Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference 2024 - Holt Boyd Extension Podcast

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Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference 2024- Jordan Rasmussen - Extension Educator - Rural Prosperity Nebraska

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    Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities
    Conference 2024 Sidney, Nebraska
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    No Wrong Door
    May 1-2, 2024
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    Nebraska Extension’s Rural
    Prosperity Nebraska team
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    invites you to participate in the
    upcoming Connecting Entrepreneurial
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    Communities Conference,
    in Sidney, Nebraska, May 1 and 2.
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    The conference will focus on
    how communities, service providers
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    and entrepreneurs can help foster
    prosperity in rural Nebraska towns.
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    To learn more or register,
    please visit ruralprosperityne.unl.edu.
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    Known as the CEC Conference, the
    conference empowers community members
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    by showcasing tools and resources designed
    to fuel community growth and prosperity.
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    You will engage with local, regional, and
    national presenters as they share their
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    successful strategies in building
    entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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    Join in dynamic discussions
    covering vital aspects of
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    community development,
    including placemaking,
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    people attraction, regional food systems,
    leadership development and transition,
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    entrepreneurship, childcare,
    housing, and more.
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    No boring meeting rooms here!
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    CEC sessions are held in area businesses,
    hosted by the business owners.
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    As a participant, you get
    the full experience
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    of the downtown area as you
    move from session to session.
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    This creative approach offers
    plenty of opportunity for
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    networking and seeing firsthand
    an entrepreneurial community at work.
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    Conference sessions will
    be hosted in five tracks
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    - Workforce Development,
    Downtown Revitalization,
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    Entrepreneurship, Quality of
    Life and Placemaking and the Arts,
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    or select the topics most relevant
    to your business and community growth.
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    Sessions will cover topics ranging from
    Sidney’s creative district development
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    to investment clubs and cooperative
    business models and will showcase
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    area businesses and
    entrepreneurs in downtown Sidney.
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    Local restaurants and venues will
    also be featured during the noon
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    meals and the evening networking
    event, all included in registration.
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    So, if you are an entrepreneur,
    local community leader, or
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    simply interested in learning more
    about ways to help your small town thrive,
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    we hope to see you at the 2024
    Connecting Entrepreneurial
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    Communities Conference, May 1
    and 2 in Sidney, Nebraska.
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    To register and see the complete
    line-up of presenters and
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    keynote speakers, please
    visit ruralprosperityne.unl.edu.
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    For Nebraska Extension,
    I am Rural Prosperity
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    Nebraska Extension
    Educator, Jordan Rasmussen.