What is the Rate of Return on a College Degree?
1550_ 5/19/14 - He explained how federal laws from the early 1800s shaped our current education system, our economy, and ultimately the role of the U.S. as a world leader. Dr. Jordan highlighted current trends and shifts in the education arena. He provided statistics about teaching job skills versus teaching students critical thinking, and how higher education changes students, their families and the larger world around them. The audience will leave with an understanding of what a college or university is in today’s world and how to ensure that you match the right type of education with the needs of your employer and your family. Since taking the helm, President Jordan has led MSU Denver on a rapid trajectory toward becoming one of the preeminent public urban universities in the nation. Under his leadership, MSU Denver has achieved university status, launched its first master’s degree programs, experienced undergraduate enrollment increases at record levels, and seen plans for a new Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center and the Student Success Building come to fruition. Amid deep budget cuts, President Jordan has led nationally recognized initiatives to retool and reposition the University for the future. Dr. Jordan went into great detail what MSU was doing about Investing the Stimulus, Metropolitan State College of Denver uses federal funding to reposition itself for the future...Earlier, Alternative Investments: Why 60/40 Doesn’t Work Anymore was presented by: Chris Pelley, CIMCO
RELATED LINKS: Metropolitan State University of Denver – MSU Denver || Investing the Stimulus || FEI Colorado Chapter || CrossTalk Article || CIMCO Private Wealth || KEYWORDS: Stephen Jordan, Metropolitan State University of Denver, MSU Denver, FEI Colorado, Education System, Our Economy, Teaching Job Skills, CIMCO Private Wealth, Chris Pelley,

It's Here - It's Now, The 30th Space Symposium
1552_ 5/19/14 - Whether you’re just coming for a day or for the full week we’ve built a bigger and better Space Symposium that will serve you well. Exciting new programs include our New Generation Space Leaders program, our first ever Technical Track for the presentation of papers, and the new SpaceSLAM program for space hipsters. And, for the main Space Symposium agenda, we are very proud to feature our largest and most star-studded program of senior government space leaders ever. Along with thought leaders from industry, academia and science around the world, this “Who’s Who” of the space community will present the most thought provoking and all encompassing discussions of the state of play in our industry that can be found in one place, at one time, anywhere on the planet. At the nexus of International and New Generation is the third annual presentation of the global Fusion Forum, a program of the Space Generation Advisory Council of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. It is all about networking, after all. While the formal 30th Space Symposium agenda includes some of the most compelling speakers and panel sessions we’ve ever presented, we know that "networking with colleagues" is the number one reason delegates attend - many of my fellow CEOs take as many as 70 or 80 meetings over the course of the week. Organizations like the Aerospace States Association, NDIA, Hosted Payloads Alliance, Satellite Industry Association, Coalition for Space Exploration, Colorado Space Coalition and others host numerous important meetings in the 'margins' of the Space Symposium.
RELATED LINKS: New Generation Space Leaders program, || Technical Track || Cyber 1.4 program || Space Foundation || Leonard Nimoy || KEYWORDS: 30th space symposium, broadmoor, colorado springs, who's who space community, fusion forum, space foundation, Generation Advisory Council, United Nations, Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

ACG Denver - Steve Swinney, Kodiak Building Partners - David Sloan Scholarships1546_ 5/12/14 -
Steve spoke on lessons learned during Kodiak’s formation and growth from its inception in 2011 with the acquisition of Barton Supply, a local steel fabrication business, to 2014, a collection of building material distributors in Colorado, Texas and Massachusetts with 350 employees and $160 million in sales.

Podcast Directory – Download, Listen, It’s Free
1548_ 5/12/14 - Looking for inspiration? Maybe you need to do a little research on the modern day tech and business leaders here in Colorado... from VCs and Startups to following the growth pattern of superstars. When did we hold the first Colorado Technology Summit - who were the leaders then? ...You can get those answers on the w3w3 Podcast Directory. For speed and efficiency, the w3w3® Podcast Directory has one overall INDEX each year, and is also broken up by month. ARCHIVES - All Interviews for Each Year Follow the Year: 2010 || 2009 || 2008 || 2007 || 2006 ||
Each interview is with an industry leader that is or has made a huge difference for Colorado. And if you find a broken link or a missing story, let us know and we will fix it. It's a lot of DATA (maybe not BIG Data) but a lot of data. Each interview is with an industry leader that is making a huge difference for Coloradoans.
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Colorado impacting global food movement
1549_ 5/19/14 - We interviewed Krista Roberts, the Director of Slow Food Denver, a local chapter representing a global food movement called 'Slow Food'. It started in Italy initially as a reaction to the fact that a fast foods hamburger stand was being constructed at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome. But it has evolved a lot since then and is founded on the premise that everyone should have access to food that is good, clean and fair. There are chapters all over the world and we are one of the most active in the United States. In the Denver community, they have two main areas of programming. The 'Seed to Table School Food' program works directly with schools educating children about where their food comes from, how to cook and just the pleasure of enjoying good food. They also support about 50 school garden programs. The other area of work they do is their Community Table Programming. Here they do a lot of outreach and education to the general public helping connect them with local food producers, farmers, ranchers - getting more information about their food and building community through all these outlets. Coming in June, and this is a first of its kind, Slow Meat will focus on meat - and we're excited that it's in Denver - this is the first hosted in the United States! The idea is to gather a group of people who are all involved with meat in some way - ranchers, processors, chefs, consumers - to really consider meat and how we can create a more sustainable meat system in our country...
RELATED LINKS: Slow Food Denver || Community Reach || CIMCO || Podcasting Directory || KEYWORDS: Krista Roberts, Slow Food Denver, Global Food Movement, Community Table Programming, School Garden Programs, CIMCO, Community Reach Channel, bytes=7120251
LISTEN TO: Krista Roberts, Slow Food Denver

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Crowd funding with a business and academic blend
1551_ 5/19/14 -" We’re excited about the prospect of using crowd funding to jumpstart promising projects developed by students, faculty and staff," said Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. "For our initial pilot we looked for projects across a range of academic and research disciplines, as well as for projects that provide outreach." Larry interviewed Ray Johnson, CU-Boulder Crowd funding Pilot Project Lead from the Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. CU-Boulder Crowd funding is a pilot online fundraising platform (launching May 2014) that allows CU-Boulder individuals and organizations to create and share fundraising campaigns with an engaged community. Our tools empower the CU-Boulder community to come together and create lasting impact on things you care about. Through the platform, you can: Explore eight exciting pilot projects led by CU-Boulder students and faculty, from engineering to archival work to film; Spread the word about projects that inspire you to help generate interest and enable project teams to reach their goals; Make tax-deductible contributions using a convenient online interface; Keep up with project developments and outcomes as the projects move toward completion. Plans are in progress to refine and expand CU-Boulder Crowd funding once the initial pilot concludes, so we welcome any feedback that can help us improve the platform. Listen for more details...
RELATED LINKS: CU Crowd funding FAQs || CU LEEDS School of Business || CUTTO Channel || Silicon Flatirons Center || Entrepreneurs Channel || KEYWORDS: Ray Johnson, CU-Boulder Crowd funding Pilot, Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, Fundraising Platform, Crowd funding, bytes=5874732
LISTEN TO: Ray Johnson, Crowd funding Pilot Project - Leeds School of Business

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What to expect at GlueCon 2014
1545_ 5/12/14 - Glue Con coming May 21 & 22, 2014. Eric Norlin, Founder of the Glue Conference, said, On day 1, you’ll see several breakout tracks: APIs, Cloud, DevOps and Identity. These tracks are designed to be taken “as a whole” — which is to say, that my intent is that you would pick a track for the afternoon. Of course, you’re more than free to violate that, and bounce from track to track. But, for instance, in the Identity track, you’ll get exposed to a session on tokens, one on OneName (distributed identity via bitcoin’s block chain), several on SSO and OpenID, and one on mobile platforms and identity. Similarly, in the DevOps track, you’ll dig in on SaltStack, Ansible, using Go and AWS clusters, and Docker. And again, the same kind of pattern for APIs and Cloud. Each track has discussion time and led Q&A — where the sessions are meant to inspire discussions *across* the individual session topics. 2.) Running parallel to the day 1 tracks, you’ll find 2 workshops. These workshops (one on Mesos, and one on ECL and HPCC) are 2 hours in length, and meant as extensive dives into a specific topic. 3.) Day 2s breakouts are grouped by themed tracks, per se, but you’ll still find broad groupings of topics — be they devops, APIs, platforms, SDKs, or analytics. 4.) In all cases, you’ll find solo presentations that are meant to be technically advanced. In other words, come prepared. 5.) Over the 2 days of GlueCon, you’ll find 78 sessions PACKED with content. No fluffy panels, just substance. "I hope you’ll take a few minutes and really look through the agenda. If you’re a developer, I’m confident that doing so will make you want to attend. And to do that, all you need to do is register."
RELATED LINKS: Agenda || REGISTER || Photos Gluecon 2013 || Defrag Conference 2013 || Software Channel || w3w3 Blog || KEYWORDS: Eric Norlin, Gluecon, tokens, OneName, bitcoin, SSO, Open ID, DevOps, SlatStack, Ansible, Go , AWS, clusters, Docker, APIs, Mesos, ECL, HPCC, Cloud Computing, Mobile Development, Big Data, APIs, CIO, CTO, Techno Babble, Renaissance Enterprise Developer, Drone Technology, Foundry Group, Brad Feld, Seth Levine, Jason Mendelson, Ryan McIntyre

Colorado Companies to Watch Winner’s Orientation
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Check Out the Photos and Watch a Slide Show "This year's Colorado Companies to Watch winners show the impact small business has on our economy and demonstrate why Colorado is one of the nation's leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship," said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. "We want to congratulate each of these companies and wish them continued success."