Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Osceola Youngster Honored
Congrats to Osceola's Joshua Best for his photo being selected as part of the 4-H photo contest. His picture is on display in Sen. Mike Haridopolos' Tallhassee office. Here it is http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/detail.sfly?imageIndex=0&sid=0AZt27hy5csWTEIA&fid=396ff52f24d69764
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Link-o-rama 3-28-10
Nothing but the best links...
- Osceola County Teacher of the Year. And the winner is....
- Senate passes massive economic development bill dubbed "Jobs for Florida" but not without some heartburn.
- Shingle Creek Adventure Challenge.
- Celebration-based Channel Intelligence makes some news.
- Tupperware empowers women in India and received 51% of its revenue from emerging-market nations.
- St. Cloud supports Expressway Authority. Story here.
- Google plus Kissimmee equals this website.
- Check out the Solar Bill of rights: http://www.solarbillofrights.us/
- Florida High Speed Rail Web site.
- ESPN 3D makes news HERE, HERE and HERE.
- Spring Training: Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves.
General Audit Management (GAM2010) conference March 29-31
ACL Services Ltd., the leading provider of technology for audit and compliance professionals, announced that Steve Biskie, ACL director of services product management, will present at this year’s Institute of Internal Auditors’ (IIA) General Audit Management (GAM2010) conference March 29-31 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center.
Small Business help from Governor's Office
The Governor's Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development (OTTED) is bringing together state and partner organizations that support Florida's small businesses and entrepreneurs with an event in Orlando on Wednesday (March 31).
The free forum is a chance to hear from and interact with key resources for expanding a business, including technical assistance and financing opportunities.
Featured Resources Include
Location: Disney Entrepreneur Center, 315 E. Robinson Street, Ste 100, Orlando, FL
To reserve your seat call the BBIF of Central Florida at 407.649.4780
e-mail: info@bbif.com
The free forum is a chance to hear from and interact with key resources for expanding a business, including technical assistance and financing opportunities.
Featured Resources Include
- Black Business Loan ProgramLoans and loan guarantees for black owned businesses
- Disney Entrepreneur CenterResources for small business in Central Florida from free one-on-one business counseling, and low-cost seminars, to high-impact networking opportunities
- Economic Gardening Loan Program Loans for small businesses that are in the best position to continue making a successful long-term business commitment to Florida
- GrowFL - Technical Assistance Program Provides a suite of high-end, high-speed technical assistance and business resources to companies that have grown beyond the startup phase.
- New Markets Development Program Provides capital investment to businesses located in Florida's low income communities.
- Small Business Development Center Network Provides entrepreneurs and established businesses with the assistance needed to start, grow and succeed, contributing to the Florida economy
Location: Disney Entrepreneur Center, 315 E. Robinson Street, Ste 100, Orlando, FL
To reserve your seat call the BBIF of Central Florida at 407.649.4780
e-mail: info@bbif.com
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
High Speed Rail meeting in Lakeland Today (March 24)
The Mayors of Tampa, Orlando and Lakeland will convene the first Super-Regional Rail Summit hosted by CONNECT US, the Central Florida Partnership, and Tampa Bay Partnership at the Lakeland Civic Center on March 24, 2010 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The Summit is free and open to the public
This from CONNECT US Website: "It is the first time that the leaders of the three Florida High Speed Rail cities, FDOT, and station area stakeholders will be together. FDOT will present a status report on the project. There also will be presentations by the Chairmen of SunRail and TBARTA on the status of regional rail projects. Business, labor and environmental leaders will participate in the discussions that will focus on Super Regional connectivity. We also are privileged to have the Right Honorable Lord Adonis, Minister of Transport for the United Kingdom attending and participating. Lord Adonis unveiled last week plans for a $30 billion British pound High Speed Rail system running from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh."
This from CONNECT US Website: "It is the first time that the leaders of the three Florida High Speed Rail cities, FDOT, and station area stakeholders will be together. FDOT will present a status report on the project. There also will be presentations by the Chairmen of SunRail and TBARTA on the status of regional rail projects. Business, labor and environmental leaders will participate in the discussions that will focus on Super Regional connectivity. We also are privileged to have the Right Honorable Lord Adonis, Minister of Transport for the United Kingdom attending and participating. Lord Adonis unveiled last week plans for a $30 billion British pound High Speed Rail system running from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh."
Tone Software at VoiceCon Orlando 2010
Tone Software Corporation, a global provider of comprehensive network monitoring and management solutions for converged telecommunications and IT infrastructures, is demonstrating its newly announced ReliaTel-Streamline®Management Solution 2.6 Release with the Operational Knowledge Base at the VoiceCon Orlando 2010 Conference March 22-24 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, booth number 1232.
VoiceCon Orlando 2010
SecureLogix Corporation CTO and VP of Engineering Mark Collier moderated a panel discussing a host of security issues and concerns facing enterprise voice and interactive communications at the VoiceCon conference and exhibition at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center. Collier is a telephony security and enterprise communications expert and co-author of the book Hacking Exposed: VoIP (McGraw Hill, 2006). He is also the author of the widely read VoIP Security Blog at http://www.voipsecurityblog.com/.
Gearing up for Google
Kissimmee is making a bid for Google's super fast Internet connection experiment. Here's the video and details.
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