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Omaha Creative Week seeks to spark creativity Aug. 31-Sept. 9
Omaha Creative Week returns for a third year Aug. 31-Sept. 9 aiming to provide a creative spark for the Omaha community. Close to 30 events, or “Creative Sparks,” are on the schedule for Creative Week, which, per its website, “celebrates local innovation in culture, businesses, education and social services and those who create new ideas,…
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Stack, Omaha Creative Week bring out the community (Photos)
Last week, two unconferences took place in Omaha amidst Omaha Creative Week. On Tuesday, Stack, an event geared towards advertising and design professionals, attracted nearly 100 attendees. On Saturday, BarCamp Omaha, an event with three tracks – entrepreneurship, creative and technology – bought together more than 200. Together, that’s more than 300 individuals (with some…
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Prairie Moves: Slash Web Studios, Syncbak, Sojern and more
What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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…
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Omaha Creative Week returning Sept. 5-11
Pardon the oh-so-uncreative way I’m introducing this, but … area creatives, mark your calendars. A week just for you is on its way back to Omaha. Omaha Creative Week …
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Joe Olsen: Post-Omaha Creative Week interview
When a group of individuals came together earlier this year to lay the groundwork for the first-ever Omaha Creative Week, we spoke with one of its team members, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue, to learn more. In our June interview with Olsen, he told us that the idea to hold Omaha Creative Week (OCW) was “a…
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Omaha Creative Week: Stack un-conference attracts 60 attendees
From roughly 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. yesterday, 60 individuals gathered at Nomad Lounge for Omaha’s first-ever Stack un-conference, one of the events held under the umbrella of Omaha Creative Week. Stack, which was marketed towards individuals in creative fields, is described as “a forum to talk to your peers, learn new things, and build…
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Omaha Creative Week opens with Caretakers Forum (video)
Last night, about 50 individuals gathered in KANEKO’s Bow Truss Room (above) to take in the Caretakers Forum, the first event of the inaugural Omaha Creative Week. Led by myself (moderator), the 50-minute discussion began with an introduction of our four panelists, the defining of the word “creative”, and four questions about creativity’s measurement and…
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Omaha Creative Week kicks off tonight with Caretakers Forum
The first gathering of Omaha Creative Week (September 5-11) takes place tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at KANEKO. Join Silicon Prairie News and KANEKO as we co-host the Caretakers Forum, an exploration of creativity and a discussion on Omaha’s creative talent and activity. There is no cost to attend the event. From 6-7 p.m.,…
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Caretakers Forum will ask the question: What is creative?
With events ranging from a photo competition to a guided tour of work spaces, the seven-day schedule for the inaugural Omaha Creative Week (September 5-11) is set. Kicking it off the evening of Monday, September 6, will be the Caretakers Forum, a panel discussion that will address the definition of creative, the purpose of creativity,…
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Announcing the Caretakers Forum, Monday, September 6 at KANEKO
Since first hearing about Omaha Creative Week a few months ago we began brainstorming ways to become involved. At Silicon Prairie News, we’re excited about highlighting our city’s creative community, whether it…