Tweetup Reminder – This Thursday!
Mark your calendars and make sure you head to Mosaic Community Development this Thursday at 6:30 for the next TweetUp!
This month’s TweetUp is in conjunction with Mosaic Community Development’s relaunch & re-branding party so we’re celebrating there with them!
Big Special Thanks to all of the sponsors including Blue Planet Natural Grill for providing all food and drinks!
We’ll see you this Thursday evening!
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SPN Interviews @Route140
Last week while Whuffaoke was in town, I had the opportunity to talk with Mark Simonds, or @Route140…a.k.a the man behind the Twitter Road Trip adventure.
Mark is traveling nation-wide road trip to interview people and companies using Twitter and have interesting stories to tell. The idea for his project started as an excuse to take a road trip. After realizing it would be great to meet the people he followed on Twitter, he then decided that this could be an opportunity to really dive into the whole social media concepts.
Twitter Road Trip is entirely self-funded and Simonds is also working with sponsors and donors to keep the travels going..
Take a glance and listen to our interview with Mark and feel free to connect with the Twitter Road Trip on Twitter at @Route140!.
Tagged as: @Route140, Mark Simonds, Twitter Road Trip, Whuffaoke
Whuffaoke Hits Omaha
The Whuffaoke Winnie came and is on the way to its final destination of Montreal…left behind was high praise for Omaha, good spirits and many memories! The event was amazing thanks to Christian Christensen and Alison Hult of Bluestone Development for the tremendous venue at 22 Floors, the sushi from Blue, and Blue Moon beer courtesy of Patrick’s Market downtown.
Take a look at these great photos courtesy of Andrew from Malone & Co…
Before the tour left we had an opportunity to catch up with each of the members and ask them about the tour, the inspiration, and thoughts as a newbie to Omaha and the region, what “words of advice” they might have for the entrepreneurial and creative class in the region.
Tagged as: MissRogue, Omaha, SXSW, Whuffaoke, WhuffaokeOMA
Weekly Wrap Up
Interests of Last Week
7/21 – OWH: Omaha Karaoke Fans Tap Their Inner Whuffie w/ Whuffaoke Tour Stop In Omaha
7/20 – OWH: Omaha Native Produces Award Winning Book
This Weekend! – Wild About Omaha Festivities
Events of Next Week
Thursday 7/30 - TweetUp @ Mosaic Community Development
Thursday 7/30 – Cornstalks @ Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Friday 7/31 – The Big Birthday Bash @ Brightmix’s World Headquarters
If you have any additional news or events that you’d like the SPN community to know about, please add it in a comment below (a link, date, time and location would be helpful).
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Come Celebrate SPN’s 1st Birthday!
We like parties yes we do…but this one isn’t just any party. This will be the party to end all parties (or until next year when we do it again!) Help us in celebrating Brightmix’s 2 Year and Silicon Prairie News’ 1 Year Birthday all on the same day!
Both Brightmix and SPN may still be considered young in age, but we’ve accomplished some solid work in our short lifespan and that’s why we are partying!
Come to the Brightmix office located at 5018 Leavenworth Street next Friday July 31st where starting at 4:30 we’ll be celebrating with ice cream, cake and you! (Family friendly of course!)
When on site at Brightmix’s world headquarters, you’ll also have the opportunity to take a sneak peak at what’s shaping up to be Silicon Prairie News’ new location, (when we aren’t out on the street, working out of the coffee shops or the SPN West office out of Jeff’s home…)
Mark down Friday July 31st for the Birthday Party and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Tagged as: Afterwork Party, BrightMix, Silicon Prairie News
SPN Interviews Christian Gray of Mosaic
Staying true to our tagline of highlighting not only entrepreneurs, but innovators, creative class and those pushing the envelope, we turn our attention to Mosaic Community Development. Mosaic is a local nonprofit which focuses on addressing the needs of the homeless through relationships. In addition to providing meals and necessities, they also take a unique approach to our city’s homeless by building and developing a relationship with those they work with.
We’re also planning a Tweetup at Mosaic on Thursday July 30th to celebrate Mosaic’s new re branding / relaunch campaign! Watch the video and then stay tuned to the Omaha TweetUp site for more information!
Tagged as: Christian Gray, Mosaic Community Development, Omaha Tweetup, Tweetup
