September 7, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today, charity: water is celebrating their fifth birthday and we're thrilled to share a video with you that the team at charity: water produced as a thank you to the Big Omaha and Silicon Prairie News community! Here's the email they sent me with the entire community in mind as it's a testament to what our community did that made the amazing impact: Hi Jeff, My name is Lauren Miller and I'm … read more
April 24, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Friday was Earth Day and the folks at TechCrunch used that as a reason to inteview Scott Harrison, founder of Charity: Water, as part of their TechCrunch TV video series. It's no secret that the Silicon Prairie News team are big supporters of Charity: Water's work and we're not alone in the technology community. It's that relationship that is … read more
February 13, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Despite the fact that here at Silicon Prairie News we're very much in the midst of preperations for Big Omaha 2011 one of our favorite parts of Big Omaha 2010 keeps showing up in the news. We ran two posts this week telling the story of Nathan Hidajat, a second grader in Ames, Iowa who was motivated to give up his 8th birthday to help provide clean and safe… read more
February 9, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Ames Not many can deny that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is a moving speaker. Harrison's story of personal renewal, his dedication to providing clean drinking water to those who don't have it, and his ability to redefine how we look at philanthropy has moved people all over the world; from the 500 people in the room at last May's Big Omaha to President Obama who mentioned the organization's efforts in a recent National Prayer Breakfast. read more
December 30, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
As we round out 2010, and reflect on some of the major initiatives that we were involved in this year at Silicon Prairie News, the Silicon Prairie News & Big Omaha charity: water Campaign was one of the most pivotal and encouraging efforts that we accomplished as a community. When I published the first post challenging our community to raise $5,000 for one well by the time charity: water founder Scott Harrison… read more
October 15, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha (This is a guest post written by Rahul Gupta, an Omaha entrepreneur, erstwhile actor and recent addition to the team at the Planet Water Foundation.) A lot can happen in five months. I recently tweeted that Scott Harrison’s talk about charity: water at Big Omaha 2010 “literally changed the trajectory of my life.” That was no hyperbole. That talk, at that event, conspired with that moment to force… read more
September 21, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we're excited to release the first video in the series of presentations from Big Omaha 2010, which was held at KANEKO, May 12-15. We chose to begin with one of the most powerful talks from the event, that of charity: water founder Scott Harrison. Harrison's presentation was not only emotionally moving but it was a convincing call to action to get involved and… read more
August 29, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Today we wanted to remind you of something that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, shared in his presentation at Big Omaha 2010. Four years ago, Scott came up with the idea of giving up his birthday for charity: water. He held a party in New York City and asked everyone who came to give 20 dollars to his philanthropy. That party generated enough money… read more
July 2, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha At Big Omaha this past May, charity: water founder Scott Harrison (left) told his story to a packed house of 500 attendees. Needless to say, he inspired us all. Without any further waiting, we're overwhelmingly excited to announce the results of the Big Omaha charity: water Campaign which we launched on March 29, six weeks before Big Omaha. When we set out to raise enough money for one well, $5,000… read more
May 27, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Thanks to a media sponsorship from Andrew Warner of Mixergy, we had the pleasure of meeting Mixergy's producer, Giang Biscan. After her experience at Big Omaha, she wrote about it on her blog, AsAble.com: My personal diary of #BigOmaha. Since publishing it on May 18, she's given us permission to re-post it on Silicon Prairie News – she's made a few edits and added an afterward detailing an email she received from Omaha's Mayor Jim Suttle. read more