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Omaha Last week, two unconferences took place in Omaha amidst Omaha Creative Week. On Tuesday, Stack, an event geared towards advertising and design professionals, attracted nearly 100 attendees. On Saturday, BarCamp Omaha, an event with three tracks – entrepreneurship, creative and technology – bought together more than 200. Together, that's more than 300 individuals (with some crossover) participating in conversations … read more

Omaha This is a guest post by Joe Olsen, CEO and director of strategy and innovation at Phenomblue, an interactive brand experience agency. With Omaha Creative Week just around the corner (Sept. 5-11), we've invited Olsen to author a guest post about Stack, an unconference he'll be heading up for the second year. With Stack taking place … read more

Omaha Part of the Omaha Silicon Prairie News team – Jeff, Dusty and I – made the rounds last week to three events in Omaha. Kicking off Monday morning with Omaha 10-10-10 and then closing it out on Saturday with TEDxOmaha. Learn about the events in our "Out & About" post and check out the pictures below to see some familiar faces. (Left, John Hobbs and Kevin Berry of Confurrent at the Buy the Big O! Show.) read more

Omaha When a group of individuals came together earlier this year to lay the groundwork for the first-ever Omaha Creative Week, we spoke with one of its team members, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue, to learn more. In our June interview with Olsen, he told us that the idea to hold Omaha Creative Week (OCW) was "a build on New York's Creative Week," and that like New York, the effort here was to bring people together from different walks of life. The shared commonality of those individuals was an interest in and appreciation of creativity. "From people in the technology field… read more

Omaha From roughly 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. yesterday, 60 individuals gathered at Nomad Lounge for Omaha's first-ever Stack un-conference, one of the events held under the umbrella of Omaha Creative Week. Stack, which was marketed towards individuals in creative fields, is described as "a forum to talk to your peers, learn new things, and build new… read more

Omaha Last night, about 50 individuals gathered in KANEKO's Bow Truss Room (above) to take in the Caretakers Forum, the first event of the inaugural Omaha Creative Week. Led by myself (moderator), the 50-minute discussion began with an introduction of our four panelists, the defining of the word "creative", and four questions about creativity's measurement and purpose along with how those points… read more

Omaha With events ranging from a photo competition to a guided tour of work spaces, the seven-day schedule for the inaugural Omaha Creative Week (September 5-11) is set. Kicking it off the evening of Monday, September 6, will be the Caretakers Forum, a panel discussion that will address the definition of creative, the purpose of creativity, the goals for Omaha to increase creative activity, and more. Without a doubt, this event will set the tone for the week… read more

Omaha Since first hearing about Omaha Creative Week a few months ago we began brainstorming ways to become involved. At Silicon Prairie News, we're excited about highlighting our city's creative community, whether it… read more