May Newsletter

Upcoming Events

May 1

Use YouTube to Grow Your Business

Learn how to use YouTube and the power of video to promote your business or brand.

GROW Nebraska

12-1PM

May 1

Building Hope in Yourself & Others

Attendees will learn how to apply hope science to their own lives and in those around them.

YNPNGO

6-7:30PM

May 2

GNWBC New Client Orientation for Startups

Come learn what GNWBC can do for you and your business.

GROW Nebraska Women's Business Center

11:30-1PM

May 6

NE Enterprise Fund's Celebration of Cinco de Mayo

Come hear the journeys of local Latino small business owners! Authentic food and drinks, musica norteña, and lots of fun.

Nebraska Enterprise Fund

11-2PM

May 8

HWS Illumin8 Series: Better Business Workshop

Join the City of Omaha Human Rights and Relations Department and learn everything you need to know as an employer about discrimination in employment.

HWS

11-12PM

May 8

Small Business Workshop Series – How Businesses Use Credit

Identify the types of credit available to your business such as lines of credit, credit cards and loans, as well as financing options from the Small Business Administration.

Nebraska Enterprise Fund

4:30-5:30PM

May 11

HWS at the Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

Come say hi just outside our new 24th street location!

HWS

9-12PM

May 15

EEC: How to Capitalize and Monetize Artificial Intelligence Opportunities

Creates, promotes, and encourages educational opportunities for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs in Omaha and the surrounding Nebraska region.

The Entrepreneurs Education Collaborative (EEC)

11:30-12:30PM

May 16

Creating a Marketing Plan That Works

Step into the world of strategic marketing with Josefina Loza as she guides startups through the process of developing a comprehensive marketing plan.

GROW Nebraska

12-1PM

May 17

Veterans In Business Forum

Provide business support, education and advocacy to help veterans succeed in business and increase community awareness of veteran-owned business activities.

Veterans in Business Forum: VIBF

8-9AM

May 21

Small Business Resource Fair & Makers Market Mixer

The resource fair will feature a variety of exhibitors who offer valuable services, support, and resources to empower small businesses.

Nebraska Enterprise Fund

3-6PM

May 21

EmployOMA Coalition

EmployOMA! assists local job-seekers as a non-profit, collaborative group of workforce agencies in the Omaha area.

10-11:30AM

May 23

Strengthening Cybersecurity Defenses

Quick overview of the incidents that have occurred in the past year in Kansas/Nebraska area and move on to tools and practices that can help.

GROW Nebraska

12-1PM

May 29

HWS Illumin8 Series: My Career Story

Join Lauren Micek Vargas as she dives into her inspiring career story with us.

HWS

11-12PM

June 8

4th Annual Jobapalooza

Join in on this free Saturday morning job fair. Have some fun and meet with eager job seekers!

HWS

10-12PM

June 11

Accountability for Accessibility

Develop an understanding of the hidden barriers within your content, branding and marketing.

Center for Disability Inclusion

1-2PM

Free Hiring Events

Come in for an Employer Spotlight Event!

A mini hiring event featuring your business only! These are from 11-2 on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Sit in the resource room and connect with job seekers to show case your open positions.

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Reserve a day

🎉4th Annual Jobapalooza is here!🎉

HWS Illumin8 Series💡

Better Business Workshop

Wednesday, May 8th 11-12PM

Via Zoom

Join The Omaha Department of Human Rights and Relations

Laura Aryeetey, Senior Investigator and Cailin Daly Dejillas, Director, both of the City of Omaha Human Rights & Relations Department, will present an engaging training highlighting federal and local laws against discrimination in employment. The training will cover ways to comply with the law through all stages of employment, with a specific emphasis on accommodations.

My Career Story

Wednesday, May 29th 11-12PM

Via Zoom

Featuring Lauren Micek Vargas

Lauren Micek Vargas is the CEO and co-founder of Education Rights Counsel, a Nebraska nonprofit, focused on removing legal barriers to educational equity. As a former special education teacher, a public defender, and a disability advocate, Lauren's experience in the education sector and juvenile courts has cultivated her passion for working to improve educational outcomes and legal access for ALL children. Under her leadership, ERC has earned the recognition of the Nebraska State Bar Association who awarded ERC with the Special Merit Award, which is presented to an organization that advances the legal profession, the administration of justice, and public interest.