Topic: Omaha

Work Smart 2: How to Take Smart Meeting Notes

Welcome to the second season of Work Smart with Gina Trapani. This week, Suhasini Kotcherlakota, an instructional designer at the UNMC College of Nursing in Omaha, NE, asks for smart advice on taking thorough meeting notes. Gina offers her tips, and then calls on Brad Isaac of Persistence Unlimited to learn his techniques.READ»

Green Data Center Market to More Than Triple Over Next Five Years

Looking to get into the sustainable technology arena? Consider investing in the green data center market, which is projected to increase from $3.82 billion in the U.S. today to $13.81 billion in 2015. By the same year, energy ...READ»

Work/Life: Business Trips: No Fun Allowed?

Many business travelers have experienced guilt because they are not, shall we say, "carpe"-ing the "diem"? Fortunately, my business travels frequently take me to the south of France — actually, to Provence, where Amadeus ...READ»

Use Bundle to Snoop on Your Neighbors' Finances

A new Web-finance tool helps you learn from a virtual peek inside your neighbors' credit-card bills.READ»

White House Retrofit Ramp-Up Program Boosts Local Energy Efficiency Projects

The White House is continuing on its energy efficiency bent with the Retrofit Ramp-Up program, a $452 million cash infusion for U.S. communities to make energy efficient building retrofits accessible to both homeowners and ...READ»

IBM, Columbia University Team Up for Green Jobs Initiative

  With 5 million new jobs in the clean energy sector expected as part of the Obama administration's $150 billion clean tech investment, any science-minded college student that doesn't consider a future in clean energy would be ...READ»

DOE Offers $100M for Smart Grid Job Training

Considering a new career? The smart grid sector might be a good place to start now that the U.S. Department of Energy has doled out $100 million for smart grid job training in a move that will help 30,000 people prepare for work.As ...READ»

Steven J. Vanek, DDS

Dr. Steve was born and raised in the Green Mountain area, attending Regis Jesuit High School. In 1997, he graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and a Minor in Anatomy and Neurobiology. He ...READ»

Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook for 2010

As the economy continues to firm, expect a rebound in M&A due to lower valuations in combination with a lower cost of borrowing as the sector comes from a (6) six year low in terms of volume. Approximately 610 deals ...READ»

Omaha Steaks... Boneless Pork Chop!

Whether you are in the mood for something elegant like our Pork Tenderloin or Boneless Pork Chops or something to sink your teeth into like our Smoked Pork Loin Ribs and Shredded BBQ Pork, you're sure to find something to satisfy your ...READ»

Reading America

Premier Readers Service - Premier Readers Service The results may not always be pleasing, but the alternative is living in a police state without the protective rule of law. Real life isn’t Lake Woebegone, where all the ...READ»

RFD-TV: How an Ex-Farmer Built a $25 Million Media Empire for Rural America

How a scrappy ex-farmer from Nebraska built a TV channel for rural America. Hee Haw? Yeehaw!READ»

Presto Reviews Reputation Management. Leveraging your company's online reviews.

Are you an "online" business?Let's come to terms with a simple reality-even if you aren't doing business online, your business exists online and therefore you are in fact an online business. Just because you are not a "transactional" ...READ»

Can Cloud Computing Ever Truly Be Sustainable?

Data centers aren't exactly known for their sustainability--the power hogs are responsible for 1.5% of all power use in the United States. But as cloud computing, the IT golden child that uses mega-data centers to store information, ...READ»

Boston Ford Dealer Stocks Up on Trucks From the F150 To the F750

Big Ford trucks are in style at Stoneham Ford in Massachusetts. The Boston area dealer has stocked up on the full line of Ford dump trucks, landscape and utility trucks.READ»

Green Data Center Management: The Hot New College Degree?

Degrees in environmental studies, environmental science, and environmental engineering are commonplace in most universities throughout the United States, but Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska is taking degree ...READ»

Daddy Givebucks: Lessons Learned When Warren Buffett Hands You $1 Billion

Three years ago, Warren Buffett gave each of his kids $1 billion to give away -- suddenly thrusting them into the philanthropic elite. Here's what they learned.READ»

Socal Lights - Lowest Prices, Highest Quality

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Happy Birthday Warren Buffett!

The Oracle of Omaha turns 79 today, but he’s not slowing down. Though an economy like this one hurts everyone, Buffett’s done quite well following his own oft-repeated advice: “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when ...READ»

Trends in Luxury: Scarcity

Limited supply has been a guiding principle for economic growth since the dawn of trade. Today, with the ability to mass-produce products and maximize services, consumers are increasingly interfacing with and using products from machines. READ»

Why I Like Red Meat and Potatoes Marketing

I actually don't like red meat that much, but I do love Omaha Steaks. I like them for the food--specifically the sole stuffed with crab--but I like them even more for their extremely smart email marketing. I know, I know: we all like ...READ»

Nebraska Cash for Clunkers Participating Announces Support for Consumers

Crete NE car buyers looking for Cash for Clunkers participating dealers can turn to Rasmussen-Stewart Autos to redeem their program vouchers.READ»

Nebraska Car Dealer Says The Perfect Storm is Brewing for Car Buyers

Early car shoppers in Nebraska have their pick, according to Rasmussen Stewart, a Ford, Lincoln, Mercury dealer in Crete Nebraska. New low prices and historically low finance rates won’t last forever.READ»

Meet the Famous Faces at Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Meeting

2008? Worst. Year. Ever. At least for Berkshire, the $113 billion holding company. That won't stop some 30,000 shareholders from attending the annual meeting to hear what wisdom CEO Warren Buffett has to offer in his annual address.READ»

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Top 10 Lists Our ranking of innovative companies in the March issue elicited a flood of opinions. "Google is not innovative with regard to Web 2.0," insisted one of our Web correspondents. "Twitter is where innovation is at ...READ»

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