Tue, 17 April 2018
In 2017 Wisconsin’s workforce and business climate went toe to toe with other states to compete for 13,000 new jobs and $10 billion of capital investment from Foxconn’s new state-of-the-art display manufacturing campus. Wisconsin won. Governor Walker’s former Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Scott Neitzel served as a senior member on the recruitment team for Foxconn and will share insights of the negotiations and how the project will positively impact Wisconsin for generations.
Scott Neitzel served as DOA Secretary from March 2015 – March 2018. In addition to working with Foxconn, during his tenure he worked on two state budgets and served as Chair of the Wisconsin Center District overseeing lease negotiations for the new Bucks arena. Scott was previously a Senior Vice President at Madison Gas and Electric Co. and a Commissioner at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. |
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Tue, 10 April 2018
Why do some people make it big while others, equally experienced, talented, and credentialed, fall by the wayside? One study shows that half to two-thirds of all managers will be fired, demoted, or plateau at some point in their careers. Further, the cost of those derailments to companies can be more than twenty times that of the employee’s salary. Carter Cast’s book, The Right (and Wrong) Stuff: How Brilliant Careers are Made and Unmade looks into the rules and rituals of business life and what high performers do differently than the rest. Carter is also a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management, where he’s received the Faculty Impact Award from 2012-17 by his students. When not teaching, he is a venture partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital, which invests in early stage technology companies. This was joint program with the Kellogg Alumni Club of Wisconsin. |
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Tue, 27 March 2018
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018. Join Supreme Court Candidates Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock for a conversation led by President-Elect Ed Krishok. |
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Tue, 20 March 2018
2018 began with strong equity market gains that continued 2017’s remarkable pattern of profits with few if any reminders that equities are risky. Then, without warning, volatility re-emerged and this has led to a more difficult climate for investors. Mike Miller, the Chief Investment Officer of Colonial Consulting, will discuss how today’s market conditions compare to those historically and will provide Colonial’s views of how investors can turn the tables on a challenging period to see it as one that creates reasonable opportunities for those with discipline and patience. |
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Tue, 13 March 2018
Join us to hear the highly acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. In his book Quinones weaves together two classic tales of capitalism run amok whose unintentional collision has been catastrophic. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma’s campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive—and extremely addictive—miracle painkiller. Meanwhile a massive influx of black tar heroin—cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico’s west coast, independent of any drug cartel—assaulted small towns and midsized cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico. Dreamland is a revelatory account of the corrosive threat facing America and its heartland.
This program is brought to Rotary by the generosity of the Zilber Family Foundation. |
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Tue, 6 March 2018
We selected this date as it’s close to March 8th, the International Day of Women. With the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender parity is over 200 years away – there has never been a more important time for us to address issues that hinder women’s advancement in the workplace. And sexual harassment certainly needs both immediate and long-lasting attention. The panel includes:
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Tue, 27 February 2018
Mayor Tom Barrett is leading a city in which investment and growth is at an unprecedented pace, and, at the same time chronic challenges persist. At Tuesday’s Rotary meeting, Mayor Barrett will reprise his State of the City presentation in which he highlights both successes and challenges for Milwaukee. He will also invite Rotary members to join him in shaping the city’s future. |
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Tue, 27 February 2018
Mayor Tom Barrett is leading a city in which investment and growth is at an unprecedented pace, and, at the same time chronic challenges persist. At Tuesday’s Rotary meeting, Mayor Barrett will reprise his State of the City presentation in which he highlights both successes and challenges for Milwaukee. He will also invite Rotary members to join him in shaping the city’s future. |
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Wed, 21 February 2018
Wisconsin is known for its culture of prudence and risk aversion. So, it is not surprising that I hear people say, ‘I think Bitcoin and cyrptocurrencies are a fraud.’ But when pushed, they can’t explain blockchain technology or bitcoin. It might be a cop-out to cry foul because blockchain and bitcoin are potentially one of world’s biggest collaborative math projects that could transform the global economy in a manner similar to the impact of the Internet. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain can fundamentally rewrite many business models, especially in banking and financial services – which is why we all need to understand this new, emerging technology. Professor David Krause of Marquette University will provide more insight. |
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Tue, 23 January 2018
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