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3462_0615b2bf39_small January 18, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines Bio: Lava Row strategist, Drake University j-school graduate, Minnesota native. Proud mother of a hedgehog named Woz (after Steve Wozniak, of course). | Title: Digital Strategist at Lava Row | Age: 22 | City: Des Moines, Iowa | Website: norahcarroll.com | Twitter: @norahcarroll | Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/norahcarroll | Intro music: "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real | Silicon Prairie News: You describe part of your job as "helping companies share their stories in new and engaging ways." What are some general rules of thumb — regardless of the medium you're using to convey it — for making a story resonate with an audience? | Norah Carroll: A story comes to life through its characters. In working with our clients … read more

3394_5c50a4e6be_small January 3, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines We had a full house this week on PrairieCast with Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright and Startup City Des Moines' Tej Dhawan in studio and our own Danny Schreiber on Skype. We took a look back at both the top posts of 2011 as well as the most popular ones and gave our predictions on what will come to be in 2012. While you're watching the show, take a quick … read more

3346_5805f51223_small December 21, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we trotted out our favorite ugly Christmas sweaters. Rather, Andy brought his out, our guests Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla donned very shiny Christmas vests and I went with the more conservative ugly Christmas sweater T-shirt. We covered a lot of Dwolla … read more

3208_7f64c0016b_small November 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright and Startup City's Tej Dhawan are back for this week's PrairieCast where we talk about Des Moines' Startup Job Crawl, Zaarly's Bo Fishback on the Cover of Entrepreneur magazine, tech blogger turnover, Ben Milne's national TV debut and the unfortunate state of health insurance for startup companies. PrairieCast is a live … read more

3206_96afad11b0_small November 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 63 of PrairieCast, streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office at the south end of Des Moines' Silicon Sixth Avenue. Today's guests are Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Tej Dhawan of StartupCity Des Moines … read more

3121_6079512515_small November 2, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines After two weeks off for Thinc Iowa (me) and a new baby (Andy), we're back with episode 60 of your favorite weekly podcast: PrairieCast! During those two weeks of "down time," we came up with some new ideas for the show and we'll be rolling them out over the next several episodes. First and foremost, we're going with a more consistent cast … read more

2939_6f1b53ee23_small October 4, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. read more

2761_1b3efc08f9_small August 24, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Always planning ahead, Andy prepared our 52nd episode since I was scheduled to spend the week across the street as a dutiful juror at the Polk County Courthouse. However, the trial wrapped a good 20 minutes before showtime, so I jumped in the second chair to join guests Norah Carroll of Lava Row and Mike Colwell of the BIZCI and StartupModels.com. … read more

2749_9378b4c663_small August 23, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in this afternoon at 2 for Episode 52 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in Des Moines. Geoff is serving his civic duty as juror across the street at the Polk County Courthouse, so Andy will be running the show with first-time guest Norah Carroll (right photo from lavarow.com), a digital strategist at Lava Row, and Mike Colwell (left photo from twitter.com) who is returning to talk about his new project, StartupModels.com. … read more

2539_30cb65a4cf_small July 20, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions …  read more