Greater Omaha Young Professionals

  • RenGen author discusses Omaha’s creative economy, YP Summit

    In gearing up for this year’s Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit on March 4, we wanted to provide short interviews with individuals who will be delivering keynote presentations. The first person I was able to visit with was Patricia Martin, CEO and founder of LitLamp Communications and the author of Renaissance Generation: The rise of…

  • Weekly Wrap Up

    Mentioned this week: * Filming on location at Barley’s TipTop during the Greater Omaha Young Professionals’ Style Your Sole Party, a pre-party for this year’s Young Professionals Summit * Happy (belated) Birthday Dusty! * Upcoming interviews with Young Professionals Summit speakers: TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie, CEO and founder of LitLamp

  • Craig Moody discusses final report on the YP Bus Challenge

    A few weeks ago, the Greater Omaha Young Professionals released its Final Report on the Young Professionals Bus Challenge. A week later, after the challenge’s organizers had presented their findings to the Metro Area Transit (MAT) board of directors, I caught up with Craig Moody, one of the organizers, to learn about their takeaways. When…

  • 2010 Young Professionals Summit seeks presenters

    Last year, the anticipation of Malcolm Gladwell’s keynote address helped to sell out the Young Professionals Summit, an annual event put on by the Greater Omaha Young Professionals. The anticipation proved to be true as Gladwell gave an excellent presentation on building community and encouraging growth. As the organizers continue to prepare for this year’s Summit,…