Wednesday, May 17, 2017 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (Now, with more networking!) How to make your website achieve your business goals Did you know that digital media has surpassed television as the primary entertainment channel? It has! It’s also our primary communication channel. It’s absolutely essential in 2017 to ensure you have a high […]
NCET Tech Tips: Continuing Education Is the Key to Improving Employee Retention
Four decades ago, a new employee likely expected to spend their entire career with the same company. As the years passed, they might rise through the ranks and receive enough on the job training to succeed in their role. Neither employee nor employer gave much thought to continuing an employee’s education. For this generation, there was a social contract between employers and employees. Loyalty was valued, and it went both ways. Companies rewarded longevity and loyalty and employees put company priorities before their own. It was also industry-standard for companies to offer pensions to attract and retain valuable employees.
NCET Tech Wednesday – FN Nano / Catalytic PURE AIR – May 10
FN Nano Inc. and Catalytic PURE AIR LLC put advanced materials science to use to clean and purify air in the most amazing ways. What would you think of a wall coating, a sort of sophisticated paint, that serves as a highly effective way to remove odor and bacteria from the air?
Chinese see Tesla’s gigafactory in Nevada as major tourist draw
Nevada’s Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison recently returned from a 10-day TravelNevada trade mission to China. One of his biggest takeaways is the Chinese — who make up the No. 1 foreign travel market for the U.S. — see the Tesla gigafactory near Reno as a major tourist attraction.
Nevada Research and Innovation Corporation launches to promote discovery
An independent, nonprofit organization is now in place, with the sole mission of supporting research, discovery, innovation and commercialization at the University of Nevada, Reno. The Nevada Research and Innovation Corporation has the capability of holding equity and can expedite commercialization of research discoveries and intellectual property. “Many of this country’s most notable research universities have nonprofit corporations or foundations of this type,” Ellen Purpus, the University’s assistant vice president for enterprise and innovation who guided development of NVRIC, said. “It is a model that has proven to be successful for researchers and entrepreneurs, the universities and regional economies.”
NCET Tech Tips: Transform your Revenues into Profits
Creating profit in business is linked not only with our economy, or with the owners’ decisions, or with the success of the salespeople, or with the skill of the marketing reps—it’s really tied most closely with the way that owners think about business, money and profitability. From an insiders’ viewpoint, I’d like to share with you several key steps to energize your business, find new ideas and insights and connections, and become more profitable than ever.
NCET Tech Cafe – Business Basics from an MFT: Use Sexuality (Not Sex) in Advertising – May 17
How exactly can a sex therapist help you grow your business? Bottom line: Advertising. In business, no one doubts the importance of effective advertising — and as the mantra goes, “sex sells.” But Marriage & Family Therapist Steven Ing believes it’s not sex, but sexuality, that creates the kind of human storytelling that makes your company relatable, memorable, and engaging.