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Approximately one year after the company cleared 17 football fields of land in Mount Pleasant, the first concrete pillars of Foxconn’s massive facility have finally been raised.

Planning a work retreat can seem daunting at best. If you’re embarking on a retreat soon, try out these best practices for a productive session:

Leveraging off The 100 Companies’ success in 20 geographical markets from Denali to Dubai and our launch of The Travel 100, our publishing network expanded last month into a second industry vertical: The Association 100.

Could you be benefitting from marketing your products and services on LinkedIn? Recently released reports from Microsoft suggest that you could be. The professional and business-based platform has shown increased levels of engagement recently.

Developing the perfect pre-work routine can help maximize your daily productivity. Start this week by implementing the following routines:

In any field, cultivating public speaking skills is key. Being confident and comfortable public speaking is necessary in order to effectively communicate your ideas and get your messages across.

People have always come to Facebook to connect with friends around day-to-day life, and celebrate important moments, like birthdays. As such, on May 9, Facebook launched Birthday Stories globally.

Everything slows down as the summer months approach. People take vacations, offices close early in the day and everyone moves at a more leisurely pace … but that doesn’t mean your business has to suffer.

Once touted as “the eighth wonder of the world” by President Trump, the Foxconn project is inviting increasing skepticism.

Over 100 billion plastic bags end up in landfills each year, where they’ll take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Thankfully, Pick ‘n Save is eliminating its bags from the equation.

Student interest in computer, research and data science education has increased in recent years. Many campuses lack the instructors, even the space, to accommodate the rising demand.

Are your promotions going out to social media channels when customers are online? Don’t post and get lost in feed clutter. Research shows the best times and days to post on the various social platforms are:

We all know that networking is important to grow your business, but walking into a room full of strangers can be intimidating. So how can you overcome awkwardness at large networking events?

Occasionally making yourself inaccessible is essential to boosting focus. A survey found that always being reachable – checking emails during off days, scrolling through social media, responding to texts 24/7 – is associated with higher stress levels. This is known as “continuous partial attention,” a state of alertness largely driven by FOMO.

I fly weekly without fear despite one turbulent flight above Asheville’s mountains and a roach-infested Air Cubana flight.

Dairyland is also a haven for manufacturing, and each year since 1988, the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards have honored companies excelling in culture, innovation and giving back to their communities.

Milk is cheap, but small-to-medium-sized Wisconsin farms are hurting. Similar to how Walmart devastated mom and pop shops, mega-farms are hurting Wisconsin farmers, who are forced to sell milk too cheap to survive.

Parents across America continue to worry about the apps their children and teens download. Here are two apps that can give parents peace of mind.

If you think that going green at work is difficult, think again.

I’ve heard a lot of common beliefs from some otherwise smart business leaders. Don’t fall for these myths:

Quarles & Brady has announced the creation of a Time Venture Fund (TVF) to provide startups with the crucial legal…

We live in strange times. Anyone can broadcast anything via the web and social media. Unsubstantiated and biased “news” quickly compounds in prominence through the magic of algorithms. Truth has become elusive.

If you’re a young professional, it’s likely that retirement is the last thing on your mind. With so many unknown factors in a lifetime, it is vital to start saving early for retirement.

Business email inboxes are noisier than ever, so avoiding “opt-out status” with your colleagues is crucial. Here are three tips for email etiquette:

Last week I led a crisis training for a nonprofit leadership team. It’s my favorite activity in public relations.

In the late 1960s, UW-Madison began offering what might’ve been the world’s first course on computers in medicine. Curious, a young female graduate student named Judith Faulkner signed up.

On Jan. 14, Gov. Tony Evers requested the creation of a committee on entrepreneurship and innovation at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

Can we believe we are saying 2019 already? As Q4 is ending, communication specialists are preparing to implement their 2019 strategies – these must include the use of video on social media.

The Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair marked the end of an era for companies not charging sales tax.

As businesses continue to see the importance of connecting with their customers through social media, the photography used on those platforms takes on even greater significance.