AIM Tech Awards 2024 (aiminstitute.org) will honor the outstanding achievements of tech talent and recognize those who have made a profound impact within the local tech community. This year’s AIM Tech Awards Honorary Chair is Al Lopez, CEO & Managing Partner of Let It Fly and event emcee is Rick Allen. Through education, career development and outreach, the non-profit AIM Institute has fostered the growth of Omaha’s tech sector for more than 25 years. This year’s AIM Tech Awards is on Thursday, November 14, starting at 5:30 p.m. at Peter Fink’s Car Museum at 5808 N 90th St. Registration is open now: eventbrite.com/e/2024-aim-tech-awards- tickets-780952328437.

One way the AIM Institute has fostered growth in the tech community is through a recent donation from AT&T and Human I-T, providing AIM Institute with 200 refurbished Chromebook computers to distribute to Omaha area residents in need.

The laptops were given to adult graduates of the AIM Code School, which offers accelerated training for high-demand tech skills to adults and career-changers. Close to 25 students in the TRIO program received the free laptops recently at Thomas Jefferson High School. AIM has a partnership with Council Bluffs Community School District, where it helps manage a TRIO program in some district schools.

This effort is part of the AT&T Connected Learning® initiative to help address the digital divide through internet accessibility, affordability and safe adoption. AT&T is committing $5 billion to help 25 million people get and stay connected to high-speed internet by 2030.

AIM Institute builds and connects the cutting-edge tech community in Omaha, learn more at aiminstitute.org.