3 Reasons Why You Should Host a Chamber Event!
Gain visibility. Showcase your products. Grow your network. Partnering with us as an event host is a great way to introduce or re-introduce your company to potential customers and vendors. We’ll bring as many as 100+ area professionals to your location. Our event hosts will: Receive online marketing prior to the event Have an opportunity […]
Why I moved from the Silicon Valley to the Silicon Prairie
Emerging Tech Corner – Kimberly Perkins, co-founder of memosnag I went from doing business in places like Dubai to doing business at 19th & Harney – and it was a choice I am grateful for. My husband, Lorenzo, and I moved our family to Omaha from the bay area at the end of 2015. A […]
Six Causes of Corporate Stupidity
Guest blog from Dr. Kim Hoogeveen, MindSet, LLC When it comes to leading humans, companies can do some stupid things. I don’t mean arguably wrong decisions – no, I mean flat-out stupid things. A true example: an employee takes a three day leave to attend to her sick child. After the first day of leave, her […]
Leave with your bucket full!
Our dynamic speakers for Make / Leadership / Happen are creating quite the line-up. From breakout sessions focused on leadership in the corporate world to the government sector and harnessing the power of our Leadership Omaha Alumni it’s going to be the break away you need from the day-to-day grind. Our dynamic speakers for Make / […]
Connecting Engineering Students with Opportunities
Showcasing Greater Omaha as a career destination for tomorrow’s engineers – that’s a key goal of E-Day, a daylong engagement for aspiring students sponsored by the Greater Omaha Chamber and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering. More than 400 incoming freshmen, enrolled in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, and about 30 high […]
New Digs!
What do you get yourself for your 125th anniversary? Well, a new headquarters building of course! Hopefully all of you have seen the news that in the first quarter of 2018, the Chamber will be moving into a new headquarters, building #5 on the Conagra campus. This announcement was the culmination of more than a year of […]
Giving 100% in President’s Club
“I am fortunate to be surrounded by positive people in my life. My family and friends, my co-workers, my fellow President’s Club volunteers, and the Chamber staff inspire me to be great. I have made a lot of great friends and business connections over the past few years that will continue to help me build my network.” – […]
Chamber’s CAREEROCKIT Wins ACCE’s Regional Innovation Award
OMAHA, Neb., July 19, 2017 – The Greater Omaha Chamber’s CAREEROCKIT, a bold, new talent development initiative, is now award-winning. The Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) has named CAREEROCKIT the winner of this year’s Regional Innovation Award. The honor recognizes “organizations and alliances that are committed to building strong and vibrant communities […]
Strategic 4Sight: Vision + Action
By: David G. Brown, CEO & President of the Greater Omaha Chamber Right now, we are not focusing on the right now. We are looking 20 years into the future, and we are seeing a Greater Omaha that no longer has pockets of poverty, that leads in tech innovation and medical research and attracts talent […]
More than a Decade in President’s Club
“The President’s Club increases the number of people I know and the contacts I make throughout the community.” – Dave Johnson, merchant advocate, TSYS Merchant Solutions; President’s Club volunteer; 15-year member of the Chairman’s Circle I have my boss to thank. He suggested I join the President’s Club as a way to get more involved […]