Converting creativity into Economic Opportunity

The creative economy flourishes in some unlikely places, including across the state of Arkansas. RTS current work in that state, supported by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation,…

Building BioScience in the Big Sky

After identifying bioscience as a growing cluster in Montana, RTS continues to work with the Governors Office to develop strategies to help make companies more competitive.…

Advancing Economic Opportunity Through a Strong Workforce

RTS is providing support to the Rapides Foundation to build a new workforce development strategy for Central Louisiana that includes an action plan for a comprehensive…

What is RTS?

Helping People and Places Innovate, Collaborate, and Prosper.

Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. (RTS) builds and accelerates regional competitive advantage by encouraging higher value-added commerce performed by highly skilled people.

A 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation, RTS assists governments, foundations, and other organizations in creating, implementing, and evaluating innovative regional economic development strategies. In its work, RTS pays special attention to historically disadvantaged regions and populations.

2009 TA3 Meeting in Finland

May 29, 2009

The theme for the 2009 symposium and meeting of the Trans-Atlantic Technology & Training Alliance in Tampere, Finland was New Learning Environments and Cultural Differences. Organized by Marjut Salminen of Tampere College and hosted by the college on May 4-6, 2009, the first day included presentations on the Finnish educational system, skills to cope with cultural differences, new business incubators as learning environments, creative entrepreneurship, cross cultural understanding for international employees, and benchmark practices

RTS in the Daily Yonder

May 7, 2009

With the recent release of our work on Arkansas’s creative economy, we thought it appropriate to share some of the lessons learned about the impact creativity can have in rural parts of the country. Dan Broun wrote a piece entitled “The Creativity of Rural America,” for the online publication, The Daily Yonder.

CraftNet Global is On Line!

April 28, 2009

CraftNet, a network of community colleges supporting the creative economy, now has an exciting new home on the internet. www.craftnetglobal.com offers visitors information abot the many exciting programs offered by the network.