorage. In the early days, NCCE members used Palm Pilot portable computing devices to conduct their work in the early days. CEO Heidi Rogers has been along for much of this journey.
Get talking
Talk to at least 10 people for five minutes every day. Conversations you have in the course of your work with co-workers and customers don't count. Leave your desk, your cubicle, your division or department and just go talk to people you wouldn’t normally chat with. Tell them what’s going well for you in your work and talk about the challenges you’re dealing with. Ask them how they’re doing. Then listen.
Idaho Travel Council announces annual grant awards
More than $9.4 million awarded for tourism promotion
During its meeting held in Pocatello at the end of July, the Idaho Travel Council granted $9,492,795 in tourism marketing funding to nonprofit organizations through the Idaho Regional Travel and Convention Grant Program.
North Idaho man among 11 charged in $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme
A Kootenai County man is one of 11 people charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for their roles in creating and promoting Forsage, an allegedly fraudulent crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised more than $300 million from retail investors worldwide, including in the U.S. Ronald R. Deering of Coeur d’Alene was charged by the SEC, along with six others from other states, with violating the registration and anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws.
Inventory management in a post-COVID economy
Financial crises are inevitable. On average, we experience an economic crisis of varying size and scale every seven years.
Want free business funding? Ask the feds
We tend to think of government as “they,” when in reality it’s “we.” We fund it and we comprise it. So why not get returns on our taxes more directly? For small businesses and startups, the federal government provides opportunities to do just that in the form of contracting and grants. In fact, federal and state government agencies (the latter includes federal funds funneled through states) are among the biggest distributors of business grants. Navigating that world may seem intimidating, but getting a payday makes it worth the effort for entrepreneurs and small businesses ready to grow.
Making moves
Businesses and people taking on new challenges in Kootenai County
Businesses and people taking on new challenges in Kootenai County
CdAEDC/Jobs Plus annual meeting on Sept. 7
Focus will be 'Building for the Future'
The Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Corporation/Jobs Plus, Inc., has scheduled its annual meeting on Sept. 7. "Building for the Future" is the theme of the meeting scheduled 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
Goodbye August!
It is well-known that August is the hottest month of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Idaho’s July unemployment rate shows slight increase to 2.6%
According to Help Wanted Online, there were 63,010 online job postings in Idaho during July, equating to 2.6 job openings for every unemployed Idahoan looking for work.
NIA — Women of Impact in their words: How to market to women who shop
(It’s OK. I like to shop too!)
The North Idaho Alliance, AKA NIA, wants you to know it’s OK to admit you like to shop.