Michigan Business Network

Jack S. GLVCB, President of the Greater Lansing Visitors & Convention Bureau joins Chris Holman on this segment of Michigan Business Beat. Jack gives a periodic update on GLVCB’s record year along with some highlights of GLVCB Annual Meeting.

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Michael Melfi is joined by Richard Simtob, serial entrepreneur and Partner at Zoup! If you are someone who loves a good defining-moment story and wants to learn more about collaboration and good management skills, you're going to want to tune in.

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Chris Holman welcomes James McBryde, President, MMDC (Middle Michigan Development Corp) to talk about how the MMDC has been working with CMU to fill the talent gap in the skilled trades. The talent issue is the #1 issue that Michigan is facing right now and the MMDC is proving to be a great catalyst for finding engineering talent.

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Topics covered on this episode of Bottom Line IT featuring Amy Mumby and Erik Jacobson include:

1. Facebook ordered to stop tracking in Belgium

2. 5G to bring more performance, less pizazz

3. Cisco to Return $67 Billion in Profit to the U.S.

4. White House Blames Russia for NotPetya

5. Russian Meddlers Indicted

6. Social Security Numbers of Cali state workers exposed in breach

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Peter Schottenfels, Communications Manager with Google, NY, NY, discusses the excitement of bringing the Grow with Google Tour to Michigan’s capital March 9 & 10. He speaks with Chris Holman about a growing downtown and as a center for government, education, and manufacturing, Lansing is on the move. Lansing ranks as one of the best Midwest cities for recent college graduates and is home to several respected organizations doing incredible digital skills

work that we are so excited to work with. What's been the impact of GwG in the other communities where you've done this? The Grow with Google initiative helps people across the United States grow their skills, careers, and businesses by offering free tools, training, and events. Thousands of people have come through our trainings in our events so far and are taking the digital skills they learned into their jobs and businesses and returning to google.com/grow to continue their learning.

Edythe Hatter-Williams, CEO, Capital Area Michigan Works! CAMW! Lansing, MI, joins Chris Holman to discuss Capital Area Michigan Works! proudly joining Google to bring Grow with Google, a two-day event to help job seekers, small businesses, students, teachers and entrepreneurs improve their digital skills. Grow with Google is being held at Lansing Community College’s Gannon Building on March 9 and 10. Workshops run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday (for educators). All workshops are no cost to participants. 1-on-1 coaching with Google staff, or Googlers as

they call themselves, is also available.

It’s always a delight to welcome filmmakers actors, writers, producers DJ Perry and Shane Hagedorn on SBW. Second time guest, but first time-live, in studio Director Jesse Low also joins us with news on the release of their next collaborations “Wild Faith”.

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Segment 1: Dave Tappan returns to SBW for an update on his short “Chocolate and Cigarettes” that has been accepted into the Grand Rapids Film Festival. His production partner, Hamody Jafar’s film “Detroit Diamond” a documentary, was also picked to play at the festival, coming this April 14, 2018

Segment 2: Entertainment news, Oscars

Segment 3: Entertainment news, Productions

Segment 4: Entertainment news, Guns

Segment 5: Entertainment news, Ryan Seacrest

Segment 6: Entertainment news, castings for film and television

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Chris Holman welcomes back Tony Vernaci to talk about the new association AIAM and how it is helping to strengthen Michigan's Aerospace Industry. Tony, Executive Director, AIAM,(Aerospace Industry Association of Michigan) highlights what the association will be doing in 2018 to move along Michigan's Economy.

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Chris Holman welcome two great guest to the this segment of Michigan Business Beat. Nicole Noll-Williams from the Capital Region International Airport and Lynda Kroll, Development Director for Apple Vacation.

Apple Vacation has become a great asset to the Capital Airport, contributing to program that is extremely aggressive and a one stop shop for its customers.

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