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SUMMARY:Executives Club - Disruptive Startup: Empowering People and Communities
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Ashish Gadnis"Disruptive Startup: Empowering People and Communities"Tech entrepreneur Ashish Gadnis travels the globe working to end world hunger. He helps set up coding schools and enterprises in poverty zones - using a for-profit model as a way for a community to become self-sufficient and food secure.Why you should attend:-  Coding is among the most in-demand and highest paying field in our economy\, but there is crippling talent shortages. -  Q2030 Regional Action plan identifies the creation and expansion of short-term to advanced coding programs for the Quad Cities as a critical and urgent priority. -  Assess whether Ashish Gadnis' coding-school model could be applied in the Quad Cities.   -         If you need any special requirements to attend this meeting please contact Megan Lovelady at mlovelady@quadcitieschamber.com Monthly Sponsor:Annual Sponsors:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<P><FONT size=2><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2><TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 100%\; BACKGROUND: white\; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse\; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184\; mso-table-lspace: 1.8pt\; mso-table-rspace: 1.8pt\; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph\; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column\; mso-table-left: left" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left border=0><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0\; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes\; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0\; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0\; WIDTH: 469.5pt\; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0\; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt\; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt\; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt\; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0\; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt\; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=783><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt\; mso-element: frame\; mso-element-frame-hspace: 1.8pt\; mso-element-wrap: around\; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph\; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column\; mso-height-rule: exactly"><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style='BACKGROUND: white\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'>Keynote Speaker:&nbsp\;<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Ashish Gadnis</SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt\; mso-element: frame\; mso-element-frame-hspace: 1.8pt\; mso-element-wrap: around\; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph\; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column\; mso-height-rule: exactly"><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style='BACKGROUND: white\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style='COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'><?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/ashish.jpg"></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt\; mso-element: frame\; mso-element-frame-hspace: 1.8pt\; mso-element-wrap: around\; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph\; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column\; mso-height-rule: exactly"><FONT face=Calibri><B><SPAN style='COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'>"Disruptive Startup: Empowering People and Communities"</SPAN></B><SPAN style='COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style='COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'><SPAN style="COLOR: #221e1f"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT color=#000000>Tech entrepreneur Ashish Gadnis travels the globe working to end world hunger. He helps set up coding schools and enterprises in poverty zones&nbsp\;- using a for-profit model as a way for a community to become self-sufficient and food secure.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><U><FONT color=#000000>Why you should attend:<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></P><P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings\; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings\; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>-&nbsp\; </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#000000>Coding is among the most in-demand and highest paying field in our economy\, but there is crippling talent shortages.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><o:p><FONT color=#000000>&nbsp\;</FONT></o:p></P><P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings\; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings\; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>-&nbsp\; </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#000000>Q2030 Regional Action plan identifies the creation and expansion of short-term to advanced coding programs for the Quad Cities as a critical and urgent priority.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><o:p><FONT color=#000000>&nbsp\;</FONT></o:p></P><P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings\; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings\; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>-&nbsp\; </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#000000>Assess whether Ashish Gadnis' coding-school model could be applied in the Quad Cities.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><o:p><FONT color=#000000>&nbsp\;</FONT></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; 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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: auto 0in auto 0.5in\; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt\; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: #333333\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp\;</P><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt\; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: #333333\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin'><o:p><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT color=#ff0000>If you need any special requirements to attend this meeting please contact Megan Lovelady at </FONT><A href="mailto:mlovelady@quadcitieschamber.com"><FONT color=#ff0000>mlovelady@quadcitieschamber.com</FONT></A></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000></FONT><o:p></o:p>&nbsp\;</P></o:p></SPAN><P></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; 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