Communications Scholars, The LAGRANT Foundation and WE: A “Communications Conversations” Event
Last week, we welcomed nine college students to WE’s Seattle office to spend a day engaging in activities to prepare them for careers in our industry. These students are all connected to The LAGRANT Foundation, an organization that provides opportunity to students who aspire to become communications professionals. It does this by providing ethnic minority...
Celebrating Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Volunteers [Infographic]
Silvia Ashmore, Community Relations Program Specialist, WE-Portland April is National Volunteer Month in the U.S. At Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) we want to recognize and thank all our volunteers around the globe by launching our second annual employee incentive campaign called Give 16, which will run April 16 through Nov. 16, 2012. Each year, WE...
A Q&A with Waggener Edstrom’s Office Manager in Mumbai
“I don’t think it’s important to be successful and you can’t measure it. I just like to LIVE and take each day as it comes and play my part”, says Shalini Pathak. She is the office manager at Waggener Edstrom’s Mumbai office and is responsible for the office administration and assists the entire team with...
One Year Later…Home Sweet Home!
Colby Reade, Account Executive A few weeks after I started at Waggener, I wrote a post for this blog about the initial integration process and how impressed I was with the way that Waggener “walks the walk” in that department. Fast forward and, hard as it is to believe, I’m approaching my one-year “Waggeversary” on...
In preparation of the Summer 2012 Olympics – coming to you from London!
Guest post by Annabel Kerr, Senior Account Executive While I am pretty psyched about my upcoming Olympics date with the male volleyball competition, most Londoners’ excitement about the Olympics this summer is being severely tested by almost daily reports of predicted travel chaos over the 3 week period. This comes as an estimated 3 million...
WE Smack Down: Love for Our Cities + Competitive Volunteering = Social Impact
Earlier this month, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) launched #WESmackDown, an all-out battle between our Portland and Seattle offices to prove who loves their city more by volunteering to make it a better place. And prove it they did! In six collective volunteer hours last week, 37 WE employees helped do the following: Prepare and beautify...
A Fun (London) Day had by all
By Sam Whitby, Operations Manager, WE-UK Headquarters On March 9, this year, 13 staff members from WE’s UK office volunteered with the Kids Company, a London-based charity that supports vulnerable inner-city children via a variety of programs, including Fun Days. Activities included face painting, cake decorating and an arts table. “These days are an essential...
Never Fear, TS is always here!
Jonathan Scheiner, Service Desk Specialist New York City You know when your computer or printer goes haywire and that deep panic, anxiety and even anger sinks in? You think to yourself “how can I possibly fix this? I have no idea how any of this stuff works!!” ...
Making the Case for B2B Social Media at SXSW
During SXSW Interactive this past week, I had the opportunity to attend several sessions. The one that impacted me the most was Social Media in the Underground World of B2B – a panel with representatives from Cisco, IBM, Nvidia and Xerox, moderated by Text 100. I’m involved in discussions and read articles on a daily...
Friends of Baseball: Helping Oregon Youth Stay on the Field of Play
Ben Longcor, Manager, WE Studio D, WE-Portland, and Co-founder and President, Friends of Baseball My father and I run a nonprofit organization called Friends of Baseball. The sport is a passion for both of us, and it brings great pleasure to spread that passion throughout the state of Oregon. Although our structure and approach have...
A Paradigm Shift of Perspective
Sarah Vitort, Intern Heading into my second rotation of my internship at Waggener Edstrom (or as I affectionately call it, SWAG-gener Edstrom) has brought what you could almost consider a paradigm shift in my perspective on life. To contextualize this a little bit, since graduating college, I’ve been working filler jobs that paid the bills but...
On the Heels of SXSWi, WE Celebrates Its Austin Employees Making a Difference
As millions of people flock to the city of Austin, Texas, this weekend for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), our attention at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide also turns to the capital of the Lone Star State. In addition to having a presence at the festival — you can find details about our SXSWi activities here including...
