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20 must-attend tech conferences for female entrepreneurs in 2014

The Next Web

Big Omaha. I attended Big Omaha last year and was thrilled with the speakers and attendees I met. Tony Hsieh’s Life Is Beautiful festival is a perfect example of the type of holistic viewpoint entrepreneurs should have in terms of the intersection of our purpose, the people we love, and the places we enjoy.

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Meet 15 companies that are turning ads and marketing into cultural moments

Fast Company Tech

One person excited about the new sports division is Omaha Productions founder and NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, whos worked with Superconnector on a partnership between Bud Light and the next season of Omahas Netflix show Quarterback. The team over at Superconnector has been great partners, says Manning.

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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fortunately, we are seeing concrete examples of what can happen when funders recognize relationships as having a place at the theory-of-change table—when funders support strengthening relationships where they are weak … or absent. As we see it, the Omaha community is relationships.”. Funder Support for Relationships.

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Dos and Don’ts for Online Restricted Donations

Qgiv

Use verbiage like “wherever the need is greatest” and place it at the top of your list. . Of Omaha makes it easy for donors to support girls in both Lincoln and Omaha with a simple, clean format that allows donors to give how they choose (and don’t forget to take note of that recurring giving prompt!).

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month, during the Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure , we issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits in the audience. Let’s do more than just give failure lip service, let’s put it into practice and share learning from a failure or placing a “Little Bet.”

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Quick Left: An unlikely CEO leads this app development house that’s “a bit like therapy”

The Next Web

In fact, she’s so unlikely to talk about herself or her company that, while sitting with her for dinner during Big Omaha, the subject of Quick Left came up (not from her, mind you) and I said that I really needed to talk to someone from there to find out their story. We’ve spent years trying to clean up that mess.”

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Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

The broadband company, CenturyLink , is also building a gigabit fiber network in Omaha, so this is definitely a growing trend. Having spent some time in Kansas City last week I can say that I felt how energized the place is to be the first chosen to showcase a ultra-high-speed Internet. The Community Driven Fund.