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  • Volano Gives New Developers a Shot

    Volano Gives New Developers a Shot

    Omaha-based Volano Software not only builds custom business software, they help build the IT workforce. “We’ve hired a number of folks that have not coded professionally before and helped them become technology professionals,” said Rod Smith, co-founder and partner of Volano, which specializes in developing customized workflow design software, databases, portals and more.  Over the…

  • Careerlink Sale Marks New Chapter for AIM Institute and Careerlink, LLC

    Careerlink Sale Marks New Chapter for AIM Institute and Careerlink, LLC

    The AIM Institute—the Omaha-based not-for-profit that grows, connects and inspires the tech talent community through education and career development—announced recently that it has sold Careerlink, its iconic jobs platform. Dr. Kandace Miller, President and CEO of the AIM Institute, said the sale provides further strategic investment AIM’s core not-for-profit, mission-related services to address the growing…

  • Feeling isolated? Omaha Gives! 2020 has launched. Here’s why you should give

    Feeling isolated? Omaha Gives! 2020 has launched. Here’s why you should give

    Michael Young knows the importance of giving, how it can change a life.  Young grew up in a family that struggled financially. After his father died prematurely, his mother had trouble coping with the loss, and the family dealt with worsening housing and food insecurity. Even in the midst of the economic hardships his family…

  • Omaha South High School Grads Launch Tech Careers, Land Paid Summer Internships at Union Pacific 

    Omaha South High School Grads Launch Tech Careers, Land Paid Summer Internships at Union Pacific 

    This summer, two recent Omaha South High School graduates, Suraj Poudel and Evelyn Espinoza Macias, will enter highly competitive paid internships at Union Pacific after participating in the AIM Institute’s pilot workforce development program that teaches high school students how to code.  Ashok Fichadia, Assistant Vice President of IT Development for Union Pacific, said the…

  • UNMC/Nebraska Medicine results from NIH clinical trial show remdesivir accelerates recovery from advanced COVID-19

    UNMC/Nebraska Medicine results from NIH clinical trial show remdesivir accelerates recovery from advanced COVID-19

    Hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received the antiviral drug remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a randomized, controlled trial involving 1,063 patients, which began on Feb. 21. The trial, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of…

  • Omaha Bryan senior Britney Salcedo, heading for UNL in the fall, works hard for herself and others

    Omaha Bryan senior Britney Salcedo, heading for UNL in the fall, works hard for herself and others

    We could all use more good news. This inspiring story was originally published by the AIM Institute. Britney Salcedo’s older brother and sister didn’t get the opportunity to go to college. Neither of them could afford it. Seeing her family miss out on higher education due to financial circumstances motivated the Omaha Bryan High School…

  • Developing Leadership When Things Are Not Good

    Developing Leadership When Things Are Not Good

    Originally posted on the AIM Institute blog No one knows how the coronavirus pandemic will evolve, how long the economy will stay underwater, or even what recovery looks like.  But the radical workplace upheaval and sudden ad hoc shift to remote technology over the past month suggest two truths:  We need more tech talent.   We…

  • We Need All Hands on Deck: Giving During Disaster

    We Need All Hands on Deck: Giving During Disaster

    This is a guest post by Maria Brady. Looking for ways to make a difference in your community?  Mark your calendars for Omaha Gives! on May 20. This 24-hour fundraiser, organized by the Omaha Community Foundation, is a great way to find and support local causes you care about. Now in its seventh year, Omaha…

  • Please Don’t Pandemicize Your Brand: Marketing in the Time of COVID-19

    Please Don’t Pandemicize Your Brand: Marketing in the Time of COVID-19

    One thing the business community can agree on: no one knows how to adapt to the coronavirus, especially in marketing. We don’t know who needs to hear this, but just in case: please resist the urge to pandemicize your brand.  You may have already seen companies shoehorning references to the pandemic into their ads and…

  • “At Home in a Crisis Trying to Work”: Cheered on by the Startup Collaborative, Founders Face Grim Future with Hope

    “At Home in a Crisis Trying to Work”: Cheered on by the Startup Collaborative, Founders Face Grim Future with Hope

    Erica Wassinger, Senior Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation for the Greater Omaha Chamber, exerts considerable energy and influence helping entrepreneurs weather the storms of starting up. Her work as cofounder of The Startup Collaborative often brings her as close to founders as public health guidelines currently allow.  For the past month, she’s been speaking with…