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
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
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 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming live on Ustream from the Silicon Prairie News office * Stacking Up: Hayneedle executive profile series – Jason Goldberger & Ash ElDifrawi * QuickCal iPhone app * The Big Omaha charity: water Campaign results * Gary Vaynerchuk in Fast Company with charity: water mention * T-shirt giveaway! And we're looking for more T-shirts or swag to give away on the show. 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 14, 2010 by Adam Templeton
Omaha 8:32 a.m. The doors are open, the breakfast table is stocked and the mic's gettin' tested… Big Omaha 2010 is underway! Jeff and Dusty should be taking the stage in roughly 30 minutes for the day's opening speech. We'll check back in with you then! | 9:11 Jeff and Dusty are on stage. Here we go, folks! | 9:21 The crowd looks bigger and bolder than last year's, and the Silicon Prairie News guys have been working overtime to make sure Big Omaha 2010 is in… read more
April 26, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha A few weeks ago, I spoke with Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water and upcoming Big Omaha speaker, to hear more about his organization, the impact they've had and their focus areas going forward. Scott's background combined with the history of charity: water is amazing, and it's one of the main reasons we asked him to join us for Big Omaha. Since interviewing Scott, we as a community have raised over $5,000 for charity: water, which will allow them to build… read more
April 2, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location outside our offices at 5018 Leavenworth Street * The Big Omaha charity: water Campaign * KANEKO panel discusses how social media is reshaping our minds – big thanks to Robert Murphy for the writeup! * Silicon Prairie News summer internship * Free State Social taking place in Lawrence April 29-30 – look for the… read more