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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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On way to solving water crisis, Scott Harrison works to build a brand
Water changes everything. That’s the message charity: water founder Scott Harrison shared today at our Big Kansas City event. Harrison’s non-profit organization has raised nearly $100 million to bring clean water to communities in 20 countries. Access to safe drinking water is changing not just the lives of people in those towns and villages, but…
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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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Sunday Video: ‘Why tech loves charity: water’
Friday was Earth Day and the folks at TechCrunch used that as a reason to inteview Scott Harrison, founder of Charity: Water, as part of their TechCrunch TV video series. It’s no secret that the Silicon Prairie News team are big supporters of Charity: Water’s work and we’re not alone in the technology community. It’s…
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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…
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charity: water’s work featured on ABC’s 20/20
As we round out 2010, and reflect on some of the major initiatives that we were involved in this year at Silicon Prairie News, the Silicon Prairie News & Big Omaha charity: water Campaign was one of the most pivotal and encouraging efforts that we accomplished as a community. When I published the first post…
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Blog Action Day: Rahul Gupta of Planet Water Foundation
(This is a guest post written by Rahul Gupta, an Omaha entrepreneur, erstwhile actor and recent addition to the team at the Planet Water Foundation.) A lot can happen in five months. I recently tweeted that Scott Harrison’s talk about charity: water at Big Omaha 2010 “literally changed the trajectory of my life.” That was…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Scott Harrison of charity: water
(Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we’re excited to release the first video in the series of presentations from Big Omaha 2010, which was held at KANEKO, May 12-15. We chose to begin with one of the most powerful talks from the event, that of charity: water founder Scott Harrison. Harrison’s presentation was not only…