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5372_d2bddfcd43_small March 12, 2013 by John T. Meyer

Sioux Falls Hugh Weber created OTA Sessions based on a simple belief. "People of this region are just as creative, innovative and entrepreneurial as New York City or Silicon Valley," Weber said. "However, we face challenges of disconnection from each other and from the rest of the world's thought leaders. On Friday, Weber his team are set to hold the fourth annual OTA Sessions in Sioux Falls, S.D. Named to … read more

4312_f29c771272_small June 15, 2012 by Sarah Binder

Sioux Falls Montessorium – which Silicon Prairie News profiled earlier today – is known for spreading the Montessori education approach through its suite of iPhone and iPad apps, but Hugh Weber, a parent of a student at the Baan Dek Montessori School, said that was just one way to do so. After dropping his daughter off at the Baan Dek, he and the school's co-founder, Bobby George, would sit down to brainstorm ideas. "One of the things we kept going back … read more

1619_79345c9ca3_small December 30, 2010 by John T. Meyer

Sioux Falls (Photo by TJ Nelson.) After a successful debut in 2010, the OTA Sessions conference will be back on the Silicon Prairie April 1st at the historic Orpheum Theater in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The OTA Sessions, which gets its name from the -OTA states (South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota) seeks to give a chance for Midwesterners to shatter the perception that creativity and thought leadership live solely on the east and west coasts. read more

637_c067d14fb9_small February 18, 2010 by John T. Meyer

Sioux Falls A new event is coming to the Silicon Prairie that will bring great thought leaders from around the country to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The OTA Sessions are set to launch this March 25 and 26. I know your first question is what does OTA stand for? Well, actually nothing. OTA represents the tri-state area of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota. These three… read more

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