TROY - The Motor City Chapter of ISSA will review Information Security threats and issues for 2008 and forecast what's in store for 2009 on Dec. 18 at Walsh College. New President Steve Hill also will discuss how the ISSA Can Empower Security Strategists and Practitioners. Chapter elections results will be announced at the meeting.
SALINE - DesignHub, a creative services and marketing firm, has created a brochure and an accompanying countertop display to help Evangelical Homes of Michigan raise funds for the Memory Support Center now under construction at the Brecon Village Retirement Community in Saline. The brochure and display describe EHM?s Sponsor a Brick program, in which contributors
ANN ARBOR - Learn how to analyze your current market to ensure that your organization is reaching its target audience and meeting client needs at a special marketing series presentation Dec. 10 at Automation Alley. Specifically, attendees will learn about: Online surveys Survey best practices Research tools List management Build organically vs. buy Lead generation
WATERFORD - Now is the time to enroll in an exciting business training program presented by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Center that starts March 6 and runs through May 8, 2009. Venture Forward is an intensive, ten-week program that uses the highly acclaimed FastTrac GrowthVenture learning system along with MI-SBTDC counseling and research
ANN ARBOR - Zachary Moen has joined Butzel Long as an associate attorney practicing in the firm's Ann Arbor office. Moen represents corporate and individual clients in intellectual property and commercial litigation. He also has defended individuals and companies at various stages of federal criminal investigations, conducted internal investigations on behalf of corporations, and counseled
KALAMAZOO - Businesses and industries are invited to partner in a major internship initiative that Kalamazoo Valley Community College plans to launch in January �?? placing 55 students in internships each academic year through 2011. Funded for a three-year period by the KVCC Foundation, the $100,000 project seeks to place students with enterprises interested in
SAN FRANCISCO - Black Friday proved to be a relatively bright light in an economy largely characterized by dark, gloomy reports. Overall, retail sales for the day after Thanksgiving were up 3 percent from the same day in 2007, with preliminary estimates putting total sales in the U.S. at $10.6 billion, according to Shoppertrak RCT,
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association is seeking nominations for exceptional professional women to honor at its 13th Annual Women and Leadership in the Workplace Symposium and Awards Luncheon. The MBPA is dedicated to recognizing women who have attained significant achievements, peer recognition and are committed to the advancement of issues related to
FLINT - Kettering University will receive $225,000 to develop a program focused on teaching entrepreneurship studies across the curriculum. Kettering joins the Illinois Institute of Technology as the only two grant winners to enter the next phase of a program supported by the Kern Family Foundation of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Kettering President Stan Liberty said the
LANSING - Although Michigan voters easily approved the medical marijuana ballot proposal, Proposal 2008-1, earlier this month, the voter-initiated law's language is causing some confusion. The law legalizes marijuana for medical use, but it does not stipulate how patients can obtain the drug, nor does it change the federal law criminalizing marijuana for all purposes.