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Local Spotlight: Getting to Know Jim Teece Living the Ashland Dream with Fearless Imagination By Jordan Pease – Feb. 2022 Issue of LocalsGuide Magazine – Ashland, Oregon Over 30 years ago, Jim Teece and his wife Dena Matthews discovered Ashland like many of us Ashlanders did, by stumbling across it. This town has a way of attracting people who ‘belong’ here. Here in…

It’s been a big part of my mission for the last couple of years to make sure Dena gets equal recognition for what we have built together over the last 30+ years so I was very happy with the paper interviewing us both. It’s a great insight to some of the work our companies have…

I recently lost a dear friend to COVID, so I was looking forward to being alone and clearing my head. What happened instead was that I was surrounded by family the entire time and it helped me heal faster.

I am presenting at the 17th annual Rogue Valley Business Resource Forum. Rogue Valley Business Resource Forum Saturday, October 26, 2019 | 7:30am – 4:30pm RCC/SOU Higher Education Center 101 S. Bartlett Street, Medford, OR 97501

I recently had the honor of sharing the TEDx Ashland stage with my friend Trever Yarrish. We were asked to present our idea on creating a personal education plan and how to not only future proof yourself but also your community in doing so. Job Loss will come more and more normal as technology replaces…

Tuesday June 25, 2019 from 2pm to 3:30pm Idaho Banking Association, Nevada Banking Association & Oregon Banking Association 2019 Convention IBA, NBA & OBA 2019 Convention Monday, June 24, 2019 8:00 AM – Wednesday, June 26, 2019 7:30 PM PST Coeur d’Alene Resort  Future Proofing Your Bank Jim Teece, President & Chief Executive Officer, Project A…

TEDxAshland.com – May 20, 2019 I was selected to be one of the inaugural TEDx Ashland speakers along with my friend, Trever Yarrish. Chief Experience Officer / Founding Partner of Coding Zeal. We spent months after being selected, creating enough content to speak for several hours and write many books and launch a blog on the…

I gave a talk in Klamath Falls that was attended by the editor of the Klamath Falls Newspaper. He wrote this article after interviewing me post talk. Some of the quotes are really just from this site, but it captures the essence of my talk. Future Proofing Southern Oregon is happening!

SOREDI published an article about me written by Chris Cook on June 14, 2014. You can find the original article here. I copied it onto my page for convenience and long term storage. ASHLAND, OR – What brings a software development company to Southern Oregon? After living in California and Arizona, Jim and Dena Teece chose…

I was invited to share my education story to teachers, students and administrators of the Medford School District during an inservice day where they met to redesign the future of education. It’s a crazy story about not fitting in at school and yet somehow finding a way to make a difference in the world. The…

Audio Podcast – 30 minute guest on Innovations in Education with Julie Niles Fry 6/16/2018

I was a guest on Jefferson Public Radio on November 16, 2018. Follow this link to read about it and to listen to the 27 minute podcast. 

Jim Teece to Share Top 15 Tips at SOREDI’s December LAUNCH|Talk November 22, 2017 by SOREDI Thursday, December 14, 2017, beginning at 5:30 pm, SOREDI will offer a LAUNCH|Talk for area start-ups at Climate City Brewery in Grants Pass. The program will feature serial entrepreneur, Jim Teece, founder of Project A, Ashland Home Net, Rogue Broadband and…

Fair Attendance Attracting the MillennialsHow do you attract the “Millennial Generation” to the County Fair?2:10-3:00 PM Slidedeck here. I will share our experiences at the Jackson County Fair and how we turned it around by creating experiences for the next Generation. I’ll also share real world “Millennials” stories and misconceptions and I’ll speak to removing…

I have been asked to give a talk at the Klamath Idea on January 23, 2019 – The event runs from 5:30 to 8pm atMC’s on Main is located at 617 Main St. in downtown Klamath Falls and I’m just a small part of it. I’ll be speaking about Project A as well as all…

I have been asked to give the closing keynote at the 16th annual Rogue Biz Forum. This is a free event for small business owners and dreamers. I am proud to have been involved since the first forum. I also sponsor the after-party. It’s a free event so come down and make sure you don’t…

I have been asked to speak to the FFA/4H, Staff and Community at large at the Nevada County Fair.

I have been asked to give the morning kickoff keynote for the regional Rotary District Meeting. It is quite the honor. Rotarians in communities from Lincoln City to Bend down to Lakeview and over to Brookings (That is a huge footprint). It also includes Yreka and Tulelake. Over 300 community leaders will attend and I…

I have been asked to speak again (my third year in a row) at the Medford Forum. To change it up and provide a smooth transition to future speakers I will be doing a talk show style talk with Carey Cahill, Director of Business Development, Hunter Communications. We will discuss Future Proofing Southern Oregon and…

I have been asked to present “Future Proofing your Chamber and your Community.” to the Western Association of Chamber Executives. I will give my future proofing concept but instead of being about fairs, it will be about the work we have done in Ashland and with the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. You can find out more about…

Jim Teece is a parallel entrepreneur, running several successful businesses in Southern Oregon: Project A, Ashland Home Net, Rogue Broadband and Umpqua Broadband. He’s also a partner in Art Authority. He’s also very active in the community.  Find out more at JimTeece.com. Join Jim as he shares his stories and the Top 15 Things Every Southern…

I have been asked to present my “Future Proofing” talk to the Western Fairs Association as the closing keynote. This will be my largest audience of this talk with several hundred expected. I will create a unique version of the talk that relates directly to the audience and the themes we heard throughout the conference…

I have been asked to present my “Future Proofing talk” to the International Association of Fairs and Expos at 3:15PM. I will focus on the Jackson County Fair story but what I share works for every organization.   The website for the IAFE can be found at http://www.iafeconvention.com

I was surprised at this years Oregon Connections conference in Hood River, Oregon to be given the 2017 Edwin B. Parker Enduring Achievement Award. The plaque reads… “In Recognition of your Efforts, Accomplishments and Contributions to Telecommunications in Oregon” On the nice handout they gave me it reads… “2017 Edwin B. Parker Enduring Achievement Award…

I have been asked to give a 45 minute talk by SOREDI at Climate City Brewing in Grants Pass. I’m very excited about it because I get to follow on the heels of Trever Yarrish who spoke there last month. Grants Pass is a key part of Southern Oregon’s EcoSystem and the community is revitalizing…

This is the 15th annual event and I have been apart of it since the first year. All the details about the event can be found at http://roguebizforum.com I will teach two classes 12:00 PM – Internet Marketing Ins and Outs – Room 132 2:30 PM – Getting Social Online and Offline – Room 132

Original Article can be found at – http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20170410/we-can-redesign-and-reboot ‘We can redesign and reboot’ Greg Stiles By Mail Tribune Ashland software pioneer Jim Teece challenged a Chamber of Medford/Jackson County audience to encourage entrepreneurs and innovation at Monday’s monthly forum. “When I want to take a pulse of how our community thinks about a particular issue,…

  On Thursday, April 6th, the Ashland Chamber, in partnership with the City of Ashland, will be holding a workshop called “Managing Your Online Presence” presented by local Chamber members, Becky Brown of iWrite and Jim Teece of Project A and Ashland Home Net. The workshop will be held from 10:00am to 11:30am at the Community Center and will cost $10 for Ashland Chamber members and $20 for non-members. Coffee and tea will…

I will give a keynote presentation to the members of the NWTA focused on the organization and it’s future.

I have been asked to come back and give a 1 year update on “Future Proofing Southern Oregon”.

NICA Annual Membership Meeting 4:45 – 6:15 p.m. Cascade Room Meet with members of the National Independent Concessionaires Association: program features Jim Teece “Future Proofing Your Business” an inspirational vision of the fair/expo industry and how concessions and independent small businesses are the true partners of an critical to the future of fairs; Jim Guenthner “How…

I have been asked to present a Rotary sized version of my talk to the morning Rotary group. Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 6:45am at the Ashland Community Center, 59 Winburn Way, Ashland, OR 97520 –  http://www.lithiaspringsrotary.org

1311 E. Barnett Rd Medford, OR 97504 541.622.6222 www.peoplesbankofcommerce.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2016 Contact: Bill Jacobs, chairman of the board 541.944.5215 Ken Trautman, president and chief executive officer 541.774.7654 JIM TEECE JOINS PEOPLE’S BANK BOARD Medford, OR—Bill Jacobs, chairman of the board for People’s Bank of Commerce, is pleased to announce the appointment of…

Handout and Slide Deck. Location : Rogue Valley Business Resource Forum, Medford, Oregon Speaker : Jim Teece, President & CEO, Project A & Ashland Home Net Workshop: Social Marketing  30 of the best tips and tricks on how to leverage social networks to increase sales, build fans and grow your business. Real world examples will be shown using Facebook,…

Handout and Slide Deck. Location : Rogue Valley Business Resource Forum, Medford, Oregon Speaker : Jim Teece, President & CEO, Project A & Ashland Home Net Workshop: Internet Marketing 101 If you are new to marketing or just new to marketing on the internet, the social world, or just need a refresher on all the new trends, tricks and tips…

Location : Oregon Connections Conference, Hood River, Oregon Speaker : Jim Teece, President & CEO, Project A & Ashland Home Net Topic: Generation Mobility – Oregon Reflections Jim Teece will share his HighTech-HighTouch inspirational vision of a Mobile Oregon. How we got there and where it will take us if we work together as well as what positive and negative impacts we have…

Location : Rotary Club of Ashland, Ashland, Oregon Speaker : Jim Teece, President & CEO, Project A & Ashland Home Net Topic: Future Proofing Southern Oregon Jim Teece will share his HighTech-HighTouch journey to Southern Oregon and how we have developed in comparison to competing markets and his 25 year provocative outlook and inspirational vision.

Here is a link to the Mail Tribune article about my Medford Chamber Forum Talk on April 11, 2016.

Here is an article in the Mail Tribune about the new speeds we are offering at Ashland Home Net.

I was the host of a monthly live public access TV show in southern Oregon. “Tech Talk” ended up being the longest running show in Southern Oregon on RVTV and I’m proud of it. I think it ran 12 years or so. I have a box of VHS tapes and later DVDs somewhere of the…

Here is an article about the launch of the ALocalHero website I came up with, hoping to start a movement. Written and published July, 2014. https://www.wallowa.com/news/credit-where-credit-is-due/article_57ebbb3d-6f02-5b2f-a85f-fce3f867a611.html

Mail Tribune article Originally Posted Apr. 14, 2013 at 2:00 AM Jim Teece may run the Internet presence for hundreds of the Rogue Valley’s companies, nonprofits, governments and schools, but he and his wife, Dena, still like to think of themselves as “a mom-and-pop operation.”