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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

TCRG: New Presentation for Downloading


From: Doug Petty dr.petty@yahoo.com

The September 10 PowerPoint presentation by Barbara Ronningen, Demographer at the State Demographers Office, on Preparations for the 2010 Census is now posted on the TCRG website www.TwinCitiesResearch.org for downloading.
To download these and earlier presentations go to the TwinCitiesResearch.org website. You will need to Sign In, or if you have not Signed In with Yahoo and joined the Twin Cities Research Group, you will be required to Sign Up for a Yahoo ID (Free, but will cost you a few minutes to get a Yahoo e-mail) to gain access to the TCRG files area and other features of the TCRG website at Yahoo Groups.com. You only need to register once to get access to all the presentations posted.
Find the presentation by clicking on "Files" on the left column of the TwinCitiesResearch.org webpage. If "Files" is greyed out, you will need to sign in or Sign Up as a member of the TCRG group with Yahoo
On the "Files " page, look for the brown bag presentations folder. Right click on the presentation you want in the folder and download the file onto your computer. Most of the files are executable compressed (zip) files. Once downloaded, click on the file on your computer to open it with PowerPoint presentation or Acrobat Reader software.
If you have concerns, problems, or even praise, post a message to me or to the group for comment.
The Twin Cities Research Group ListServe now reaches over 320 active analysts, researchers, planners, and others active in the social sciences! Thanks for putting your trust in this informal service group over the past year.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Wednesday, December 10 brown bag presentation at the Wilder Foundation (Lexington & University Aves.in St. Paul) by Angie Eilers, Research and Policy Director for Growth and Justice, will present research on the return on investment from the cost of increasing the number of post-secondary degrees inMinnesota by 50 percent by 2020.
January 14, Erika Martin, explains the methods and findings of the State Dept. of Human Services' MFIP Longitudinal Study.
February 11 -- Joe Hollman of Cushman Wakefield examines the historical business cycles of the commercial-industrial property market.
March 11 -- Larry Baker discusses his research on household attitudes and social norms concerning our carbon footprint.
Have something YOU want to present to Twin Cities researchers? If so, send a short description/proposal of your idea to the TCRG list moderator: dr.petty@yahoo.com
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