Greg Tehven – Rallying your community around a collective future
Rallying your community around a collective future
Greg will talk about how his model of community-based collective action can be transported to other regions. He will discuss a current project, The Grand Farm Education and Research Initiative, powered by Emerging Prairie, which capitalizes on the region’s potential and expertise in the agriculture and technology industries. They are accelerating the research and innovation by creating the prototype for the first fully autonomous farm, impacting North Dakota, the United States, and the World by solving challenges in the agriculture industry and developing new opportunities.
Greg Tehven
CEO & Co-founder, Emerging Prairie
Thought leader, storyteller, and advocate for the creative class, Greg Tehven, invites audiences to build the community they want to live in. He believes you can overcome any obstacle by thinking creatively and acting boldly. Greg is proud to be from Fargo, North Dakota. After traveling around the world and taking in other places and ways of life, he returned home ready to stop observing and start taking action to change what the world thinks when they hear Fargo. As a leader in the startup community, Greg has been involved in many projects and events, including TEDxFargo, 1 Million Cups, Startup Weekend, and Emerging Prairie. He often speaks about creative economic development, spotlighting the best our cities have to offer and innovative problem-solving.
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Sarah E. McDonald – Cancer: How we show up for others in crisis
Mar 29, 2023 04:00 PM in Pacific Time
Jennifer Karapetian – Imprisoned in a web of trauma
Apr 19, 2023 04:00 PM in Pacific Time
Dr. Philippa Hardman – The AI Education Revolution is Coming – or is it?
May 3, 2023 12:00 PM in Pacific Time
Matthew Chang – A Teen Climate Activist’s Perspective on the Cumulative Power of Action
May 17, 2023 04:00 PM in Pacific Time
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD – The Long Road to Awareness: Breaking down barriers in long covid research
May 31, 2023 04:00 PM in Pacific Time
William Skinner – California doesn’t have a water problem – it has a storage and distribution deficiency.
Jun 14, 2023 04:00 PM in Pacific Time