This week there was no notable news that came across our desk, but if you found some, please share. However, we did find six events that piqued our interest. 4/24 – Jeffrey S. Raikes School 2009 Design Studio Project Showcase Open House: Design Studio Projects on Display Friday April 24, 2009 2:00-4:00 pm Kauffman Center…
Danny Schreiber
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This week there was no notable news that came across our desk, but if you found some, please share. However, we did find six events that piqued our interest.
Open House: Design Studio Projects on Display Friday April 24, 2009 2:00-4:00 pm Kauffman Center (North of the City Campus Union)
In Design Studio, student teams partner with businesses and government agencies to design and develop real-world, software-based solutions that meet their clients’ needs. To learn more about the Design Studio Projects, go to http://raikes.unl.edu/designstudio.shtml.
It’s an experience unlike any conference you’ve attended before. Over the course of a single weekend, you get to take time out from your current venture/business and practice building a new one. Think of it like time off the field.
Most ventures fail on Monday morning, which isn’t the point. The point is, you learn new skills, processes, coding frameworks, legal jargon, business practices, spread sheet programs, etc that you can bring back to your current venture. Startup Weekend is a weekend warrior event where anything goes, and practice is implied. You’re not judged (unless you judge) and learning is paramount.
People who attend the weekend stay in touch, hire each other and form new ventures as a result of ‘colliding’ for 54 hours. Its an awesome three days of networking, team building, coding, business planning and pitching (with some added cocktails and food).
Coordinator: Michael Mitilier — info@nonprofitam.org
Description Darian Rodriguez Heyman is committed to sustainable social progress. As Founding Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation, he aims to support not just one cause or organization, but to uplift the entire nonprofit sector through leveraging the craigslist brand.
Heyman works to inspire collaboration and effectiveness by connecting thousands of emerging and established leaders with vital support organizations and best practices; he believes there should be no difference between the person who dreams of a better world, and the person who knows how to make it real. For his work in the field, Independent Sector has gone as far as labeling him a “Vital Voice” in their 2007 Annual Report.
Do you have a great idea for a business, organization or event but can’t quite swing the “where” to make it happen? The answer, oh great idea person, may be on Maple Street in downtown Benson.
The Benson-Ames Alliance and www.BensonBeat.com have teamed up to launch Benson Free Space. Beginning June 1, the 2,000 square foot location at 6007 Maple St. will be made available free of charge — yep, free of charge — for 30 days to the person or group whose great idea is selected.
Join us Friday night for drinks with Peter Buffett!
With each ticket purchased to Peter’s Concert and Conversation, you also gain admission to a special Young Professionals happy hour event with Peter; an excellent one-on-one opportunity for questions and networking.
The happy hour will take place at Nomad Lounge on Friday, May 1st from 5-7 pm.
The Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts proudly presents “An Evening of Concert and Conversation with Peter Buffett,” an event to benefit its programming and operation. Buffett’s Concert and Conversation serves as an entertaining and informative look into the life of a man with a truly unique upbringing. As the son of Warren Buffett, his open discussion about the things he was taught, the lessons he’s learned, and their effect in creating the man he’s become acts as a true testament that life is never a straight road. No matter what your background, Buffett’s take on “earning your own reward” will find resonance with your own life story. Taking place during the annual shareholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway, Peter’s musical performance will instill a more casual atmosphere, while his honest and frank discussions imparts upon the viewer the weight of the knowledge he has to pass along.
Event Details: WHAT: An Evening of Concert and Conversation with Peter Buffett WHEN: Saturday, May 2nd at 7:30 pm WHERE: The Rose, 2001 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE TICKETS: $42, with $25 of the cost being tax deductible
If you have any news or additional events that you’d like the SPN community to know about, please add it in a comment below (a link, date, time and location would be helpful).
If you have an upcoming event past next Friday, please send it to danny@siliconprairienews.com, and be sure to include a link, date, time and location.
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This story is part of the AIM Archive
This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »
