United Adworkers 208

Shine your shoes. The Milwaukee 99 is less than a month away.

Are you ready for the premier creative award show in Wisconsin? That’s right, this is it. It all takes place September 16th at the Harley Museum. It is THE event of the year. There simply is no reason to miss it. In fact there are 99 reasons to go to the 99, we just don’t [...]

Brand New World with Max Lenderman

[ August 19, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Another fantastic advertising mind is coming to Milwaukee! Please welcome experiential marketing guru, author of Brand New World and Director of OuterActive at Crispin Porer & Bogusky, Max Lenderman! Date: Thursday, August 19th Time: Doors open at 6:30, presentation at 7:00 pm Location: MIAD in the Todd Wehr Auditorium (located at river level) Cost: $10 for Members / [...]

Save the date, June 17th. UAW Golf Outing. Hire a swing coach now.

You’ve got a few personal days coming right? Your boss won’t mind you taking a day off. Hey, you’ve earned it. Grab your sticks and a funny looking hat and sign up now for the Adworkers golf outing. 18 hole best ball free-for-all at Mee-Kwon park in Mequon. There’ll be great prizes — I heard [...]

Submit your work to be showcased on our site. You know you want to.

The Milwaukee 99 only comes once a year. But creativity, as you know, happens all year round. That’s why we added the big picture area above to show everyone the Milwaukee ad goodness. Now all we need is your submissions. Send jpgs of print stuff, screen grabs of web sites, and mpegs (16×9, H.264) of [...]

Ah, that new website smell. Kind of a cross between a sharpie and spray mount.

Welcome, members, friends and transients to the new site for the United Adworkers Local 208, AKA the Milwuakee Adworkers, AKA a club that if you don’t belong to it, you should. We’re the premier advertising/marketing club in Wisconsin and host the Milwaukee 99, the most prestigious award show in the state. Which, by the way, [...]

Trivia Night Update: Rules and Registration

Those of you who attended the summer edition know the drill. For those who did not, the breakdown is after the jump. Sign up and registration forms are there, too.

Speaker – Steve Bassett

[ April 22, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Steve Bassett, Creative Director at the Martin Agency will be at the Eisner Museum at 6:30 pm. Steve is the lead creative on teh Geico account and will gladly remind us all of the place cavemen and gekkos have in the world of advertising. Cost: $10 for members, $20 for non-members

Spring Trivia

[ April 13, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] We will hold the spring version of our oft-heralded Trivia Night at Club Garibaldi. It's always fun. Start putting your trivia team together now. Cost: $60 per team for members, $75 for non-members

Speaker – Edward Boches

[ March 25, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Edward Boches is coming to the Eisner Museum to give his brilliant presentation "Creativity in Social Media." Edward is the Chief Creative Officer and Chief Social Media Officer of Mullen in Boston. To learn more about Edward, visit edwardboches.com. You don’t want to miss this. Cost: $10 for members, $20 for non-members

Bowling 2010 Update

There is still room for bowling!!! We’ll be rolling at the AMF Lanes, 7505 W. Oklahoma. Games start Tuesday, January 19 at 6:15 pm and continue every Tuesday night until March 23. Questions, please email heidi@adworkers.com.