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The Inevitable Change
It’s inevitable. Members of senior management leave or retire. To maintain consistent leadership andhigh performance, it’s necessary to develop and implement succession and knowledge-transfer plans forsenior management positions. As disconcerting as changes in leadership can be, perhaps it’s a bit more concerning when that change involves a critical part of the company’s information technology operation…
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We’re joining the Nebraska Journalism Trust
The AIM Institute, which has stewarded the outlet for years, has gifted the name and the archive so the Nebraska Journalism Trust can continue to carry the torch for the news source and its audience.
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UNeTech Institute wins EDA’s $300,000 prize for innovation, tech-based development
The UNeTech Institute—an entrepreneurial support organization and startup incubator affiliated with the University of Nebraska Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center—has won the 2022 Economic Development Agency’s Build to Scale Competition. UNeTech joins recipients from across the country, part of a $47 million investment to fuel innovation and tech-based development. The $300,000 award,…
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2022 AIM Tech Awards to honor community leaders in technology
The 2022 AIM Tech Awards ceremony, presented by Cox Business, will once again honor the changemakers and visionaries of the Silicon Prairie with an awards show and dinner at Founders One | Nine, located at 1915 Jackson St. in downtown Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. Awards will be presented to winners in…
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2022 Global Leadership Africa Summit brings together young professionals who cherish Africa
The 2022 Global Leadership Africa Summit Week will launch Monday with a week of activities organized around a range of issues facing Africans and people of African descent. A full calendar of events is included at the end of this article. Designed to gather global young professional African leaders, entrepreneurs, and people who cherish Africa…
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Job Share Connect sets out to revolutionize the way we think about work
In the past two years, so many of us have been reevaluating what we want out of life. Perhaps you want to go back to school, or try a different job, or cut back your hours to spend more time with family. Before the pandemic, though, such a transition would be too challenging for the…
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Beyond slacktivism: Samaritan and the rise of app-tivism
“Walk with, not by.” So goes motto for Samaritan, a mobile app that helps users fight homelessness through direct, case-managed giving. It’s a slogan that rejects slacktivism for what could be called “app-tivism”—the use of consumer apps to generate meaningful social action. More than just sharing news of a cause or signaling one’s ethos with…
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Nebraska startup announces $5 million pre-seed funding round
Bluestem Biosciences, a renewable chemicals company maximizing agriculture and energy infrastructure through synthetic biology, announced today a pre-seed financing round of $5 million. Zero Infinity Partners led the round, including participation from Matt Vining, CEO of Navigator CO2 Ventures; Invest Nebraska; angel investor Robert Sali and Bluestem Co-Founder & CEO Billy Hagstrom. Founded in January…
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Callers to Coders, led by AIM Institute, upskills Physicians Mutual employees with tech training
The Callers to Coders program, part of the nonprofit AIM Institute’s partnership with Physicians Mutual, is currently introducing six employees to training in core data management. Physicians Mutual is eager to amplify the success and impacts of last year’s Callers to Coders initiative by again utilizing AIM’s Custom Training program. The 2022 cohort, which launched…
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Omaha-based Medical Solutions uses tech to connect health personnel to jobs
A leading provider of total workforce solutions serving the healthcare industry, Medical Solutions connects nurses, allied health, and non-clinical professionals to hospitals and health systems across the country. The company is headquartered in Omaha with seven locations nationwide and is one of the largest in its industry and rapidly growing. Expanding their workforce is a…