Dean Media Group: Why consider social media?
Ask consumers. A recent survey by industry analyst firm Yankee Research Group shows 70% of consumers want to interact with companies over social networks (think Facebook, Twitter) but only about 30% of businesses are prepared for it.
Earlier this year Old Spice launched a blockbuster advertising/social media campaign that caught everyone's attention featuring ex-football player Isaiah Mustafa. Social networks...
Clean Wisconsin: Busloads of Wisconsin residents demand strong coal ash regulations at EPA hearings in Chicago
Contact: Katy Walter, Clean Energy Specialist, 414.852.3680
Wisconsin is home to many toxic coal ash ponds and landfills
CHICAGO – Busloads of concerned Wisconsin residents from La Crosse, Madison and Milwaukee are headed to Chicago today, where they will ask the EPA to protect the health of their families by implementing federally enforceable rules to regulate the disposal of toxic coal...
Festival Foods: Joins CASA in celebrating Family Day to help prevent substance abuse among children and teens
Contact:
Mark Skogen
Chief Executive Officer
Festival Foods Support Center
1702 Lawrence Drive
De Pere, WI 54115
(920) 964-3400
mskogen@festfoods.com
September 15, 2010 – Festival Foods is joining forces with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University to celebrate the eighth annual Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your ChildrenTM on Monday, September 27, 2010.
Launched by CASA in...
U.S. Dept. of Energy: Wisconsin clean energy investments under the Recovery Act Highlighted in new Energy Department report
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 586-4940
Report details progress driving clean energy innovation, building domestic manufacturing capacity, and helping families and businesses save money...
Milwaukee Shines: City adds solar to fire stations and trains workforce
Contact:
Amy Heart
MREA Milwaukee Director
414-431-0758
amy@the-mrea.org
Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee’s solar program is bringing solar hot water to two local fire stations, while training the local solar workforce. The City of Milwaukee’s Solar America City program, Milwaukee Shines, organized this one-of-a-kind opportunity through a partnership with Midwest Renewable Energy Association, Caleffi North America and Milwaukee Solar.
Milwaukee’s Fire Station #13, located...
DWD: August jobs, unemployment numbers announced
CONTACT: John Dipko, Communications Director, 608-266-6753 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/news.htm
Wisconsin continues to add private sector jobs; unemployment rate holds steady
MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin continued to add private sector jobs in August.
“Wisconsin has added jobs in the private sector as some areas of the economy have shown improvement,” Secretary Gassman...
U.S. Sen. Feingold: Testifies at ITC on behalf of Wisconsin paper companies and workers
Contact: Zach Lowe or Katie Rowley - (202) 224-5323
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on behalf of Wisconsin workers at NewPage Corporation and Appleton Coated as the ITC continues to look into how China and Indonesia’s unfair trade practices in the paper industry have significantly disadvantaged these Wisconsin businesses....
WisBusiness: Panel says information, education can help contain health care costs
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
MADISON - Wisconsin has long been considered a leader in providing quality health care for most of its residents.
But a panel of experts said Tuesday that the state has a ways to go when it comes to controlling medical costs. Over the past decade, health insurance rates in the Badger State have risen...
