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Month: March 2017

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Savant Capital Management Reaches Important Milestone

Savant Capital Management, a nationally recognized fee-only wealth management firm headquartered in Rockford, IL, with 12 offices in three states, including Madison and Park Falls, has hit another important milestone in the firm’s 30-year history. Today, the firm announced it has reached $5 billion in assets under management (AUM).

 

Savant set a goal to achieve $5 billion in AUM ten years ago, when the firm reached the $1 billion milestone. The firm accomplished that goal by growing 400 percent over the past ten years. During that time, Savant significantly expanded its team, added new capabilities, locations and clients with five merger & acquisition (M&A) transactions, and has expanded its ownership to 47 employees.

 

More milestones are expected to take place soon, as the firm intends to grow its national footprint even further through future M&A opportunities.

 

“Team Savant accomplished this goal together, despite the challenges of the financial crisis and other curve balls along the way,” said Brent Brodeski, CEO of Savant. “We believe our persistence in being innovative, making smart decisions and driving forward, has helped create significant value for countless families in the process.  Along the way, we have become one of the nation’s largest wealth management firms.  I am immensely proud of what our team has accomplished.”

 

Savant employs more than 140 team members. Headquartered in Rockford, IL, Savant also has offices in the following locations: Chicago, IL; Freeport, IL; Geneva, IL; Hoffman Estates, IL; Naperville, IL; Peoria, IL; Sterling, IL; Wilmette, IL; McLean, VA; Madison, WI; and Park Falls, WI. For more information, visit savantcapital.com.

 

About Savant Capital Management

Savant Capital Management is a leading independent, nationally-recognized, fee-only firm, serving clients for 30 years with $5 billion in assets under management. As a trusted advisor, Savant Capital Management offers investment management, financial planning, retirement plan and family office services to financially established individuals and institutions. Savant also offers corporate accounting, tax preparation, payroll and consulting through its affiliate, Savant Tax & Consulting.

 

Savant is regularly recognized among the top wealth managers in the United States. Savant was the recipient of the 2015 Best-in-Business IMPACT Award™, part of Schwab’s IMPACT Awards® program to recognize excellence in the business of independent financial advice. Savant has consistently received other industry recognitions including recently being included on the Forbes top 200 financial advisors list, the Barron’s top 20 independent advisory firms list, being named the #9 rated RIA firm by Financial Planning magazine, and included in additional top advisors lists by Financial Advisor magazine and InvestmentNews.

 

Savant Capital Management is a Registered Investment Advisor. Savant’s marketing material should not be construed by any existing or prospective client as a guarantee that they will experience a certain level of results if they engage Savant’s services and may include lists or rankings published by magazines and other sources which are generally based exclusively on information prepared and submitted by the recognized advisor. For more information about Savant or to view our Important Disclosures, go to www.savantcapital.com.

 

Savant Capital Management and its employees are independent of and are not employees or agents of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”). Schwab does not prepare, verify or endorse information distributed by Savant Capital Management. The Best-in-Business IMPACT Award™ is not an endorsement, testimonial endorsement, recommendation or referral to Savant Capital Management with respect to its investment advisory and other services.

 

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SVA Celebrates Women in Business

SVA, along with WISC-TV3 and Madison Magazine, are proud to announce their Women in Business initiative. Women business leaders face unique challenges and as their numbers grow, so do the opportunities. SVA celebrates Women in Business by featuring local successful business women who are leaders in their industries.

Over the course of five months, SVA and its media partners will feature each of these local business women with a full-page profile in Madison magazine as well as a WISC-TV3 Buzzed Into Madison television segment. SVA is proud to announce the featured women are Kim Lobdell, President & Owner of KL Engineering (February edition), Ana Hooker, Senior Vice President of Operations for Exact Sciences (March edition), and Dr. Lori Veerman, DDS and Co-Owner of Madison Family Dental (April edition).

The May edition will feature SVA, represented by principals Laura Zach, Nicole Gralapp and Kirsten Houghton of SVA Certified Public Accountants.  Jenny Herritz, Principal of SVA Consulting, will also be the guest of Neil Heinen’s For The Record television show that is aired on Sunday mornings on WISC-TV3.

The 2017 campaign will conclude on June 20 with the inaugural SVA Women In Business Breakfast.  This event will include these featured women on a panel inspiring the audience with their stories of success. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen and learn from the panelists’ path to success, expand how they think of their own careers, and connect and engage with other business women.

For more information on the featured women as well as the Women in Business breakfast, visit www.sva.com/women.

About SVA

Since our inception in 1974, we have focused on developing long-standing business relationships.  As our clients’ businesses and personal interests have grown, we have increased our service offerings to meet their expanding needs.

Now over 40 years later, SVA and its affiliates are recognized leaders offering a wide range of professional services including audit and accounting, tax, business information technologies, wealth management, trust and estate administration services.

The cornerstone of SVA will always remain the same, providing service and value to help our clients achieve measurable results, while exceeding their expectations.  SVA is not only dedicated to the clients we serve, we are dedicated to the communities we serve, maintaining a long tradition of involvement and support.

SVA is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, employs over 300 staff, and has additional offices in Milwaukee and Appleton, Wisconsin and Rockford, Illinois. More information is available at www.sva.com.

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Overture Presents First Annual Puppet Festival

For immediate release: Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Contact: Sarah Knab, Overture Center, 608.258.4438 / sknab@overture.org

Here is a video about the festival.

Overture Presents First Annual Puppet Festival

Three Days of the Festival Feature Performances and Interactive Workshops; Special Gallery Exhibition Open Now Through April 9

Madison, Wis. – From March 31 to April 2, 2017, Overture Center welcomes local and touring artists and puppeteers to celebrate one of the oldest art forms – puppetry. The inaugural festival features gallery displays, professional performances, interactive workshops and Kids in the Rotunda performances.

Puppet Festival Schedule

  • Art Gallery: Puppets! Puppets! Puppets! | Saturday, March 4-Sunday, April 9 | Playhouse Gallery

o   Features marionettes, paintings of puppets, a table puppet and shadow puppet videos by many local artists as well as an artist from Virginia and one from New York

o   Free

  • Festival Kick Off! | Friday, March 31 at 5 p.m. | Rotunda Stage and Playhouse Gallery

o   Puppet play-station and an interactive Shadow Puppet Theater presented by First Act

o   Family-friendly refreshments available

o   Free

  • Manual Cinema’s Lula Del Ray | Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m. | Capitol Theater

o   With overhead projections, shadow puppets, actors in silhouette, live music and virtually no dialogue, the Chicago puppet troupe mythically reinvents the classic coming-of-age story.

o   Tickets start at $25 (Puppet Festival Package includes 7 p.m. performance)

o   This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Crane Group.

  • Family Toy Theater Workshop | Saturday, April 1 at 9 a.m.-Noon at MMoCA | Sunday, April 2 at 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Overture in Promenade Hall

o   Led by local artist, Felice Amato, familial groups will create small toy theater sets and puppets to tell a fun family story in a culminating sharing session puppet show.

o   Tickets are $15/family and include materials

o   Families are encouraged to bring photos or other items to personalize their project

  • Puppet Play Theater | Saturday, April 1 at 9 a.m.-3 p.m. & Sunday, April 2 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Rotunda Lobby

o   Child-sized puppet tents and a variety of puppets will be available for children and families to experience with open-ended and creative play during the weekend.

o   Free

  • Kids in the Rotunda: Taiwan Puppets | Saturday, April 1 at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. | Rotunda Stage

o   Taiwan Puppet Troupe of University of Wisconsin – Madison presents the 200-year old folk art of “Glove Puppet,” created by the Taiwanese Puppetry Theater

o   Free

  • The Man Who Planted Trees | Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. | Promenade Hall

o   In this ecologically inspired tale performed by the famed Puppet State Theatre Company, a French shepherd sets out with Dog to plant a forest, transform a barren wasteland acorn by acorn and remind us that one man can make a difference.

o   Tickets are $26 (Puppet Festival Package includes 3 p.m. performance)

  • Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live | Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. | Capitol Theater

o   Designed by professional paleontologists, life-like dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures are brought to life in this entertaining and educational show.

o   Tickets start at $25 (Puppet Festival Package includes 4:30 p.m. performance)

The Puppet Festival Package offers tickets to all three shows starting at $76. Single tickets starting at $25 and are available in person at the Overture Center Ticket Office (201 State Street), online at overture.org or by phone at 608.258.4141.

OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Madison, Wisconsin features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and five galleries where national and international touring artists, ten resident companies, and hundreds of local artists engage people in nearly seven hundred thousand educational and artistic experiences each year. Overture.org

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Tingalls Graphic Design Announces Two New Staff Members

Tingalls Graphic Design is excited to announce the addition of two new staff members:
 
Stacy Bruner – Videographer: Born and bred in Madison, Stacy’s enthusiasm for storytelling and marketing helps him create powerful online videos of all kinds. A true Badger fan and former Bucky Badger, he also loves spending time on the golf course, seeing live music, and sampling new restaurant venues.
 
Rebecca Waraczynski – Account Manager: A true free spirit, Rebecca can be found exploring undiscovered places and day dreaming about far away lands. When she’s not doing Account Management for Tingalls’ clients, you can find her sipping a cold drink on a warm patio or camping with her family. 

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Madison Business Coach Receives Executive Coach of the Year Award

CONTACT:
Susan Thomson, CEO, ActionCOACH of Madison
susanthomson@actioncoach.com, 608-441-5374

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Madison Business Coach Receives Executive Coach of the Year Award

Mike McKay, partner in ActionCOACH of Madison, named Executive Coach of the Year for the Americas at the 2017 Business Excellence Forum and Awards

MADISON, WI and HOUSTON, TX– Mike McKay, partner in ActionCOACH of Madison, was named winner for the Executive Coach of the Year for the Americas at the 2017 Business Excellence Awards, which was held at The Westin in Houston, Texas on February 20, 2017.

“I’ve been blessed to work with great clients for the past 4+ years as a business and executive coach,” McKay said. “Our team at ActionCOACH of Madison now includes experts in marketing, hiring, profitability, sales and general management, and we continue to grow thanks to our clients’ support and exceeding their expectations.”

McKay and his company, ActionCOACH of Madison, have carved out a niche in business and executive coaching focused on profit growth for business owners and executives. With far-reaching expertise in operations and corporate management, McKay is driven by the pursuit of decisive results for his clients.

The Business Excellence Awards – which are hosted by ActionCOACH, the top international business coaching firm – honor the “best of the best” in small and medium sized businesses from around the globe. In addition to honoring the top business coaches in the world, the awards also showcase exceptional results for ActionCOACH client companies.

“One of our clients was awarded Marketing Program of the Year, and we couldn’t be prouder of Kati Whitledge, founder of Be Inspired Salon,” McKay said. “While it’s an honor to receive recognition as Coach of the Year, it’s fantastic to have clients celebrated for their excellence!”

The 2017 Business Excellence Forums and Awards are part of ActionCOACH’s ongoing commitment to innovation, excellence and business re-education for owners and teams who operate and work in small and medium-sized businesses. In addition to the awards ceremony, the Business Excellence Forum featured seminars with top speakers in the world of business, including Keith Cunningham, Ivan Misner, Tim Brown, Richard Maloney, Paul Dunn and ActionCOACH Founder and Chairman Brad Sugars.

About ActionCOACH of Madison

ActionCOACH is the world’s number one business and executive coaching firm (Entrepreneur Magazine, 2005-2010), with more than 1,000 offices in 32 countries. ActionCOACH has been recognized locally as a finalist by InBusiness Magazine’s Executive Choice participants three consecutive years (2009-2011), and is a Global Top 100 performing firm.