Prosper Lincoln News
Year 1 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Successes (2016)
1. Providing and enhancing connectivity in the ecosystem - Rich Claussen is providing connections for start-ups to existing successful businesses, connecting traditional successful businesses to those who can help them infuse innovation into their organizations and...
Year 1 Prosper Lincoln Early Childhood Successes (2016)
1. Building relationships and partnerships in the early childhood arena while sharing the Prosper Lincoln early childhood agenda - Michelle Suarez has already met with over 100 representatives from more than 60 community organizations to share the Prosper Lincoln...
Investing in the Brain Architecture of our Children
Local experts in the field of early childhood development recently met with more than 100 local leaders from businesses of all sizes, both national and entrepreneurial. Coordinated by Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Prosper Lincoln and Dividends Nebraska, the...
Keeping Young Talent in Lincoln
Many of us have heard for sometime now that technology jobs in Lincoln need to be filled. We also know that aspiring University students have a desire to know what career opportunities exist right here in the white hot epicenter of the Silicon Prairie. We decided to...
Research: Starting Early Yields Greater Returns
Start at birth, coordinate services into comprehensive early childhood programs, and achieve greater economic and social gains. New research from Nobel Laureate economist James J. Heckman finds that comprehensive, birth-to-age-5 early childhood programs can produce...
Career Connections Start Early
Published 11/30/2016 Connecting middle school students (employees of the future) with local employers Angie Plugge, principal of Dawes Middle School, recently contacted our Prosper Lincoln Employment Skills Developers. The school wants to create better a connection...
Early Childhood Success Story
Connecting the Prosper Lincoln Pillars As a long-time participant in Everett Elementary School's family literacy program, Rosa refined her English literacy skills and visited her children's classrooms to see how they were learning, so she could help them with...
Youth Leaders Connect to Prosper Lincoln
Published 11/22/2016 The Youth Leadership Lincoln program (YLL) works to enhance the knowledge and leadership skills of area high school students by motivating and empowering them to be committed to their community. The YLL program provides an interactive, hands-on...
Watch our Prosper Lincoln Leaders in Action (2016)
Prosper Lincoln's leadership team presented an update on their work in October 2016 that was captured on video. WATCH and learn how they'll achieve their goals by year 2020.
Making Employment Connections
Published 10/17/2016 A showcase event to connect local employers with case workers and human services agencies was a success on October 13, 2016. It featured a 1-hour training to help case workers, who might each work with as many as 100 clients, teach those clients...