Marketer of the Year Award Ceremony & Reception

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Chris Milligan Named Marketer of the Year

Chris Milligan of the Cincinnati Opera received Cincinnati AMA's first annual Marketer of the Year award! The event was held at the Radisson, Riverfront in Covington.

The award recognizes Chris for his outstanding work in marketing. He led efforts to increase the Opera's reach within the local community as well as help grow the organization. Highlights of his achievements include:

• The Cincinnati Opera has grown annual attendance 12% in the past decade and drew more than 12,500 for the company’s 2007 Aida production. Surpassed goal by 9%.
• Income reached 105% of goal
• Attendance at community events including Opera Goes to Church at Allen Temple A.M.E and Open Dress Rehearsal reached over 3,300.
• The production of Aida generated media interest with three front-page stories and a total of 12 feature stories in local print publications.
  

Chris graciously accepted the award giving credit to his great staff, supportive boss and the Opera Board of Directors.

Congratulations to this year’s finalists:

• Alan Chute, Unisys
• Michael Krienik, Krienik Advertising
• Sunrise Advertising

Special Thanks to Our Panel of Judges:

Kirsten Lecky, Best Upon Request
Stephen Mullin, BUSH Transportation Systems
John Rudy, Total Quality Logistics

We'd also like to thank emcee, Tom Gamble and keynote speaker, John Eckberg for helping us make this a memorable event. Tom got the evening started and provided great insight and humor throughout the evening while John shared anecdotes from his career as a business reporter and some great tips to help us be more effective marketers and influencers.

Marketer of the Year Emcee - Tom Gamble
Tom Gamble, Director of the Sports Business Program at Northern Kentucky University. He is one half of the Two Angry Guys, 96 Rock, WFTK-FM.

Key Note Speaker - John Eckberg
John Eckberg, Cincinnati Enquirer Business Reporter and author of The Success Effect, Uncommon Conversations With America’s Business Trailblazers.

Thanks to our generous sponsors for helping us put on a first class event.

Networking/Hors’ d’oeuvres Sponsor

Event Sponsors
Alex & Company CPAs
Burke, Inc.
dscconsulting
Docustar
Integrated Research Associates, Inc.
Market Write - The Think in the Ink
University of Cincinnati - College of Business
Award donated by FamousPromos.com