Careerockit: Stellar Growth in Year Two
The Chamber’s award-winning Careerockit, designed to educate, excite and inspire tomorrow’s workforce, posted some astronomical numbers in its second year. During the week of February 12-18, thousands of students participated in more than 21,600 career experiences – almost double the number of experiences offered during Careerockit’s inaugural year. “I’m astounded by the growth of the […]
Update on Our New Digs!
Last fall, we shared with you the exciting news that we would be moving from our long-time location on Harney Street to a new headquarters on the Conagra Brands campus. With our expectations, agenda and staff steadily expanding, our need for more space had become all too apparent and renovation, we learned, was simply not cost-feasible. After […]
Meet the Maker: D’s Catering
“Everything I’ve wanted in life is happening.” – Duane Foster, owner, D’s Catering; inaugural Kitchen Council maker Duane Foster’s passion for cooking has been simmering ever since he was a teenager. He was inspired, he says, by the best: “My mother is the best cook I’ve ever seen in my life; a southern-style woman who […]
Emerging Tech Corner: RingPatrol
Andrew Dierks: Husband, Father of Four, Founder of RingPatrol I press the doorbell at Andrew Dierks’s house but don’t hear the chime sound. Should I knock? Maybe try pressing the button again? Before I can deliberate further, the Omaha entrepreneur comes bounding up the stairs from his basement office. What kind of wizardry alerted him to […]
We Don’t Coast – We Propel
We Don’t Coast – We propel, meeting the future before it happens. The future is fast-approaching, and this region is ready. Case in point: The Greater Omaha Chamber, the United Way of the Midlands, and the Urban League of Nebraska revealed a first-of-its-kind Preferred Future strategy for the year 2040: “Greater Omaha 2040,” a tactical, […]
Get set for an experience that’s out-of-this-world.
It’s almost time for take-off! With more than 17,000 students ready to launch, Careerockit, the region’s largest annual student/business intensive learning experience, is targeting area organizations committed to connecting students with hands-on, all-in learning that makes “real-world” experiences readily accessible. A collaborative initiative of the Greater Omaha Chamber that connects area businesses with school districts […]
The results are in and the data will move you.
If great minds think alike, then more than 100 of Greater Omaha’s CEOs who completed this year’s Economic Outlook survey are on the same page, reporting their companies did as well in 2017 as in 2016. The annual survey, which measures CEOs’ perceptions, also showed most CEOs felt their company performance in 2017 was on […]
Manufacturing Day 2017
Hundreds of Greater Omaha high school students experienced Manufacturing Day 2017 last month thanks to collaborative programming provided by The Greater Omaha Chamber’s Economic Development Partnership and the Partnership’s Manufacturing Council. “Manufacturing career opportunities in Nebraska are trending upward, which is very, very exciting. We have a responsibility to equip our next generation of workers […]
Should Your Business Go for the Ghost?
Guest blog from B2 Interactive Working in the social media space, we are always watching the “stock” of platforms and determining who’s using them and why. I generally have a good inclination for which platforms or features are going to be big hits and which ones will be fads. However, I’ve been tragically wrong on a […]
“Welcome to the Prairie” Campaign Brings Home the Hardware – Thanks, Silicon Valley.
Creative, fun and now, award-winning. Our “Welcome to the Prairie” campaign developed to bring awareness to our tech and startup scene – our Silicon Prairie – was recently honored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) with a Silver Excellence in Economic Development Award. The campaign was built in collaboration with Ervin & Smith and […]