Our Sponsors

Adage Technologies

Adage partners with organizations in digital initiatives strategically supporting analytics, audience research, branding, user experience design (UX and UI) and full-scale digital transformation.

Founded in 2001, Adage is a web design and development firm that combines strategic thinking with a passion for technology to advance our client’s purpose. We bring together a diverse team of creative and technical professionals who partner with our clients to create their digital strategy. It’s our people first approach that drives us to win awards, work with prestigious clients and break ground with exciting technology.

Akire Productions

Akire Productions brings over 15 years of experience producing virtual and in-person events. People are our passion. Creatively, we collaborate to bring forth your brand, your objectives and your story by designing events that merge different learning styles with unique content.

Beatrix Market

Beatrix Market is a quick grab & go market experience. The menu features a large self-serve salad, soup and hot food bars, rotating chef-prepared salads, sandwiches and snacks, as well as a Beatrix coffee and pastry counter.

Catalyst Ranch

CATALYST RANCH is the authority on Creative Meetings and Events, providing solutions for your in-person and virtual meeting needs. Since 2002, we’ve been activating creativity and innovation for clients worldwide and we’re dedicated to making all your meeting goals a reality. We’re your trusted partner, taking the stress out of meeting planning and delivery. A woman-owned business and pioneers of Chicago’s prolific West Loop neighborhood, our brick-and-mortar venue is located at 656 West Randolph Street. For a truly revitalizing experience, visit us in person and immerse yourself in our stimulating, unexpected environment! Until then, get a peek at catalystranch.com.

Mahalo Hub

At a time when the demand for marketing video content is exploding, the challenge for most organizations is that traditional video is expensive, time-consuming and cannot scale to meet the growing need. At the same time, the desire for authentic stories from real people is replacing slick advertising videos. 

MahaloHub is a self-service web-based application that makes it easy for companies of all sizes to invite, capture and edit a steady stream of authentic customer and employee testimonial videos and easily share them across their digital channels.

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The Matter of Design

MOD is a branding and design firm based in Chicago devoted to elemental thinking and substantive outcomes.

Britta Hernalsteen is at the helm of MOD. With a history of delivering strategic creative vision to businesses large and small, across a range of industries, Britta and the extended MOD team are poised to solve complex brand and communication issues.

McGuffin Creative Group

McGuffin Creative Group is the creative services resource that helps you do what you do best: empower people to make better decisions around the pivotal moments in their lives.

With smart creative, strategic thinking and nimble execution, we serve banks, financial services and healthcare organizations investing to grow their brands, maximize their market impact and connect with consumers seeking clarity in the midst of complexity.

Organic Headshots

A Chicago-based photography studio, Organic Headshots is a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and a certified BEP with the State of Illinois. We create natural-looking headshots and corporate portraits for business and arts / entertainment professionals. We specialize in staff portraits and headshots for company directories, as well as portraiture for speaking engagements, book jackets, press releases, annual reports, corporate events and more.

QuestionPro

With over 2.5 million users across 40 countries, QuestionPro is a leading provider of online survey software that allows our users to generate the insights they need to make better business decisions. Our software includes not only tools for creation, distribution and analysis of surveys, but also provides a platform for polling, tablet-based mobile research and data visualization. We have provided reliable and innovative technology to Fortune 100 companies, academic institutions, small businesses and individual DIY researchers for over ten years.

Robert Half – Talent Solutions

Our mission: Bringing great companies and specialized talent together to build successful businesses and rewarding careers. Robert Half pioneered specialized staffing services in 1948 and today is the world’s largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm. Robert Half International is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: RHI) and is a member of Standard & Poor’s S&P 500 index.

Sixième Son

Since 1995, we’ve designed tailor-made sonic identities for over 450 brands. We guide companies through the design of their sonic brands and the development of their musical ecosystems, to create more competitive and differentiated brands.

Sprout Social

Founded in 2010, Sprout Social is built on the idea that the world is better when businesses and customers communicate freely. We exist to help streamline and enhance those conversations—with customers, prospects and enthusiasts. Our platform is packed with handy features but stays out of the way to let brands easily engage with people and build lasting relationships.

StudioNorth

From the Fortune 500 to startups and non-profits, we’ve partnered with a wide variety of clients in a wide array of industries over the years.

And while the omnichannel approach has evolved to meet the changing dynamics of a customer-driven engagement model, one thing at StudioNorth has not: our relentless drive to do whatever it takes to ensure your success.

Every client, every campaign. If it matters to you, it matters to us. And we’ll make sure it matters to your audience.

VML

We harness creativity, technology and culture to create connected brands that drive value for clients and touch lives around the world.

We use data and insights to reimagine the customer experience. We create work that brings our brands closer to consumers, consumers closer to communities and communities closer to the wider world. How we create connected customer and brand experiences happens through a variety of disciplines and capabilities spanning the entire agency.

Video Marketing Center

Every business experiences pain points. Our Video Marketing Center is an easy to use platform designed to streamline communications for direct selling efforts, enabling distributors and channel partners, delivering robust marketing and advertising, efficiently training external audiences and perfect for internal corporate communications!

Winger Marketing

Winger Marketing can be an extension of your own PR, communications or marketing team or assist with a single marketing communications challenge. Winger Marketing is a full-service marketing communications firm with over two decades of experience. Our clients and relationships span a broad range of industries and geographies across the globe. Our solutions are always strategic and integrated in a way that balances the clients’​ business and communications goals. We use our expertise to make sure the right people know your story.