January 9, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Social Media Club, a San Francisco-based non-profit overseeing 350-plus local chapters, recently recognized its Kansas City chapter (SMCKC) as its inaugural "Outstanding Chapter of the Year." The award acknowledges SMCKC's "outstanding efforts in representing Social Media Club goals and values through promoting digital advocacy and serving the local community," the organization's announcement stated. Founded in 2008, activities … read more
June 8, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Over the past three weeks, Ken Miner, the director of national accounts at Overland Park, Kan. startup Front Flip, has been reaching out to friends for help – online and offline. In April, Ken's wife Kris (left) was diagnosed with Stage 4B Large Cell Lymphona, a very intrusive form of cancer that carries a life expectancy of 1-3 years. Doctors called for immediate, aggressive treatment, prescribing a stem cell and bone marrow transplant. The path to the … read more
November 10, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Starting at 10 a.m. today, the Brainzooming Group and the Social Media Club of Kansas City are set to release the findings from their brainstorming session for the Building the Gigabit City initiative. The initial brainstorming session, which took place on Oct. 3, focused on how Kansas City can leverage the ultra high-speed internet that Google Fiber … read more
November 9, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The Brainzooming Group will publicly unveil the report from the Building the Gigabit City brainstorming session at 10 a.m. Thursday at Kansas City's … read more
November 7, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Amidst talk that Google is thinking about entering the TV game and speculation that Kansas City, with the impending arrival of Google's ultra high-speed network, is a good candidate to serve as a testing ground for the TV service, there's been an interesting confluence of buzz-building and reality-checking in the last few days regarding the company's fiber … read more
October 11, 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. And if you have … read more
October 3, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City We're woefully behind on getting the word out about this, but today the Social Media Club of Kansas City (SMCKC) is bringing together thought leaders from around the community for Building the Gigabit City, a daylong brainstorming session … read more
September 13, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
What is Prairie Moves? - 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 … read more
August 29, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Look for four great events in the Prairie this week. To start us off right on Tuesday make sure to cast your ballots at the second Women of Innovation Nomination Breakfast in Johnson, Iowa. On Wednesday, get ready to buckle down for a day of hard work in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the last Cowork Wednesday of the month. On Thursday, stop by TechBrew Cedar Valley and Friday, the Social Media Club of Kansas City ties off the week with a breakfast with featured speaker … read more
April 7, 2010 by Sponsor Author
Lawrence Thanks to Free State Social for sponsoring Silicon Prairie News this week. You can learn more about the conference at FreeStateSocial.com or find them on Twitter at @FreeStateSocial. At last week’s Social Media Club of Kansas City breakfast, the organizers of the Free State Social raffled off a ticket to one of the club members. The winner, Jenn Bailey, wanted to share her thoughts on why the Free… read more
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