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Brag Bird offers virtual sales and leadership training to Chamber members
Announcing the Chamber’s newest benefit program to Chamber members: Brag Bird. Brag Bird is a virtual sales and leadership education program created for users to have on-demand streaming access to educational content that will help them generate leads and crush their...
Members: There’s Just No Stopping Your ‘We Don’t Coast’ Style
by Jill Bruckner Communications/PR Manager Hear that Chamber Members? it’s the sound of your success. No coasting here. Your progress has propelled you into Autumn and surrounded Greater Omaha with more good news than a maple tree has falling...
R&R Realty Group Kicks Off A New Era with Greater Omaha Opening
The Chamber and our Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership are cheering another clear sign of economic momentum in our community. R&R Realty Group (R&R) cut the ribbon this week on its first building in the Omaha area – a...
Introducing Our Economic Outlook Keynote: Rich Karlgaard
We know our annual Economic Outlook Luncheon is packed with actionable information – relevant and future-focused – but we also know it’s the speaker who ultimately puts Chamber members in the seats. In keeping with tradition, we have another incredible...
October Small Business of the Month: LifeLoop
“We saw a need…” It is a familiar lead-in to so many startup stories. In Amy Johnson’s case, it led to the 2015 founding of LifeLoop, a cloud-based platform designed to streamline operations for senior living communities, actively engage residents and...
Today’s Top Story? Careerockit.
A Journalism Teacher Helps Us Outline the 5 W’s Rob Lindquist, the journalism adviser at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, has been teaching students about the five W’s + How for eight of his ten years as an educator. It’s information...
Members Making Waves: Hands Down, This Region’s Wins are Elevating Greater Omaha
by Jill Bruckner Communications/Public Relations Manager Put your party hats on, Chamber Member Champions, it’s time to celebrate: Omaha is lucky No. 7 in U.S. News’ annual “25 Best Affordable Places to Live in the U.S. in 2018,” ahead of such locales as Kansas City...
More Insight, More Impact
“Boss & Co. offers this incredible opportunity to meet other leaders of companies.” Jamie Gutierrez, CEO at Midwest Maintenance, has a message for her colleagues in leadership positions: Get on the Boss & Co. bandwagon. “I am amazed at how great...
A Class All Their Own: Two Partnership Leaders Earn ED Master Practitioner Status
Let’s give it up for two key and committed leaders in our Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership: Paula Hazlewood, executive director, Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation, and Andrew Rainbolt, executive director, Sarpy County Economic Development...
Making Waves: Members, You’ve Got Moxie, 9-9-18
by Jill Bruckner Communications/Public Relations Manager Happy Wednesday Chamber Members! Bold, brave and courageous: That’s how you, Greater Omaha Chamber Members, roll; and, thanks to moxie and muscle, you’re making a splash in this no-coasting community one...
September Small Business of the Month: Peitzmeier Demolition and Concrete Cutting
Mark Peitzmeier is building a successful small business – by being really good at tearing down. After a long career at Kiewit, Mark decided to step out on his own six years ago and launch Peitzmeier Demolition and Concrete Cutting. From a starting point of...