April 26, 2010

  • Gathering questions for Tony Hsieh of ‘Delivering Happiness’& Zappos

    Tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, April 27) I will be interviewing Big Omaha 2010 speaker Tony Hsieh, author of the upcoming book Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos, and I want to hear from you, our readers, as to the questions you’d like me to ask Tony. Ideas, suggestions, feedback and thoughts are all open, please leave…

  • PrairieCast: Alexander Grgurich of TEDxDesMoines

    In the most recent PrairieCast, Andy and I talk with Alexander Grgurich, who is facilitating the first ever TEDxDesMoines. This event is a licensed, local iteration of the famed TED Talks series from California featuring local speakers intermingled with video presentations from past TED events. We discuss the recent speaker announcement, the process of securing…

  • Scott Harrison shares the charity: water story, discusses best practices

    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…

  • Heartland GreenUp to focus on IT industry’s impact on environment

    Executives and thought leaders from a number of leading technology companies are planning to come together on May 5, 2010 in the Des Moines-area to participate in the inaugural Heartland GreenUp, an event being produced by the Technology Association…