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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...

Spreenkler at Acrobash 2010

Sara Gehl — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:35:05 +0100

On January 20th you can find Spreenkler at the Acrobash networking event. Here you can meet our staff and the students of Spreenkler.

If you are in a creative field or would like to mingle with groups and organizations from around Wisconsin related to the creative community then you should check this out! Marketing, public relations, graphic design, advertising, human resources, web development and web design groups will be participating in Acrobash.

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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...

Spreenkler launches Human White Board Experiment

Sara Gehl — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:21:23 +0100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Sara Gehl
Spreenkler, LLC
262-573-4720
sara@spreenkler.com
www.spreenkler.com
twitter.com/sgehl

Spreenkler launches Human White Board Experiment

Milwaukee, WI, May 19, 2009
This summer Spreenkler will hire five students from local universities to take part in the first ever Human White Board Experiment. The experiment takes students through 13 weeks of exploration in how interactive marketingRead More...

Spreenkler in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Need a job? -Get social in a networking kind of way

Sara Gehl — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:21:38 +0100

Spreenkler holds New Age Networking Workshop at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The weekly workshop involves teaching college students how to use social media to network and create a self brand to assist in finding that first job. Read the entire article at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Spreenkler featured in BizTimes for developing social networking software

Sara Gehl — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0100

Spreenkler was featured in the BizTimes (Milwaukee & SouthEastern Wisconsin Business News) as they launched "SocialRuler" which is a product that enables a user to stream search content from sites like Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and blog sites, to one central location. Read more at BizTimes

Believe.Create.Become. Women's Revolution Postponed Due To Economic Conditions

Sara Gehl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Believe • Create • BecomeTM - Women's Revolution Postponed Due to Economic Conditions

Contact:
Lisa Leider
Dreams by Design, LLC
(262) 573-7902
lisal@believecreatebecome.com
www.believecreatebecome.com

MILWAUKEE, April 14 - Economic conditions have created hardship for many across our nation. Businesses have slashed promotional budgets. ARead More...

Next Meetup: Wed, April 8 @ 5:30pm

Steve Glynn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0100

Meet a star panel of leaders in the arts community. They'll share their thoughts on arts in education, our community, ability to attract talent, etc. We also want to display YOUR work. Please bring your favorite piece that you've created.

Spreenkler Meetup Arts Panel

Cristy Garcia-Thomas, Executive Director of the United Performing Arts Fund (www.upaf.org)
Jonathan West, Writer, Actor, Director
(www.artsyschmartsy.com)
Elysia Borowy-Reeder, Director of Marketing for tRead More...

Announcing BootWorks

Steve Glynn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0100

Join the first session of BootWorks, a brand new initiative from Brennan Stehling. Bootworks is a hands on lab that works as a training program where professionals volunteer their time to be mentors.

Sessions take place every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 6-9pm. Topics will cover various technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, video, digital photography and many others.

BootWorks.org: http://www.bootworks.org/
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March Regional Transit

Steve Glynn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0100

As you know, transit remains an important issue in Racine. March is a critical month as the Joint Committee on Finance has scheduled public hearings to gather feedback and gauge public opinion for Governor Doyle's proposed transit related budget items.

If you'd like to learn more about what this all means and how it will impact YOU, you can request more information here: http://tinyurl.com/d72u5y

And if you'd like to attend the Joint Finance Committee hearingRead More...