Omaha John Legend is coming to the CenturyLink Center on Feb. 28 but it's not to sing in front of concert goers. Instead, it's to speak to more than 1,500 young professionals and business leaders at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Summit. Joining Legend as a keynote speaker for the annual event will be Pencils of Promise founder Adam Braun. Both Legend, a member of TIME's … read more

Omaha The 2012 Young Professionals Summit, an event produced by the Greater Omaha Young Professionals, will return this year on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at CenturyLink Center Omaha. Seeking to inspire ideas and creativity, the day-long conference will bring together young professionals interested in contributing to both the business and community dimensions of Omaha. Throughout the day, breakout sessions … read more

A little holiday break won't slow events down on the Prairie, so after you've finished one of the last grill-outs of the summer, look forward to a week full of events. Tuesday is the start of Omaha Creative Week so make sure to check out omahacreativeweek.com for the events around the city. On Wednesday, Des Moines will feel the artistic love this week when BitMethod hosts a Design+Tech … read more

Omaha Do something. The message Newark, N.J. mayor Cory Booker gave as the keynote speaker at the Omaha Young Professionals Summit on Thursday was the same message he got from a neighbor after one particularly difficult day early in his political career, when Booker was on the Newark city council. Feeling deflated because of political infighting and the perception that his efforts as a councilman weren't making a difference in his… read more

The week ahead might just be the busiest week of events we've seen in a long while, and moreover, it's filled with a handful of quality startup-focused events. We're, of course, very excited about the first event on this week's calendar, the Silicon Prairie News - Kansas City Launch Party, and we hope to see many familiar and new faces at McFadden's on Tuesday night. You'll find the listing…  read more

Omaha We're excited to pass along the announcement of next year's Young Professionals Summit keynote speaker: Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (photo from twitter.com/corybooker). Earlier today, the Greater Omaha Young Professionals group, the section of the Greater Omaha Chamber responsible for the Summit, broke the news on their Twitter account, see: twitter.com/omahayp. Next year's Summit will take place Thursday… read more

Omaha At last Thursday's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit I tracked down two of the individuals behind the two most common phrases of the event: the Twitter hashtag #YourSeat2010 and the blue signs and stickers touting I live in Omaha. First up, Mark Pohl, the chair of this year's Summit and an employee of the Omaha Public Power District. read more

Omaha Silicon Prairie News has two all day passes ($125 value) to give away. To win one… read more

Omaha Here is the last of three posts in a series of interviews with the keynote speakers of this year's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit, which is taking place this Thursday, March 4. Bill Taylor is the co-founder and founding editor of Fast Company magazine as well as the author of Mavericks at Work, a New York Times Bestseller. Take a listen to what Bill has to share about the innovative ideas and entrepreneurs that motivate him in the work… read more

Omaha In gearing up for this year's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit on March 4, we wanted to provide short interviews with individuals who will be delivering keynote presentations. The first person I was able to visit with was Patricia Martin, CEO and founder of LitLamp Communications and the author of Renaissance Generation: The rise of the cultural consumer and what it means to your business. During our conversation, Patricia shared the background of LitLamp, a boutique marketing firm read more