Giddy up RURAL ENTREPRENEURS! If you are looking for a way to market and sale your products on-line…or you just wanna  learn a little more ’bout technology…eCommerce Training is the workshop for you! This two-day event will teach you how to sell yur  products and services online. In addition, you will also learn:

• How to create a website
• How to join an online chatroom, forum, or blog (heck you are on a blog right now)

Don’t forget! Everyone loves to be in the middle of the arena, so you’ll  also learn:

• the do’s and don’ts’ of advertising
• How to harness the power of marketing through email and pay-per-click
• And, how to “brand” your product so everyone will know who you are!

Yes siree! This is gonna be one wild show. Don’t miss the opportunity to be involved. And, for all of you who love to travel through the Big Sky–two seperate workshops will be offered.

• Sidney, Montana: Sidney Public Library on  April 2nd and 3rd
• Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University EPS Building on May 14th and 15th. Hold tight tur yur boots for more information on the Bozeman workshop.

Ya’ll better saddle up yur horses, strap on yur boots…’cause this is gonna be one wild ride!!

For more information on this wild rodeo event call:

Jamie Vowell at 406-994-1754 or email jvowell@montana.edu

Grant Writing Workshop in Billings, MT

November 13-14, 2007

Montana State University-Billings, in partnership with Grant Writing USA, is pleased to present a two-day grant writing workshop in Billings, November 13-14, 2007. More than 5,000 government and nonprofit agencies across America now turn to Grant Writing USA for grants training. All nonprofit and government agencies are welcome to attend.

Grant Writing USA delivers nationwide training programs and workshops that dramatically enhance performance in the areas of grant writing, national foundation and government grant maker research and relations, program planning, and personal and organizational excellence. Each element plays an important role in grant writing success and all are covered in this, Grant Writing USA’s signature two-day workshop.

This workshop is suitable for beginning and experienced grant writers who desire to increase their fundraising competitiveness and broaden their funder focus.

Tuition payment is not required at the time of enrollment. Please read the “Payment Policy” section of our online registration.

Tuition is $425 and includes all materials: workbook and accompanying 220MB resource CD that’s packed full of tools and more than 200 sample grant proposals. Seating is limited, online reservations are necessary, walk-ins are not allowed.

For more information including venue location and maps, graduate testimonials and instant, online enrollment, please visit

http://www.grantwritingusa.com/

Community Blogs

In addition to the LeadershipPlenty® training sessions, community coaches Anita Raddatz came out to Montana to conduct trainings for the participating Horizons communities. these trainings were held in Bozeman and Glendive. Anita delivered the trainings to a number of community members and follow-up training, will be available through contacting Edward Sypinski, these trainings have been key in getting participants more comfortable with the medium. The training includes having participants create a personal blog so they can get comfortable with the technology, then transitioning them over to the project/community blog. Each community was provided with a Kodak digital camera as part of the LeadershipPlenty® training, so Anita offered tips on how to include photos in the blog. In small communities where there is no newspaper, the blogs will hopefully prove to be a great, cost-effective way to improve communication. Outside of the bulletin board at the post office, in many cases there was no communication vehicle within the communities. The blogging project has been so successful in Washington and Anita was invited-to travel out to Montana to provide training on blogs here. The goal was to “train the trainer” so that participants can provide training and assistance to community bloggers in their states. For more information on the
Washington blogging project, and to see a list of the community blogs there, visit www.horizonspr.blogspot.com