Download article as PDF Written by David Thompson Social Networking can be very easy, though it often times seems intimidating at first.  For the web savvy, the methods and means are very simple and intuitive but even those that are only semi-literate in the ways of the web can be taught how to quickly use these tools and [...]

Download article as PDF by Roger Green The New York State SBDC library, known as the Research Network, decided to embrace the so-called Web 2.0 technology relatively early on.  The first blog item to http://sbdcrn.blogspot.com/ was posted on May 24, 2005.  It was prompted in part by one of our then-current librarians, Mary Beth Bobish, coming back from [...]

Download article as PDF Written by Randy Nelson & Alan Pruitt Sometime last year we started exploring more efficient uses of technology in our Center. The need was apparent for new technology due to the following areas: We had challenges with our college-based website. For some reason, any changes had to be submitted weeks in [...]

Download article as PDF by SBTDC Emerging Technologies Fund The Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund (Michigan ETF) is designed to expand funding opportunities for Michigan technology based companies in the federal innovation research and development arena. The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC) in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), dedicated $1.4 [...]

Download article as PDF by Michigan SBTDC The MI-SBTDC Balanced Scorecard was first rolled out to internal network in early 2008. The dashboard illustrates graphically the indicator measures regarding achieving our core Mission: “to positively impact the economy by strengthening existing companies, creating new jobs, retaining existing jobs and assisting companies in defining their path to [...]