Meet The PRevolution Sponsors

Meet Our Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors:

DTE Energy
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) is a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Its operating units include Detroit Edison, an electric utility serving 2.2 million customers in Southeastern Michigan, MichCon, a natural gas utility serving 1.2 million customers in Michigan and other non-utility, energy businesses focused on power and industrial projects, coal and gas midstream, unconventional gas production and energy trading.

Marx Layne & Company
Marx Layne helps clients develop and deliver key messages, maximize positive coverage in traditional and online media, handle crisis communications, orchestrate special events, initiate opportunities and facilitate partnerships. We combine the most effective strategies to help clients enhance brand equity, create credibility, sell products and services, shape public opinion and solidify relationships with consumers and other stakeholders.Our entrepreneurial mindset has earned Marx Layne the reputation for creating results-focused marketing strategies that cut through the clutter, reach specific targeted audiences and generate cost-effective, positive, measurable outcomes.

Gold Sponsors:

Caponigro Public Relations Inc.
Caponigro Public Relations, with offices in Michigan and Florida, is a full-service firm specializing in media relations, crisis communications, public affairs and media and speaker training. Founder and CEO Jeff Caponigro has helped manage more than 500 different crisis situations. He is the author of THE CRISIS COUNSELOR: A step-by-step guide to managing a business crisis -- published in English, Chinese, Polish, Norwegian and Danish (www.CrisisCounselor.com).

Crain Communications Inc
Headquartered in Detroit, Mich., Crain Communications Inc publishes 29 business, consumer and trade publications, including Advertising Age, Automotive News, and Plastics News as well as regional business publications in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New York and Manchester (England) with numerous related business Web sites, electronic products and events. It has more than 900 employees located in 15 offices worldwide. The company’s Web site is www.crain.com.

Silver Sponsors:

Beaumont Hospitals
Beaumont Hospitals is a regional health care provider with 1,711 licensed beds, 18,000 employees and 3,000 physicians. In addition to hospitals in Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak and Troy, Beaumont operates numerous community-based medical centers in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, five nursing centers, a research institute, home care services and hospice. All Beaumont Hospitals are among U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 “America’s Best Hospitals,” in which the top hospitals in 16 specialties are ranked.

Henry Ford Health System
Henry Ford Health System, one of the country's largest health care systems, which integrates primary and specialty care with research and education. It includes the 1,000-member Henry Ford Medical Group, seven owned hospitals, the 500,000-member Health Alliance Plan, 27 primary care centers and many other health-related entities located throughout southeastern Michigan. To learn more, visit www.henryford.com.

Marketwire
The only fully integrated North America-based global newswire, Marketwire, Inc. is a full-service partner to IR, PR and MarCom professionals seeking top-tier press release distribution, media management, multimedia and monitoring solutions. With a reputation for technology leadership, Marketwire offers innovative products and services -- including Social Media Releases, Search Engine Optimization, newsroom workflow solutions, and more -- that help communication professionals maximize their effectiveness while ensuring accuracy and best practices.

In-House Hospice
In-House Hospice is one of the leading hospice providers in Michigan and Ohio serving nearly 500 patients every day. In-House Hospice’s mission is to provide the highest level of quality care to its patients and was selected by The Detroit Free Press as one of the Top Work Places of 2008 for its management team and its commitment to providing one of the best working environments in the state. Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, it has experienced double-digit growth over the last 10 years and serves patients and their families in more than 44 counties in Michigan and Ohio.

Bronze Sponsors:

Airfoil Public Relations
Airfoil, with offices in Southfield, Michigan and Mountain View, California, is an independent firm specializing in marketing communications and public relations for emerging and technology companies. Airfoil Industry Leadership Groups serve a growing client roster across a multitude of technology segments in consumer, enterprise, health care, industrial, cleantech and automotive. Airfoil has been named Technology Agency of the Year by the Holmes Report and recognized as a top firm in numerous industry rankings. Call 866.AIR.FOIL. www.airfoilpr.com

Eisbrenner Public Relations
For 25 years, Eisbrenner Public Relations has been helping B2B and B2C clients reach their marketing goals through strategy, creativity and counsel. Clients benefit from our team's 100 years of collective experience in all aspects of mareting communications, branding and public relations. www.eisbrenner.com

Media Link
Medialink, a division of The NewsMarket, provides award-winning production and distribution of content for the Web, Television and Radio. The NewsMarket is the global leader in video distribution services used by more than 25,000 media outlets in 190 countries. Together, Medialink and The NewsMarket provide the most comprehensive and proven range of video-based services for corporations, PR firms and government agencies.

Health Alliance Plan (HAP)
Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is a nonprofit health plan headquartered in Detroit, with offices in Southfield and Flint. HAP is a subsidiary of the Henry Ford Health System, one of the nation's leading health care systems. The health plan serves 500,000 individuals and companies of all sizes through HMO, PPO and Medicare plans.

Hermanoff Public Relations
Hermanoff Public Relations is an independently owned, full-service boutique public relations and marketing firm, founded in 1985 by Sandy Hermanoff. Today we represent a diverse clientele, including large and small corporations, associations and non-profit organizations.We are a proven creative powerhouse, capable of turning unknown entities into household names. Hermanoff Public Relations is a member firm of the Worldcom Public Relations Group, the world’s largest consortium of independently owned public relations counseling firms.

Identity Marketing & Public Relations
Identity is a fully integrated public relations agency leveraging creativity, talent, relationships and technology to drive strategic communications programs that leave a mark. Founded in 1998, the company provides strategy, counsel and execution in the areas of marketing, public relations, design and new media. Identity is headquartered in the Bingham Office Center in Bingham Farms, Mich. For more information, visit identitypr.com.

Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is the global leader that brings ingenuity to the places where people live, work and travel. The company’s team of 140,000 employees creates a more comfortable, safe and sustainable world through its products and services for more than 200 million vehicles, 12 million homes and 1 million commercial buildings. The Automotive Experience business is a global market leader in the design, engineering and manufacturing of vehicle seating, interiors and electronics. www.johnsoncontrols.com.

PublicCity PR
PublicCity PR is focused on building the buzz around town for its clients. The company was founded in 2008 by Jason Brown, a public relations executive with 10+ years of media and community relations experience. He launched PublicCity PR so companies could have an efficient, affordable, reliable and seasoned professional solution to drive their public relations and publicity needs. PublicCity PR’s primary mission is to quickly and effectively garner publicity and raise the visibility of its clients through the development and execution of strategic media and community relations programs and initiatives.

Special D Events
Founded in 1992, Special D Events is a full service corporate event management firm with worldwide experience. We have managed events in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Our client base is diverse and nationwide, and ranges from Fortune 500 companies to local state associations and non profits. In addition, we work behind the scenes to support local creative agencies that need to provide their clients with expert event management services.

Tanner Friedman
Tanner Friedman is a Farmington Hills, Michigan-based strategic communications firm specializing in traditional and emerging media relations, adversity management and public relations counsel. We provide businesses, organizations, individuals and associations with relationships, resources and insights, using multiple platforms to deliver their messages, tell their stories and accomplish their objectives.

TechSmith
Founded in 1987, TechSmith is the world’s leading provider of screen capture and recording software for individual and professional use. People everywhere use our products to capture content from their screens in ways that help them communicate more clearly, create engaging presentations for diverse audiences, and analyze product usability and customer experience. With products localized into five languages TechSmith’s global reach is continually expanding. Learn more at www.techsmith.com.

Tschetter & Associates
Tschetter & Associates specializes in health care public relations, marketing and advertising. The Associates provide decades of expertise in the industry from best practices and marketing strategies to the basics like brochures and web sites – all with the focus on achieving business goals. Visit www.tschetterandassociates.com for more information.

Trinity Health
Trinity Health is Michigan’s leading health care provider and one of the state’s largest employers. Headquartered in Novi, Michigan, Trinity Health is the nation’s fourth-largest Catholic health care system with 45 acute-care hospitals, 379 outpatient facilities, 26 long-term care facilities, and numerous home health offices and hospice programs in seven states. Trinity Health employs 45,000 full-time staff, had $7 billion in annual operating revenue and contributed nearly $400 million in community benefits in fiscal year 2009. For more information about Trinity Health, visit www.trinity-health.org.

The Quell Group
As the Midwest’s leading brand communications firm, The Quell Group develops and integrates branding and positioning strategies with marketing and public relations services to achieve organizational goals. Founded in 1994, the firm provides proprietary diagnostic tools to help companies Unknot. Align. Market.® their unique value. Quell also provides its clients with training; interactive and web; and event and design services. www.quell.com. Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/thequellgroup.

Volare Public Relations
We’re two women – seasoned professionals with great instincts – who are media-savvy, fun-loving and well-read. We truly understand the business and impact of public relations. Call Susan at 586-243-9746.

Student Sponsors:

Hennessy Capital
Hennessey Capital provides working capital solutions for growing business-to-business companies that are either pre-bankable but post-revenue, in transition or otherwise do not meet the credit guidelines of traditional bank lending. Products and services include purchase order financing, factoring, asset-based lending programs, mezzanine debt, receivables management and business coaching.

Weber Shandwick is the world's leading public relations firm, skilled at creating and implementing strategic communications campaigns designed with one goal in mind: to achieve desired client outcomes. Our teams pride themselves on the long-term client partnerships we develop, the results-driven work we produce, and our dedication to high quality service. Our approach is to outperform client expectations by producing work that is informed, on strategy, innovative, makes a measurable difference and is faithful to budget.

In-Kind Sponsors:

Concentrek Group is an award-winning integrated communication design agency offering insight and experience in graphic design, web site design and development, print design, motion graphics, social media marketing, public relations and branding. We specialize in ideas and design that generate buzz and move people to action. Visit www.concentrekgroup.com to learn more about how we can help you succeed.

If you've used promotional products before, you know their power. If you're new to promotional products, you're right to make them part of your marketing and environmental responsibility strategy. Research has shown time and again that promotional products work. Ours help to green our planet to boot!

Impresa Creative Group offers a range of high-end design services in the field of graphic design, branding, multi-media, trade show displays, print materials and web design/programming. The company brings professional creative processes to clients through our senior staff and experience in design, technology, customer service, project management, print buying and brand development. We help change the way you’re remembered!

Photographer Jerry Zolynsky/On Location has specialized in location photography in Metro Detroit for more than 30 years. His unique blend of photojournalism and studio experience are wide ranging, including in the areas of Events/Editorial; Business/Industry; Automotive; and Food/Dining. www.onlocationphotography.biz

PR Newswire is a global leader in innovative communications and marketing services, enabling organizations to engage target audiences worldwide. Through its multi-channel distribution network, audience intelligence, targeting,multimedia and measurement services, PR Newswire helps organizations conduct rich, dynamic dialogues with the media, consumers, investors and the general public.