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Special Guest Speaker from Google

Posted on June 24th, 2009
July 9, 2009
6:00 pm

Mark your calendars for what should be a great night featuring a special guest from Google. Check back to this space for more details soon.

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Are all the scorecards in?

Posted on June 24th, 2009

The weather held. There were no golf cart “incidents”. The nudity was almost non-existent. I would call that a successful Golf Outing. Here’s a brief recap…One of the teams from BVK took the title of Best Best Ball foursome, consisting of Rich Kohnke, Mike Holicek, Ross Lowinske and Mitch Markussen. Consider it your official “Welcome Back To The Market”, Mitch. A close second was the other BVK team, which included Seth Gordon, Gary Mueller, Mike Scalise and Ryan Smith. Raffle prizes were plentiful, including, but not limited to: stays at The Iron Horse and Chula Vista Resort; golf packages; Noah’s Ark passes; Wisconsin Dells Gift Card; Brewers tickets; and the grand prize of a Trek Bike from our friends at Trek, which went to Chris Bishop. I can’t recall who won the longest putts, drives and closest to pin, an afternoon of drinking free Horny Goat Beers might be to blame. Perhaps you too have a foggy memory of the day’s events. Take a look at the photos Nick Collura captured, they should help clear things up.

Thanks again to all our golfers, sponsors and prize donators. We couldn’t have had the fun without you. We also wouldn’t have been able to try to hit a rep with our drives, enjoy an ice cream craft service table, goof in a photo booth, indulge in carrots and Gatorade, and be mesmerized by belly dancers. Thanks again!

I am embarrassed to say I missed one important “thank you” the evening of the Outing–but hopefully I can make up for it here to a larger audience. Very special thanks to Heidi Sterricker for all her work putting this together. It is far from easy and extremely frustrating at times, but she always presses on with a great attitude making sure everyone enjoys themselves. As I mentioned to a member who emailed us regarding the Outing and its success, we’re extremely lucky to have her not only as our director, but also in this market in general. Thank you, Heidi. I’m looking forward to working with you on the 99!

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Special Thanks to Our Golf Hole Sponsors

Posted on June 24th, 2009

We’d like to give thanks again to all of our great sponsors. You helped make our event even better. So, in no particular order, a big thank you to:

Independent Edit and Independent Studios
Splice
AE Graphics (carrots and Gatorade)
Civilian Edit
Saturn Lounge (photo booth)
Horny Goat Brewing Company
Story
Purple Onion
Tyler Traband Music (Belly Dancers)
True North (Ice Cream Craft Service)
Creative Associates
Cafe Hollander
Hanson Dodge (Trek Bike Raffle)
Burton & Mayer
Spot Filmworks (Hit our rep for a $100)
Locatelli & Company
Studio Gear
Breakaway Bike Couriers
Malloy Photography

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Milwaukee 99 Awards Show

Posted on June 23rd, 2009
September 17, 2009
7:00 pm

The 2009 Milwaukee 99 will take place on Thursday, September 17. The show will be held at the Harley Davidson Museum. More information can be found on the Milwaukee 99 page (to the right).

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Adworkers Give Back

These non-profits need your help and expertise to help them develop provocative advertising, p.r., websites and general marketing programs. You contact them directly. Decide whether it’s a good fit. And then donate your time and talents to the non-profits who need it most. You get the opportunity to do great work. Causes get a stronger voice. And it all helps to give us Adworkers a good name in the community.

Bottomless Closet, Inc.

Posted on April 6th, 2009

Founded in 1997, Bottomless Closet, Inc., is a non-profit organization that provides its clients with career advice, and clothing and accessories free of charge. Bottomless Closet is an affiliate of  The Women’s Alliance, a national organization of independent community-based members who provide professional attire and career skills training to low-income women and families seeking self-sufficiency. On an annual basis, Bottomless Closet serves nearly 1,000 women at the offices located at 6040 W. Lisbon Ave., Milwaukee. With the increased need of those who require the assistance of the Closet, they are looking for a stronger brand identity for the Bottomless Closet in order to build awareness, and raise more funding. They would like an integrated marketing campaign to help strengthen their brand identity and increase local presence. The elements of this campaign would include: development of a new logo, refreshed printed collateral, revisions to the existing website and proposed media tactics.

Contact Alissa Braatz, Board Director
alissabraatz@gmail.com
6040 W. Lisbon Ave., Ste. 101
Milwaukee, WI 53210
www.bottomlessclosetmilwaukee.org

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TEAMS Institute

Posted on October 27th, 2008

The TEAMS Institute was created to respond to a need to provide technical centers of recreation, entertainment and learning for under served youth in rural counties during out of school time after school and during the summer.

TEAMS Institute’s goals are to:

  • Increase awareness of the need for career, education and entertainment services in underserved rural counties to decrease youth challenges such a poverty, juvenile delinquency, meth use, sexual abuse and teen pregnancy
  • Develop and nurture relationships with the media
  • Facilitate communication between the Executive Director and the media
  • Market recently published booklet and CDs
Contact Sheila Williams
srw@teamsinstitute.org
3025 Lytle Drive, Nashville, Tennessee  37218
(615)299-9906

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Tuerk House Inc.

Posted on October 27th, 2008

Founded in 1970, Tuerk House, Inc. is a not-for-profit substance abuse treatment agency that supports suffering addicts and alcoholics to recover, regardless of their financial means, to live in abstinence-based recovery and thus to achieve and to share maximum physical, psychological, social, and spiritual health.  They treat the indigent in a city that is plagued by a Heroin epidemic.  They have four locations in the Baltimore area.

Tuerk House, Inc. is looking for branding assistance; including work on a website, logo, and print materials.

Contact Elliott Driscoll
Executive Director
EDriscoll@tuerkhouse.com
730 N Ashburton Street
Baltimore, MD 21216
410-233-0684 ext.104

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