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  • NCET Biz Bite | Buying & Selling a Company during COVID | Apr 28

    How has COVID affected companies looking to buy or sell? Join us on Apr 28 as Fritz Battcher discusses the current state of deals in Nevada during this pandemic and how COVID has affected the deal market.

    NCET Biz Bite | Buying & Selling a Company during COVID | Apr 28
  • NCET Biz Café | Crisis Communication | Apr 21

    Join Jackie Shelton as she takes you through the elements of a crisis communication plan. When you’re done with this interactive session, you’ll be better prepared to identify the chinks in your company’s armor and how to address them in case of an emergency.

    NCET Biz Café | Crisis Communication | Apr 21
  • NCET Tech Wed | The Generator | Mar 10

    Calling all creatives and creative hopefuls – did you know that Reno is home to a vibrant Maker Space? If you’ve ever wondered where some of our area’s most beautiful and unique sculptures were dreamt up and built, join us on Mar 10 for a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of The Generator.

    NCET Tech Wed | The Generator | Mar 10
  • NCET Biz Bite | 10 HR Steps to Creating a Better Business | Mar 24

    Overlooking critical HR functions could cost you millions! In this hands-on workshop, HR expert Karyn Jensen shows you the legal, practical, and essential functions that you must address. You’ll walk away with the knowledge to avoid complications, regulatory issues, and perhaps lawsuits.

    NCET Biz Bite | 10 HR Steps to Creating a Better Business | Mar 24
  • NCET Biz Café | Colorful Personalities: How Teams Uniquely Navigate Change | Mar 17

    Join Kit Prendergast in this fast paced, dynamic presentation to learn how to identify and navigate the unique characteristics of the wide range of personality temperaments of those in your professional and personal circles.

    NCET Biz Café | Colorful Personalities: How Teams Uniquely Navigate Change | Mar 17

Three Tax Credit Opportunities Extended: WOTC, Federal Empowerment Zone And Indian Employment Credits

March 5, 2021 by NCET Member

The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021, signed into law on December 27, 2020, extended three federal tax credits that were set to expire on December 31, 2020: The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), The Federal Empowerment Zone tax credit and The Indian Employment Credit.

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Creativity is the WFH casualty no one is talking about. Here’s how to stay inspired while working remotely.

March 3, 2021 by NCET Member

You know the feeling. It’s already afternoon and your goal to make headway on your work to-do list is slipping out of reach. In the office, you could be inspired by chatting with a colleague or charting things out on the conference room whiteboard. But now it’s just you, facing a creativity desert. We hear a lot about the challenges of sustaining productivity in the WFH context. But the deeper, underlying issue has gone unaddressed: You can’t have productivity without creativity.

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NCET Biz Tips: Explore Reno’s Own Maker Space

March 1, 2021 by Dave Archer

Calling all creatives and creative hopefuls – did you know that Reno is home to a vibrant Maker Space? If you’ve ever wondered where some of our area’s most beautiful and unique sculptures were dreamt up and built, look no farther than The Generator.

Many of Reno’s most well-known displays, such as the Space Whale, along with artwork on exhibit all over the world, were made possible by the resources, collaboration and curiosity of The Generator collective.

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Workforce development downtown Reno: UNR’s robotics center to open soon

February 27, 2021 by NCET Member

The past will soon meet the future of workforce development in the historic Southside Studio, operated by the University of Nevada, Reno in downtown Reno.

K-12 robotics competition teams help to stimulate interest and development in robotics, computer science, engineering and automation, and these teams need large, open areas in which to design, build and test their creations.

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WFH Doesn’t Have to Dilute Your Corporate Culture

February 26, 2021 by NCET Member

The pandemic pushed many organizations to become fully remote, and the experience has been better than many imagined. As a result, a hybrid working model that embraces the best of both remote and office-based work awaits many workers and companies on the other side of the crisis.

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Marketing Trends for 2021

February 24, 2021 by NCET Member

I think we’ll increasingly see more and more marketers examining their own biases in their efforts. Representation from different races and genders in marketing campaigns is becoming so much more important in our culture and will certainly cross over into the marketing realm. I see this affecting campaigns, targeting and even who we use as models in our advertising messages.

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Ask NCET: Business software and Social Media scheduling tools

February 22, 2021 by NCET Member

How do I pick the right business software? I use several different social media platforms. Should I use a Social Media scheduling tool? NCET’s panel of business and technology experts answer your questions in our monthly column.

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What’s in Your Email? How a Phishing Scam Can Impact Your Organization

February 20, 2021 by NCET Member

In today’s COVID world, it’s difficult to find many certainties. But one thing that has stayed the same throughout the pandemic is the continued threat posed by phishing scams.

Many organizations have found a way to adapt to a remote work environment, which comes with an increase in cyberattacks and employees falling victim to phishing attacks because they can’t readily walk next door to management to verify an email purportedly from them.

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Expert reveals the 5 best habits for leading in a virtual world at Insider conference

February 19, 2021 by NCET Member

Remote work has forced corporate leaders to change the way they manage their employees, according to Dr. Penny Pullan, author of “Virtual Leadership,” who outlined the new priorities modern-day leaders should be aiming for during her keynote session at Insider’s “Workplace Evolution” event.

Pullan said while the pandemic has forced companies to implement work-from-home options, she has been learning to adapt to remote work for over 19 years.

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Eide Bailly LLP

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BBSI
BluePeak Technology Solutions
Comstock Insurance Agencies, Inc.
Gibson & Associates
Holland & Hart
KPS3
Maren Rush Creative Design
Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development
PBS Reno
Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern
Reno Tahoe USA
Sage Financial Advisors
Sierra Pacific Federal Credit Union

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Gary Owens – Owens Technology

Stephanie Small – Blanchard, Krasner & French

Ash Sobhe – R6S

Danny Weibel – Arrow Electronics

 

 

President’s Circle

Eddie Ableser – Tri-Strategies Government Relations
Tray Abney – Abney Tauchen Group
Keith Anderson – Trinity Applied Internet
Mikalee Byerman – Estipona Group
Travis Clark – Albright & Associates, Ltd.
Robert Faulkner – Enconnex
Emil Geiger – Geiger Engineering
John Graham – Northern Nevada Living
Tim Grant – Business Solution Providers
Kimberly Hulse – Employers Insurance
Wendy Hummer – EXL Media 
John Kleppe
Melissa Marsh – HRinDemand
Carol Nicholson – Homewood Suites by Hilton
Robert Phillips – Sierra Capital Management Group
Marco Romero – Biz-Net
Lea Tauchen – Abney Tauchen Group
David Taylor – Microsoft
Justin Thomsen – Slate Accounting
Abbi Whitaker – Abbi Public Relations
Peter Williamson – ActionCOACH
Arthur Zorio – Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

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