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MindMixer’s chief designer creates poster for charity: water campaign
We so often hear of the incredible results that can be traced back to relationships built here on the Silicon Prairie, and here’s yet another tale of the good those connections can yield. Tyler Riewer, content strategist at charity: water in New York City, reached out to 14 designers, including Justin Kemerling, chief design officer…
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My Instagram feed tells the story of a growing KC startup community
Storytelling is a beautiful, ever-evolving art form and Instagram is one of its vehicles. As I was scrolling through my feed last Friday, I stopped for a second to reflect on the events of the past few months and the impact of those events on the Kansas City startup community. Our inaugural Big Kansas City…
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charity: water founder Scott Harrison to speak at Big Kansas City!
In less than six weeks, Hangar 9 will transform from an aircraft storage to our conference home, March 27-28. Today, we’re revealing three more speakers who will join us in this special space including Scott Harrison, one of our most memorable Big Series presenters. If you haven’t purchased your ticket, make sure to do so…
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With a video, charity: water thanks the Big Omaha community
Today, charity: water is celebrating their fifth birthday and we’re thrilled to share a video with you that the team at charity: water produced as a thank you to the Big Omaha and Silicon Prairie News community! Here’s the email they sent me with the entire community in mind as it’s a testament to what…
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Prairie Moves: John Hobbs, Levi Rosol, 80/35 app and more
Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Assembly offers thrills for Ames students, Google representatives
Harry Potter. That was the first name called out when Google’s PJ Anderson and Drew Rowny asked a room full of elementary school students to name a children’s character. Anderson and Rowny traveled from Silicon Valley to Ames last week to honor Nathan Hidajat for being chosen as a regional prize winner in the Doodle…
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As charity: water campaign nears end, Hidajat cited as ‘Young Hero’
Back in February, we shared the story of Nathan Hidajat, who decided before he turned 8 that he wanted to give up his birthday for charity: water after watching the video of Scott Harrison on stage at Big Omaha 2010 (see our post Ames 2nd Grader, Nathan Hidajat, raises $1k for charity: water in 7…
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More on Hidajat’s charity: water campaign – interview with father
Yesterday, we posted about Nathan Hidajat, a second grader in Ames, Iowa who gave up his 8th birthday in a fundraising effort to help charity: water, a charity that works to provide clean drinking water to people around the world who don’t have access to it. Nathan decided to give up his birthday after seeing…
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Ames 2nd grader, Nathan Hidajat, raises $1k for charity: water in 7 days
Not many can deny that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is a moving speaker. Harrison’s story of personal renewal, his dedication to providing clean drinking water to those who don’t have it, and his ability to redefine how we look at philanthropy has moved people all over the world; from the 500 people in…