Empowering Tribal Entrepreneurs: Leadership, Vision, and Ecosystem Insights

Join the TribalHub podcast team for an insightful discussion with Jessica Burghart, Professor at Haskell Indian Nations University, and Dr. Mitch Berg, Clinical Assistant Professor at Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Together, we explore how tribal governments and enterprises can align visions, overcome barriers, and support tribal citizen entrepreneurship. From leadership strategies to ecosystem development, discover actionable ideas to drive entrepreneurial success within tribal communities.
 
Helpful links:
Past webinar recordings of the Indigenous ED CoP
Tool kit NCAI produced on how to build a tribal economy
Learn more and sign up to become a part of the EDA Indigenous ED CoP
 

Unpacking 'Warrior Within': A Conversation with DJ Vanas at TribalNet's 25th Conference & Tradeshow

In this episode, TribalHub sits down with DJ Vanas to explore Warrior Within, his powerful keynote delivered at TribalNet’s 25th anniversary conference. Join us as DJ shares insights into the message behind Warrior Within, the inspiration drawn from personal and collective strength, and how this keynote resonated with the audience, empowering tribal communities to harness their inner resilience and leadership.  
 
Connect with DJ Vanas on LinkedIn or on his website!
Reach out to the TribalHub team at contactus@tribalhub.com or on LinkedIn.
 

Recorded at TribalNet: Building the Tribal IT Dream Team with Paula Starr

If you're looking to learn how to combine tribal cultural values with IT best practices and help your technology team keep pace with technological progress all the while delivering  high-quality services and solutions with a tribal technology dream team....then this episode is for YOU!  Listen in as Cherokee Nation Government CIO, Paula Starr, talks about how she has done this with her team and how you can do it too.
Connect with Paula on LinkedIn!

Recorded at TribalNet: Creating a Strong Security Culture

In this episode, host Michelle Bouschor talks with Mike Miller about the aspects of creating a robust security culture within an organization.  Discover the importance of trust, education, and collaboration in fortifying the protective barriers that safeguard your tribal entity. 
Mike Miller is a Chief Information Security Officer for Appalachia Technologies. For over 25 years, Mike has specialized in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity, and GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance). He has served as an effective liaison between technology and stakeholders, for organizations of all sizes. Mike continues to follow his passion by helping organizations understand business risk and strategically aligning a company’s security posture to protect it.
Follow Mike on LinkedIn, visit his website and order his book "Break In Cyber".

Recorded at TribalNet: Hooked on Phishing-Safeguarding your Tribe with Cofense

At TribalNet 2024, host Michelle Bouschor discussed phishing threats, cybersecurity, and online safety education with Cofense's Ryan Conrad and Darrin Barnett.  
With advanced automation and AI-based technology, Cofense identifies, protects, detects and responds to email security threats.  Listen now to hear their conversation.
To learn more about Cofense, the reports discussed in the podcast and their solutions at https://cofense.com/about/.
Reach out to Darrin at darrin.barnett@cofense.com. 
 

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
 

Managing a Hybrid Workforce in Indian Country: Policy, Budgets, Privacy Concerns

Like many businesses across the world, Tribal Nations are staffing a hybrid workforce.  This change brings about many questions regarding data privacy, sovereignty of data, work from home policies, budgets, and more.  Kimberly Gordy, partner with Baker & Hosteler LLP, spoke at the 2023 TribalNet conference on these concerns, and much more.  Listen in as we talk with Kimi about these pressing issues.  
 
Show notes:
Baker & Hosteler, LLP:  www.bakerlaw.com
Reach out to Kimi via email at kgordy@bakerlaw.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.
 

Soboba Band: Converting Systems, Bringing Broadband to Tribal Reservations, Building Tribal Council Relationships & More With Steve Nino

Steve Nino, IT Director for the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, and his team had an amazing year in 2019. They received multiple industry awards (Including the TribalNet Industry Award!), converted their core gaming AND POS systems, and brought broadband to their reservation. Listen in while host Michelle Bouschor talks with Steve about this and how he has built an incredible relationship with their tribal council, allowing the IT department to be involved in many of the tribe and organizational decisions.
You can visit the Soboba Band website at soboba-nsn.gov and the casino & resort at soboba.com. If you have a topic for our podcast, or have a story to share, email michelleb@tribalhub.com. 
Don’t forget to subscribe to our show wherever you listen to podcasts AND be sure to connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and at TribalHub.com.

Sneak Peek: Talking with CIO, Steve Nino about the Soboba Casino & Resort

In this episode, we give you a quick listen into the conversation host Michelle Bouschor had with Steve Nino, CIO for the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians and the Soboba Casino & Resort. Steve and his team had an amazing year in 2019 - they received multiple industry awards (Including the TribalNet Industry Award), converted their core gaming AND POS systems, and brought broadband to their reservation. 
The full episode will be released on Thursday March 12. Be sure to subscribe to the TribalHub podcast wherever you listen, and follow TribalHub on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
 
Thanks for listening!