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Visit Milwaukee offers cash incentives to draw conventions to town

As part of its marketing strategy in promoting Milwaukee as a viable destination for meetings and conventions, Visit Milwaukee has established a cash incentive program to give companies a financial break when bringing their event to the city.

Downtown Marriott will provide new event option

When the new Milwaukee Marriott Downtown hotel opens its doors to the public in July it will offer businesses almost 10,000 square feet of new space for corporate events and meetings.

Marriott event planning guidelines

This timeline provides a checklist for event planning. Adapt it to your own particular needs – establish your own “ideal” and “can't-miss” due dates.

Alcohol tastings add spice to corporate events

Cocktail networking events can be fun, but some corporate event planners are taking it a step further with educational alcohol tastings.

Corporate Event Planning Directory

Networking is one of the most crucial aspects of success for any business, regardless of the industry.

Commit to your own happiness

Our TEC membership in Wisconsin lost two valued members and highly respected CEOs recently, one in a tragic motorcycle accident and one after a courageous fight with cancer.

Innovation needs to be a core competency

Are you pleased with the quality of innovative thinking at your company?

Unintended consequences

The last thing every salesperson wants is to be like other salespeople. Can you name another profession where there is such a strong distaste for being like all of the others in the profession?
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Safe Babies Healthy Families


Nancy Major, executive director of Safe Babies Healthy Families, has been honored with a Waukesha "Key to the City" in recognition of her leadership and community service efforts. Major was one of a dozen business, government and nonprofit leaders awarded by Mayor Jeff Scrima at a common council meeting in December. Major has been the head of Safe Babies Healthy Families, formerly named the Pregnancy Support Connection, since 2008 and has influenced the growth of its staff and outreach services. She also helped facilitate a 2012 merger of the Pregnancy Support Connection and Healthy Families of Waukesha into the organization existing today. Safe Babies Healthy Families offers intervention, support and education services to parents struggling with finances, health and social resources to promote more stable living environments.

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Accounting


Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP, a Waukesha-based CPA and business advisory firm, has named Erin Singshinsuk as the partner in charge of the firm's office in Washington, D.C. Singshinsuk has 23 years of experience providing auditing, accounting, and consulting services to a variety of federal, not-for-profit and commercial entities. She is a former owner of her own firm and previously worked for Ernst and Young LLP.



Sensible sustainability

Landscaper David J. Frank offers his insights about sensible sustainability for small businesses.

Second Chance launches manufacturing certificate pilot

Second Chance Partners for Education, a Pewaukee nonprofit that provides an alternative high school program in manufacturing, has started a pilot program for earning an advanced manufacturing certificate.

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