Blog entries from Bill

Brogan, Blanchard, Hogshead, Stratten and Falls are "unGeeked." May 13-15

Bill Bensman — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:22:00 +0100

SOHO | Seminars is bringing us "unGEEKED: Social media, marketing & branding." This 3 day event will teach us how to position and manage our internal and external brand. It will also cover inbound/outbound marketing efforts.

Our paid admission gets us:

Presentations from nationally known professionals & best selling authors
Books from Chris Brogan, co-author "Trust Agents"
Books from Sally Hogshead, author "FASCINATE"
Materials from Hubspot
Continental breakfast
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Water Council to hold a "connecting talent through internships" event..

Bill Bensman — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:58:18 +0100

The Water Council education and talent committee will be hosting a "connecting talent through internships" event next Tuesday, March 23rd. The event will be at Manpower Inc. headquarters and is scheduled to go from 2:30pm to 5pm.

Students can expect to meet with company executives from some of the area's water companies!

“Our whole goal here is to get the word out to these students that there are internships and ultimately jobs in Milwaukee and specifically in the water Read More...

Put Your Hands Together...!

Bill Bensman — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:55:32 +0100

Shortly after our Summer Intern Program wrapped, just as the leaves started falling, we found that it was time to bring on 3 more wonderfully talented and driven students all given tremendous opportunity (and responsibility) to do some great work! Here's the lineup:

Lisa McTavish

Spreenkler Creative Does Vegas (The Zappos Adventure)

Bill Bensman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:05:01 +0100

****UPDATE TO OUR HUMAN WHITEBOARD EXPERIMENT****
At the beginning of the summer, we brought on 5 interns from local universities. Since the inception of the first generation "Spreenkterns" (@spreenkterns), they have worked on a myriad of projects for a number or local, regional and national brands.

One of the larger projects focuses on Zappos.com, the behemoth online shoe retailer. We had the awesome opportunity to travel out to Las Vegas/Henderson to visit the Zappos.cRead More...