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Social Events

The April Ad 2 event – Brains, Beers & Loyalty Marketing – was recently held at the offices of The Lacek Group. Attendees of the event were provided the opportunity to meet with the account teams for round-table discussions. In this setting, they were able to learn the approaches and best practices The Lacek Group [...]

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FREE BEER! Now that we have your attention, it’s time to tell you how you can get free Fulton beer, that doesn’t involve any illicit activities.
Ad 2 is thrilled to be hosting our annual networking event at Fulton Brewing on Thursday, February 28. This “hoppy hour” is a fantastic opportunity to join the Ad 2 [...]

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At the most recent Ad 2 event, a packed house of advertising and marketing professionals had the unique opportunity to hear a rock star panel of industry heavyweights discuss how they each found success. The panel consisted of Tracie Curb-Crowser, Creative Director/Partner of Curb Crowser, Stacy Janicki, Director of Account Management, Senior Partner of Carmichael [...]

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There are small Ad Fed events, there are larger Ad Fed events and then there is The Show. The Advertising Federation of Minnesota’s The Show event this year was themed “The Passive and Aggressive,” and did not disappoint as many from the Twin Cities’ advertising community gathered at Mill City Nights on November 9th.
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Ad 2 Kicks Off with Padilla Speer Beardsley

by Forest Taylor November 5, 2012

Last week Ad 2 gathered at Padilla Speer Beardsley for its very first event of the year, braving cold winds and Viking fans. They ventured to the agency to hear about innovation from folks who have plenty of experience with it. Following a mixing of the minds around Qdoba and Schell’s, in a room overlooking [...]

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The BrandLab Party = Huge Success!

by Forest Taylor September 11, 2012

Any worthwhile recap of the party last Thursday night at agency Carmichael Lynch, for the BrandLab, should start with a long thank you to everyone who participated. Let’s get to it.
Thank you to the BrandLab team for trusting us with the organization’s good name and intentions. They were guinea pigs in every way for Ad [...]

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Party With The BrandLab: We’ve Got Pulled Pork Sliders!

by Forest Taylor August 27, 2012

Spots are filling quickly for The BrandLab’s Back to School party on September 6th, and it’s not hard to understand why.
We’ve got it all:

We’ve got live music from The Still Sound, Better Bones, Heavy Handed and Foreston .
We’ve got Lucid Brewing on tap.
We’ve raffle items – lunch with important people, beer baskets, a year-long supply [...]

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Day-Break on the Green: Golferoo 2012

by Grant Spanier July 30, 2012

When I climbed out from my car into the parking lot I was immediately confronted by the scent of freshly cut grass. As I stood and began to walk towards the brown building across the street, little droplets fell from above and struck my face. A mist hung heavy in the air. All was still, [...]

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Pre-Golf Pep Talk: Get your golf on at Ad Fed’s Golferoo

by Grant Spanier July 18, 2012

If you weren’t aware, the annual advertising industry golf tournament, Golferoo, is this Friday, July 20. I had the chance to sit down with the event director, Cory Vandenberghe to discuss this year’s event…
1. Introduce yourself
Cory Vandenberghe, Director of Special Events for Ad Fed. This includes Bowl-o-Rama, Golferoo and Alphabet Bash (Aug. 9th) www.alphabetbash.com
2. How [...]

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Mad Men and Mad Women of Minneapolis

by Matthew Martin June 19, 2012

Isaac Newton has been credited with the saying, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” On Thursday June 14th, more than 200 advertising and marketing professionals current and alumni attended the first Ad Fed event of its kind, The Mad Men and Mad Women of Minneapolis. This event [...]

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