Strategic Collaboration: Insights from Drew Ebert of Bois Forte Development Corporation

In this episode, TribalHub chats with Drew Ebert, CEO of the Bois Forte Development Corporation, about fostering successful organizational collaboration. Drew shares his strategies for aligning high-level teams, creating and executing strategy maps, and engaging leaders to drive impactful initiatives. He also highlights the success of Bois Forte’s fellowship program and its role in cultivating future leaders.
 
Reach out to Drew on LinkedIn and read his latest article, "Innovation Pipelines:  U.S. Infrastructure and Sustainability" in the TribalHub Magazine!

You’ve experienced a security Incident. Now what?

What happens when you've experienced a security incident?  Do you follow your incident response plan?  Does your tribe even have an incident response plan?  Is cybersecurity a topic regularly discussed with your executive team?  This discussion with Renita DiStefano, President and CEO of Second Derivative, LLC, will help you answer these questions, give you tips on how to prepare an incident response plan and where to get help if it's needed.
Show Notes:
Reach out to Renita DiStefano at renita@2nd-derivative.com or visit Second Derivative, LLC at https://www.2nd-derivative.com
Tribal-ISAC:  http://www.tribalisac.org
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):  http://nist.gov
MS-ISAC:  http://www.cisecurity.org
CISA Cybersecurity Grant: https://www.cisa.gov/cybergrants-faq
 

Foodservice trends for tribal casino operators with BuyersEdge and Eagle Mountain Casino

Join Buyers Edge Platform and Domenic Vertucci, Director of F&B at Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, CA, for a conversation about what is trending within the tribal casino foodservice industry. As a partner of TribalValue, Buyers Edge Platform is sharing exclusive purchasing solutions to aid operators in finding the best solutions for optimal cost management. Listen in as they share actionable solutions for savings in both food and non-food spend. 
 
Show Links:
Reach out to BuyersEdge at:  https://buyersedgeplatform.com/tribal-value/
Reach out to Michelle at:  michelleb@tribalhub.com
 

Keys To Optimizing IT Spend In Your Tribal Organization

In this episode, we share some great lessons that our TribalValue partner, Virtual Procurement Services (VPS), discussed during a recent webinar with our TribalHub division. Learn the keys to utilizing a proper procurement strategy to reduce and recover technology costs, optimize purchasing processes, and improving organizational collaboration.
 
Now more than ever, tribal nations and businesses will need to do more with less as we continue to deal with difficult social and financial times. Our staff here at TribalHub talks with tribes throughout the country, and everyone is trying to gain their footing in this uncertain environment.
 
The majority of organizations are doing this by reducing their budgets. But, is that the right decision?  Listen in as we talk about how you can reduce your spending in a non traditional way and make creative changes that can deliver a real lasting organizational impact.
 
Show note links:
Virtural Procurement Services Webinar
Other topics in this webinar include: effective strategic planning, vendor and technology management, and procurement risk management. Which can be applied to all aspects of your community including tribal healthcare, education and other services.
 
Show Host: Michelle Bouschor, Connection & Resource Specialist, TribalHub
E: michelleb@tribalnetonline.com
 
Presenter: Fred Brown, CTO, Virtual Procurement Services
Presenter Bio: Fred Brown has over 26 years of IT experience, including 13+ years in tribal gaming and hospitality leadership and over 12 years in strategic technology consulting spanning multiple industries. Prior to joining VPS, Fred was Corporate CIO for Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, where he built and led the coporate IT organization and was responsible for IT strategy, budgeting, integration and oversight of nine properties globally including one of the largest tribal resorts in the US, Mohegan Sun.
 
Presenter: John Torres, VP of Service Delivery, Virtual Procurement Services
Presenter Bio: With over 25 years of solution sales and sourcing experience, John leads the VPS service delivery team dedicated to our tribal government and gaming clients. Prior to joining VPS, he spent a decade focusing exclusively on helping nonprofit organizations and social service agencies leverage technology to help foster their respective missions. That experience makes John’s contributions to reducing and recovering IT spend for the tribes VPS works with especially gratifying.
 

Roundtable Discussion: Reopening Tribal Casinos & Pandemic Recovery

We're back and excited for our first podcast in a while!! Listen in as Mike Day (Founder & Executive Officer, TribalHub) and I  talk with two high level leaders from two casinos in two different parts of the country.  John Filippe, Executive Director of MIS for the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino in Washington and Dawn McGrady, CFO for the Little River Resort and Casino in Michigan. They open up and discuss what their tribal casinos are facing right now - from deep cleaning and remote work desks, to changes in customer base and lack of certain services. This conversation helps us try to get a pulse on the industry as we have begun to reopen our tribal facilities. 
 
We are all working to get back to our new normal. It's going to be different, and things are going to change!  Are you ready?
 
 
Show Host: 
Michelle Bouschor, Connection & Resource Specialist, TribalHub (michelleb@tribalhub.com)
 
Show note links:
Quinault Beach Resort & Casino:  Quinault Beach Resort and Casino opened in May of 2000. It is owned and operated by the Quinault Indian Tribe. We are the only beachfront casino on the Washington coast.
 
Little River Resort & Casino:  Conveniently situated at the corner of the US31 and M22 in the charming town of Manistee, Little River Casino Resort is one of the most exciting entertainment destinations in northwest Michigan.
 
TribalHub:  TribalHub exists as a platform for tribes to connect, grow and gain opportunities.  We leverage 20+ years of industry experience in tribal government and tribal enterprises to provide a network of connections and resources within our four core divisions. Our most known and longest standing division, TribalNet began in 1999 with the goal to create collaboration between tribes. Over the past two decades, this network grew to include a nationwide community of tribes, vendor partners, and industry experts.