February, 2006	Volume 4, Issue 2
Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Awards Funding to Center for Research and Innovation Lueken’s Village Foods is one of three large grocery stores serving the greater Bemidji area.  Over the past three decades, the store has expanded considerably and now has two locations with 262 employees. The Center for Research and Innovation will deliver a training program that will help employees develop a perspective in future-oriented thinking with a deliberate, planned approach to growth. Project results include identifying and implementing business strategies that lead to a high performance culture, develop a market research methodology, and creating a streamlined approach to administrative process will decrease the overhead.  Full press release and photos of the grant signing are available online. Professional Development Opportunities Be One of the First to See Covey’s NEW Signature 7 Habits Hot off the press!  Stephen Covey’s updated 7 Habits for Highly Effective People is here.  The latest application-oriented materials are a sure-fire way to bring more efficiency into your life.  Join Deanna Murphy at the Center for Research and Innovation for this in-depth look at Covey’s philosophy on February 15, March 8 and March 22.  Click here for course and registration information. CRI Offers New Program in Project Management A new three-day course in project management will be offered March 7, 14 and 21 by the Bemidji State University Center for Research and Innovation. Students will work in teams and are encouraged to use existing projects instead of instructor provided case studies. “This three day course will focus on the development of a project plan using processes sanctioned by the Project Management Institute.  Since the culmination of the class will be a draft project plan, students are encouraged to bring existing or planned projects from their workplace to class”.   Teaching the course will be Michael Wellcome Associate Director, Center for Research and Innovation. In addition to project management his experience includes systems design, electronic commerce and organizational development. He is the project officer for the Northern Tier High Technology Corridor project and has over 10 years experience in designing, managing, and implementing projects. Course fee is $425, including lunch and all materials, with a discount offered to any company sending 4 or more people to this course. More information and the registration form are available online. News and Events from Regional Knowledge Clusters Safety Professionals - Get Advice to Initiate a Safety Culture in your Organization Presenting will be several human resources/safety team members from TEAM Industries, representing a variety of its locations. The presenters are Pete Keller, Audubon and Detroit Lakes, and Nichole Nater, Park Rapids and Baxter. Carri Pickett and Julie Olson from the TEAM corporate office in Bagley will also attend and participate in the question and answer segment of the program. Safety cultures are among the most difficult safety initiatives to achieve, noted Nater. While compliance is necessary, a safety culture is also comprised of employee buy-in and empowerment, which typically results in improved compliance and a decrease in injury occurrences and severity. This session will be held at the Center for Research and Innovation on February 15.  A $20 fee will be charged to cover the price of lunch and materials. Advance registration is encouraged in order to guarantee lunch.  Click here for registration form or contact the CRI at cri@bemidjistate.edu Read more about safety culture. Mark your Calendar – First Annual Northern MN Safety Conference In conjunction with the Minnesota Safety Council, the Northern MN Safety Council is hosting the first annual Northern MN Safety Conference on April 5 at Concordia Language Villages Spanish Village.  The conference will feature several speakers and break out sessions from private consultants and MN OSHA Consultation.  One speaker will be Mr. Garry Kroft, Senior Safety Specialist at S & N Consulting, Ltd. In Maple Grove, MN.  Kroft will present, “So You're the Safety Director...Now What?”.  Watch the CRI News for more information and registration. Natural Resources Professionals - “Ojibwe Naming of Wild Plants” Presenting will be Michael Wassegijig Price, a full-time science faculty member at Leech Lake Tribal College, Cass Lake, and project director of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM). He teaches ethno biology, botany and ecology. His presentation will focus on the systematic naming of wild plants by the Ojibwe people in accordance with their language and cultural beliefs.This program is part of an ongoing series of presentations offered monthly on a variety of natural resources related topics.  Join us at the Center for Research and Innovation on February 20, from 3:00 to 4:00pm. Read more about this presentation.  The full schedule of upcoming events is online.  These monthly programs are offered FREE and open to the public. News from the Small Business Development Center Susan Hoosier Named Director of the NW MN Small Business Development Center Located in the Bemidji State University Center for Research and Innovation, the SBDC serves businesses and prospective business owners in a twelve-county service area in Northwestern Minnesota.  Hoosier most recently served as the business development and loan specialist with the Headwaters Regional Development Commission in Bemidji.  Her experience includes serving a variety of capacities in within agencies supporting business development as well as in businesses, nonprofit organizations, education, and the real estate profession. Read more on   the new director or contact the SBDC at 218 755 4255. Attention all Budding Entrepreneurs The SBDC is co-sponsoring, with The People's Connection, an Entrepreneur 101 training on Tuesday, February 14th at 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Small Business Development Center.  Call 755-4255 to register for the class.  The fee is $25.00 per person.   Coming Soon to CRI Become a licensed insurance representative in Minnesota!  The insurance pre-licensing training gives you the knowledge and skills needed to pass the state licensing exam. This series of programs will be offered on the BSU campus via ITV beginning in March. Learn to be a more effective public speaker!  Whether presenting to 1 or 1000, it takes mental, visual, vocal and verbal preparedness to be the best you can be.  This program will help you learn simple and reliable techniques you can use to be a better public speaker, trainer, presenter, spokesperson or lecturer. Watch the CRI news for more details coming soon. Real Estate Refresher Couse  This course will cover agency, contracts, and fair housing.  Other topics to be covered are required paper work for the Real Estate agent, legal names, tenants, earnest money and escrow items.
The Center for Research and Innovation along with the NW Minnesota Regional Small Business Development Center provide a full range of business and career services. The Minnesota Small Business Development Center program is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Minnesota Department of Employee and Economic Development, and sponsoring centers. SBA’s funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions or services. All SBA funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. SBA's cooperation does not constitute or imply its endorsement of any opinions, products and/or services. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. We want to make the CRI News useful for you and your business success. Let us know what you would like to see on these pages by contacting the CRI You are receiving CRI News from Bemidji State University Center for Research and Innovation. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list, please click unsubscribe and send us an e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. You can also view this newsletter on our web site at http://www.cri-bsu.org. Contact Bemidji State University’s Center for Research and Innovation 218 755 4900 / 888 738 3224 http://www.cri-bsu.org . Upon request this document can be made available in alternate formats.  Please contact Center for Research and Innovation at 218 755 4900 / 888 738 3224 for assistance. For TTY communication, contact the Minnesota Relay Service at (612) 297-5353 or 1-800-627-3529 and ask them to contact us at 218 755 4900 / 888 738 3224.

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