Meet Our Sponsors

We thank our sponsors for their support in making Windy City Biz Bash come to life. Curious about who they are and the solutions they provide? Read on!

CareerBuilder

We believe that recruitment doesn't end with a job offer — it begins from the moment your business defines its candidate audience, and continues even after an employee leaves your company.

We also believe that you need a long-term partner who will grow with you as your dynamic business needs evolve. With more than 15 years of experience working with Enterprise clients, a network of offices around the globe and access to 25 percent of the U.S. work force and 98 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies, CareerBuilder ranks as the premier organization in recruitment solutions. Our team of business experts has the experience and the expertise to help you successfully attract, engage, and retain your most important asset — your people.

As one client said, "I was already having some success with modestly budgeted campaigns, but I didn't realize how many people could be reached through alternative methods. I assumed that keeping advertising and screening in-house would be more cost effective, but I have been pleasantly surprised by my current engagement."

Discover more about CareerBuilder's Enterprise Solutions.

Navistar

There are two places in life. Where you are and where you’re going. Here and there. Today and tomorrow. Point A and point B. And for more than 175 years, the world has moved between those two points powered by the people of Navistar International Corporation.

What you may not know about Navistar:

Navistar has been in Chicago since 1831, dating back to Cyrus McCormick and the invention of the reaper machine.
The company features commercial trucks for any application, sold under the International brand.
Navistar is the first company to manufacture hybrid electric commercial trucks.
#1 school bus manufacturer.
The company builds recreational vehicles under the Monaco brand.
Navistar is the world's leading diesel engine manufacturer, with manufacturing operations in North America and South America.

Plum Productions

Plum Productions proudly presents Firehouse Studios.

It can truly be said that there are few places unique as Firehouse Studios for a shoot. With two studios available for use, Firehouse Studios provides everything you need under one roof.

Kitchen spaces outfitted for shoots aren't easy to come by. Firehouse Studios has a full working kitchen studio with various looks and lighting to meet your needs.

Firehouse Studios renovated the hisoric space, originally built 105 years ago for Engine Company 70. The original building included high ceilings, white glazed brick and four horse stables. The renovation kept the building's unique architectural features, while creating a space you can customize for shoots.

With a 20' x 60' open studio, many things are possible. As the studio director said, "When clients walk around the space, we can see their imaginations working."

Join Firehouse Studios for their grand opening Friday, June 3. Drop by between 2:00pm and midnight and experience this unique space for yourself!

Movéo

Named by BtoB Magazine as a Top 3 Agency, Movéo Integrated Branding is a hybrid branding and integrated communications agency. We've been partnering with leading B2B organizations for over 20 years- developing fact-based strategies to execute through compelling communications.

Movéo Integrated Branding proudly supports the Windy City Biz Bash. As an agency that is always moving forward, we share BMA chicago’s commitment to connecting and empowering our city’s marketing community.

Source4

Source4 is a national company, in business for over 40 years, providing a broad range of integrated business and marketing solutions to fulfill our client's operational and marketing needs. Our extensive fulfillment and distribution capabilities and the ability to provide technology solutions allows for the delivery of complete custom solutions for our clients.

Our clients span over several markets including financial, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, higher education, associations and retail.

Utilizing a collaborative approach combined with years of industry experience we focus on providing custom solutions that will streamline your business process and increase the effectiveness of your business and marketing communications.

BolderImage

"Above and beyond" is BolderImage's mission and way of work. For over twelve years in web design and twenty years in software development, organizations and firms nationwide have relied on BolderImage for superior results.

Web and mobile marketing starts with great design, and keeps going to connect with customers wherever they are. Our comprehensive approach to making the web work better for business often includes:

Web design & development
Mobile application development
Mobile website development
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
And more.

From small business to Fortune 100 organizations, we’ve provided the technical expertise to support a diverse range of organizations and business goals. This history has helped us become a trusted technology partner to marketing and advertising agencies across the country.

Is your message mobile ready?

People use the web differently today than a year ago, and a year from now the picture will change again. We help marketers respond to the shifting sands of technology with custom, affordable solutions crafted just for their audiences. Curious about what else BolderImage can do for you? Take a look at our portfolio of work.

Productive Displays

Productive Displays logo Productive Displays doesn't run from challenges. As president Bruce Ulrich says, "No challenge too big, no project too small."

When asked to recreate Augusta’s “Amen Corner” for a client's tradeshow circuit, Productive Displays created a fully-functional golf hole.

28’ x 36’ green/fringe area (with 3” rise across 7’ of green), 70 yard fairway, 14’ tee box area and a 12’ x 36’ backwall graphic. The solution could be installed and dismantled within four hours was used for 8 shows within a two month period.

Another client asked to prominently display a "blanket" that was signed at an offsite team building session. When the size of the blanket was too large for a single piece of substrate, Productive Displays created a hinged frame, allowing the blanket to be stretched on the frame and mounted, but also folded for delivery.

The result was the museum quality look the client wanted. "No challenge too big, no project too small."

Creative Digital Images (CDI)

Formed from the primordial soup of computer animation in 1988, Creative Digital Images (CDI) began creating award winning graphics for clients in both broadcast and non-broadcast markets. The latest in a long list of gadgets added to CDI's toolbox is auto stereoscopic animation, "Glasses Free 3D," and Augmented Reality (AR).

Animated projects have ranged from 5 second flying logos, to hour long animated TV specials. Since 1988, founder and President Kirk Nash, has had one simple mission statement: "Specializing in Customer Delight!" Using truly state of the art, bleeding edge technology such as "Glasses Free 3D" and AR, CDI continues to keep it's clients and audiences alike, delighted.

Presently, everyone is trying to catch the 3D wave. However, 3D images alone can not tell a story, just like a huge special FX budget will not make up for a bad script. CDI focuses on story and the quality of their craft. They believe that 3D is the dash of seasoning added to a meal, not to over power, but to accent and bring out the natural flavor and essence.

As Kirk says, "At CDI, we are not Stereo-Typical."

Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe helps you think about and then execute Video Magazine Programs that leverage authentic style video stories as an excuse to find and keep the right audiences close to you on an ongoing basis, moving through sales cycles and driving to call-to-action.

The idea is to find entertaining ways to pepper in marketing message that continually grabs the right people over long periods of time with content that feels good to participate with.

What it really means...

We bolt a video strategy onto your current marketing efforts
Produce real, episodic, “like to watch” video stories
Put relevant stories in front of motivated audiences
Pull fans through sales cycles and towards call-to-action

Curious about the Cantaloupe culture? Check out the Cantaloupe crew in Laughter Yoga:

Freeman

As the world's leading provider of integrated services for face-to-face marketing events, Freeman offers a total package of solutions to our customers, with a scope of products and services unmatched by the competition.

Freeman's virtual extensions are a combination of technology and services that extend the duration, reach and value of our customers' face-to-face events. These online, interactive experiences can happen before, during or after an event and incorporate many of the elements of a physical event, including educational presentations, networking and sponsorship opportunities.

Virtual offerings consist of solutions that extend trade shows, exhibit booths and corporate events. Attendees can visit virtual locations such as auditoriums, exhibit halls, lounges and resource libraries. Speakers and exhibitors can interact with attendees through a variety of methods including text and video chat. And with detailed tracking of everything that happens within these virtual extensions, measuring ROI has never been easier.

Freeman Virtual Extensions

We offer a full range of services to help you make connections, build relationships and ultimately increase your ROI. Check out how to Extend the Experience with Freeman.