American Craft Expo

Showcasing the country's top high-end craftsmakers, this prestigious, juried indoor exposition and sale of fine crafts just finished another outstanding year. Winger Marketing successfully placed media stories on the show's one-of-a-kind pieces, quality collections and uniquely creative artwork.  More than 150 juried craftspeople from across the United States come here to exhibit baskets, ceramics, fiber decorative, fiber wearable, furniture, glass, jewlery, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood crafts.  Proceeds from the Exposition benefit breast and ovarian cancer research at NorthShore University HealthSystem. Read more about the event here.

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show

The Woman's Board of the Winnetka Community House is pleased with the results of its recent 2011 Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show.  This spectacular event is a fusion of the former Winnetka Antiques Show and the Modernism Show, which helped widen its interest among dealers and collectors alike.  Nationally recognized as two of the Midwest's most well-respected events, the new fusion's combined 60-year history and prevailing reputation speaks to the caliber of this highly anticipated show.  For more about this distinctive event, click here.

International Vintage Poster Fair Now Online

Having just completed successful shows in New York and San Francisco, the International Vintage Poster Fair, the world's oldest and largest sale and exposition of original vintage posters, is already looking forward to its 2012 season. IVPDA will return to Chicago the weekend of March 30 at the Chicago Cultural Center.  More than 10,000 posters from the 1890's to the 1980's will be on display and available for purchase at this distinguished event.

The International Vintage Poster Dealer Association (IVPDA) is currently hosting an online poster show with the theme of "Poster Pairings: An Exposition of Epicurean Posters," a series of original vintage posters advertising food and wine.  The IVPDA has earned its reputation as the world's most knowledgeable and trusted poster dealers, and it guarantees that its members' collectibles are authentic vintage posters. For more details, visit the IVPDA website.

Annual Infant Special Care Unit Picnic

Even a summer picnic can have newsworthy elements when it has benefits for the wider community. The story in this case involved members of The Associate Board of NorthShore University HealthSystem who volunteered at NorthShore Evanston Hospital's 39th annual Henrietta Johnson Louis Infant Special Care Unit (ISCU) reunion picnic for families with children who have graduated from the neonatal unit. The Associate Board is a fundraising organization of young professionals that provides its members philanthropic, educational and service programs as well as the chance to network socially and professionally. The summer picnic gave the Associate Board members and volunteers the opportunity to meet some of the ISCU staff and families they support.

Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center

This year marked the 15th annual Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center Luncheon, a North Shore tradition that supports programs echoing the mission of the Myra Rubentstein Weis (MRW) Health Resource Center located at NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) Highland Park Hospital. The Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center was created to promote health education and health awareness to the communities served by NorthShore. The Center provides free, easily accessible, broad-based health information to help individuals make informed decisions when it comes to health and disease treatments.  For more information ...

Smart Love Family Services Honors Longtime Child Welfare Advocate

Smart Love Family Services, an innovative not-for-profit program founded on play-based learning and well-established Smart Love^™principles of child development, dedicated its preschool to honor the late Natalie G. Heineman, a pioneering champion for children's welfare in Chicago and nationally.  Thanks to the generous contribution made by Drs. Ewa Schaff-Blass and Josef Blass, the preschool opened as "The Natalie G. Heineman Smart Love Preschool" last fall. The pre-school is an off-shoot of Smart Love Family Services, which provides many programs from counseling, coaching and education classes for parents to training and consultation for agencies, schools and organizations. 

Physician Compensation Survey An Industry Standard

Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc., a compensation and human resource management consulting firm, continues to make news with its annual Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey Report, the leading and most comprehensive data of its kind. Since the inception of the survey in 1992, SullivanCotter has tracked physician compensation trends and pay relationships for ten major specialties. The 2011 report contains data from over 400 health care organizations, representing more than 65,000 health care providers. The survey last year stirred national interest with statistics that showed an upward shift in the relative pay of primary care physicians, such as family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics, compared to specialists such as anesthesiologists and radiologists.

Winger Earns Two Gold Hermes Awards

Winger Marketing is the proud winner of two Gold-Level Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media.

The first award-winning publicity campaign, “Healthy Living Starts at Home,” was executed on behalf of Dior Builders, a prolific custom home builder, for its exceptional eco-friendly luxury showhome that was the first in the nation to meet the latest air quality standards of the American Lung Association's Healthy House guidelines (www.healthyhouse.org.) Winger created promotional materials, including a pro bono invitation design through a generous donation by Erin Kelly of Eclectik Designs, as well as development of the website www.healthyhousetour.com.

Publicity throughout the launch of the home tour included securing two major media profiles in the Chicago Tribune, a feature in the Daily Herald and EcoHome magazine, plus notable mentions in North Shore magazine, Mindful Metropolis magazine and other publications. The home’s opening night benefit party secured over 200 attendees and raised $20,000 for the not-for-profit Healthy Child, Healthy World.

The other award-winning campaign promoted the not-for-profit Illinois Eye-Bank and its annual fundraiser, the Gift of Sight Gala, named year after year as one of Chicago’s top charitable benefits. In addition to event management, Winger Marketing placed post-press coverage in every local, glossy society magazine, a feat for any event in a crowded philanthropic field. Placements included mentions in Chicago Social, Michigan Avenue magazine, Chicago Skyline, and Today’s Chicago Woman post-event.

Judged by the prestigious Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (www.amcpros.com), the Gold Award is presented to entries judged to exceed the highest industry standards. To learn more about Winger Marketing and our award-winning capabilities, please call us at (312) 494-0422.