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Promoting the Regional Brand
New North Workplace Excellence Award applications being accepted
NEW NORTH, INC. NEW NORTH – Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 New North Workplace Excellence Award. The honor recognizes organizations within the 18-county New North region that are improving their competitive advantage through people practices that lead to successful business outcomes.
Award submissions are evaluated on two primary criteria: People Practices and Business Practices. People Practices is inclusive of orientation and assimilation; recruitment, selection and retention; culture management; alignment and engagement; development/performance management; employee communication; succession/knowledge transfer; and exit (retirement or outplacement). Business Practices criterion include savings (financial and efficiencies), growth (financial and customers) and increased profitability...
Special Event
University of Wisconsin’s Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and WICTRA to host cybersecurity conference
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH OSHKOSH -- The University of Wisconsin’s Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in partnership with Wisconsin Cyber Threat Response Alliance is presenting a cybersecurity conference providing high value training and networking opportunities for cybersecurity and administrative leaders throughout northeast Wisconsin.
The conference topics include: - CIO / CISO Roundtable
- No Fish Is Too Small: Small/Medium Business Cybersecurity
- Insanity Range Exercise
- Panel Talk: Hire and Retain Talent
- Cyber Exercise: Insider Threat
Register for the event below... Research and Trends in NE Wisconsin
Door County among tops in Wisconsin for per-capita wealth, purchasing power, study says
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE Door County residents have money to spend and the chance to affordably spend more of it compared to much of Wisconsin, a national financial firm says. The county ranked fourth out of Wisconsin's 72 counties for greatest per-capita wealth in the state and second for purchasing power, according to two studies by SmartAsset, a New York-based financial technology and advice company. SmartAsset's study for wealth compared all counties in the U.S. in three metrics — investment income, median home value value, and per-capita income — and created a Wealth Index based on those rankings to determine overall rankings nationally and for each state. Among all counties in the U.S., Door County ranked 344th for wealth and 186th for purchasing power.... Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
At 14, she got a summer job selling T-shirts at EAA AirVenture. Now, this Oshkosh woman supports women in aviation
OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN OSHKOSH – For some pilots, aviation runs in the family. Others might find it through schooling. For one Oshkosh native, her passion started by selling T-shirts. Margaret Viola, however, had the benefit of having a world-renowned aviation organization in her hometown. And, at 14, she needed a summer job. Her mom saw an ad to sell T-shirts during Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture fly-in convention. Viola, a 2006 Oshkosh West High School graduate, got her work permit and was hooked...
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Solar is here -- and growing
WHBL SHEBOYGAN -- Solar is slowly emerging as a significant contributor to the power grid in the Sheboygan area as two solar fields were dedicated by Alliant Energy last Wednesday. The City of Sheboygan Solar Field is a 1-Megawatt facility on Gateway Drive in Sheboygan’s southside industrial park, consisting of 3,042 panels capable of powering 177 homes. The Kohler Solar Field on Erie Avenue just west of I-43, also dedicated last Wednesday, is more than twice that size, with 9,000 solar panels providing 2-and-a-quarter Megawatts of electricity capable of powering 580 homes. Both projects were developed in partnership with SunPeak, a Madison-based solar project developer... Read More 5> Special Event
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh breaks attendance record
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OSHKOSH – If you went to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year and felt like there were a lot of people there, your feeling was right. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh broke its attendance record, welcoming over 650,000 guests to the grounds this week. “There’s no doubt that weather plays a big part of it, in the last two years (during the pandemic) which wasn’t good for people personally the aviation community has grown. they used that time to start building airplanes and getting more interested in aviation,” said EAA CEO Jack Pelton...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Your questions about Appleton's 2022 Mile of Music festival answered
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON - Mile of Music 9 is ready to rock downtown Appleton this week. The free music festival starts at 11 a.m. Thursday and runs through Sunday night. In between, there are about 700 performances of scheduled by more than 200 artists at 40 venues. We know you have questions about Mile of Music 9. We have answers. Let's get started...
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
UW Oshkosh accepts prestigious Green Ribbon School Postsecondary Sustainability Award
UW OSHKOSH
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is being recognized nationally for its comprehensive approach to sustainability.
Chancellor Andrew Leavitt and Campus Sustainability Director Brad Spanbauer were in Washington, D.C. this week to accept the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Award. The recognition is for schools, districts and institutions of higher education that reduce environmental impact and costs; improve the health and wellness of school, students and staff; and provide effective environmental and sustainability education...
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| | UWO Chancellor Andrew Leavitt (left) and Campus Sustainability Director Brad Spanbauer (right) were in Washington, D.C. to accept a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Award. With them is Cindy Martin, deputy secretary of the department of education and senior leadership official for climate, environment and sustainability. UW Oshkosh story above.
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