I am very pleased to have a guest Byte writer this week. Some of you know the author; many will recognize the name – Mary Treacy as she’s my aunt. I’m posting this a little early so that anyone interested in attending the event at St Kate’s will have time to RSVP. If you want … Continue reading
Category Archives: Conference News
Search Engine Ranking
Two quick items this week. One is related to what I actually do; the otherisn’t. Search Engine Ranking Tool http://www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/ranking-reports/ If you have a web site – one of your goals is to make sure that customerscan find you easily with the search engines. This online tool will let youtype in your web site address … Continue reading
Upcoming Events
My apologies to the folks outside Minnesota, but I have been directly and indirectly working on some events around the Twin Cities that I thought locals might find of interest. For everyone – Rick in Minneapolis expanded on last week’s Byte on Google Alerts by pointing out that you could monitor your own name to … Continue reading
Online Conference Registration Tool
Today’s Byte is for anyone who ever plans conferences. (For those who don’t, here’s a quick link to kids’ worksheets. It kept my kids going for hours during spring break.) Back to the conference planners… Last month I worked with an online registration service that was new to me – Regonline. As the name implies, … Continue reading
Summer Festivals and Fun Spots
It’s been a while since we’ve had an off-the-topic fun Byte. So in honor of my favorite summer festival (Grand Ol’ Day, which was last Sunday) I thought I’d point of some great sites for making summer plans. Sorry to my non-Minnesotan subscribers – maybe you can look at this as proof that we’re not … Continue reading
Another Online Book Discussion by MRP
Minnesota Rural Partners and E-Democracy are hosting their second online book discussion. I hope that you will join us for this email-based book club. The book is Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas Friedman. I will be moderating the discussion and I hate to admit to you that I haven’t even started the book – so … Continue reading
A Few Good Conferences
If you are like me you’re looking for any event that is air-conditioned – I have a few suggestions. E-Tapestry hosts fully functional fundraising databases for nonprofit organizations. I talked to them last week and I must admit I don’t know much about their product – except that it’s free for nonprofits with fewer than … Continue reading
An Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
This is a slightly non-standard Byte of the Week – but I know there are several entrepreneurs on the list who might be interested. And I’ll provide a link to a tool below. Minnesota Rural Partners is looking for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial communities to tell their stories of success at the 2003 Rural Summit. The … Continue reading
BizPathways is on the Radio
I’m posting Byte of the Week a day early today to share some fun, timely news. Tonight at 5:20 BizPathways is going to be mentioned as KCCO-James J Hill Reference Web ‘O Week! Listen in at 5:20 at KCCO 950 AM. If you miss the broadcast you can read about us on the web. BizPathways … Continue reading
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