As Ted Waldbillig, Director of Sales at Mid-West Family Broadcasting put it, "Thanks to Thrive's information on the Madison Region, our sales team is better equipped to provide clients and prospects with valuable information about our marketplace."
Here's a little bit of what we can do for you.
Submit a Success Story
Let us know how this region and its assets have helped you or your company succeed by submitting a success story. We can work with you to develop stories as well. Success stories get posted on our Business Success page. It's a great, free way to get additional publicity for your business and to demonstrate how our region thrives.
Submit Your News
Thrive sends out an e-newsletter that's viewed by over 1800 individuals each month. We're always looking for stories and news to tout on what's going on in the region. Let us know how we can help promote your work.
We also post regional news stories on our website in our News section. This is another great promotional tool that we offer for free.
We also post regional news stories on our website in our News section. This is another great promotional tool that we offer for free.
Post an Event
Have a big event coming up and need to get the word out? Let us know and we'll post it on our website's Events Calendar. Yet another free service and a great way to tell more people about what you do.
Recruit Talent
Thrive creates and hosts talent recruitment pages to assist partners in their recruitment or other efforts by promoting businesses and the region with customized information.
It's easy - you provide us with the information you need, and we supplement it with information on the region. So someone reading about a job opening on your site can click a link to a customized page and see not just what it's like to work here, but what it's like to live here. It's a great value-add to our partners.
Check out an example here.
It's easy - you provide us with the information you need, and we supplement it with information on the region. So someone reading about a job opening on your site can click a link to a customized page and see not just what it's like to work here, but what it's like to live here. It's a great value-add to our partners.
Check out an example here.
Send a Postcard
Thrive has designed postcards that highlight the region's assets and let people know why the result of living and working here is to thrive. And we've made them easy and fun to send - right from our website. Send an e-postcard to a client, a prospect, friends, family. Let them know what's great about this region.
We also have printed postcards available upon request at our office.
We also have printed postcards available upon request at our office.
Co-Brand with Us
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Postcard co-branded with the Madison Community Foundation
Co-branding is a great way to enhance your own marketing efforts by sending a message that you're thriving at what you do - and that you're part of a thriving region, as well.
Here's an example of what that can look like, with a co-branded postcard from Sauk County.
Access Building, Site, and Community Info
See the 'Data Center' in the left hand column of this page? That's your direct connection to Madison Region-specific information from Location One Information Systems (LOIS). It's a great economic development resource that allows you to perform customized searches for specific buildings and sites - and to research individual communities, counties, and regions.
Get and Share Information
Of course, the entire Thrive site is intended as a resource for you. Whether you're looking for economic data or where to explore this weekend, you can find it on our site.
We have brochures that reflect some of the key information on the website. You can see what they look like here and you can request them by calling Shane at 608.443.1962. Many of our economic development partners use these brochures to add to the information they can provide to a client.
Shane is also happy to answer questions about the region and to provide regional information. He can connect you with and direct you to a great number of resources and contacts.
We have brochures that reflect some of the key information on the website. You can see what they look like here and you can request them by calling Shane at 608.443.1962. Many of our economic development partners use these brochures to add to the information they can provide to a client.
Shane is also happy to answer questions about the region and to provide regional information. He can connect you with and direct you to a great number of resources and contacts.
We're also excited to announce two of our resources that provide great information that's available to everyone. Both projects were unveiled in December.
The first is the State of the Madison Region report. This report tracks metrics that reflect the current state of our region. It looks at both economic and quality of life indicators and creates a baseline to track our region over time. Finally, the report compares the Madison Region with peer regions, the state, and the nation. This data is available for public use at www.thrivehere.org/regionalmetrics.
Second, just as a business performs a yearly inventory of its assets, so Thrive has done for the region. The Madison Region's Assets and Opportunities Initiative is an inventory-mapping project that shows us what we have as a region and sets out a plan for what we can do to leverage and act on our strongest opportunities. This project was largely funded by the Madison Community Foundation and was carried out by Vandewalle & Associates. This information is available for public use at www.thrivehere.org/assetsandopps.
The first is the State of the Madison Region report. This report tracks metrics that reflect the current state of our region. It looks at both economic and quality of life indicators and creates a baseline to track our region over time. Finally, the report compares the Madison Region with peer regions, the state, and the nation. This data is available for public use at www.thrivehere.org/regionalmetrics.
Second, just as a business performs a yearly inventory of its assets, so Thrive has done for the region. The Madison Region's Assets and Opportunities Initiative is an inventory-mapping project that shows us what we have as a region and sets out a plan for what we can do to leverage and act on our strongest opportunities. This project was largely funded by the Madison Community Foundation and was carried out by Vandewalle & Associates. This information is available for public use at www.thrivehere.org/assetsandopps.
Adopt the Regional Principles of Collaboration
Join the over 80 communities, organizations, and businesses that have adopted the Regional Principles of Collaboration, a historic, landmark agreement that lays out a set of 10 principles that regional leaders agree to work by to foster the strength of our region as a whole - and to enhance their own work.
Sector-Specific
Thrive's sector specialists are ready to support your efforts with sector-related resources. See below for the areas where they can help.
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Healthcare
In addition, Thrive can enhance your efforts with information on quality of life and regional information.
Thrive also works with our economic development partners on regional information-sharing and regional inquiries.
Agriculture
- Providing key sector-related information packets
- Company and resource connections
Biotechnology
- Providing key sector-related information packets
- Company and resource connections
- Meeting set-up with university researchers, e.g.
- Being a part of site visits
- General support
Healthcare
- Providing key sector-related information packets
- Company and resource connections
In addition, Thrive can enhance your efforts with information on quality of life and regional information.
Thrive also works with our economic development partners on regional information-sharing and regional inquiries.
"Rock County is strong in food processing and food technology. To promote the economic impact of our regional food cluster, the Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce was asked to map the specific locations of all food and agriculture-related businesses in a 13-county area. I found out that Thrive's Director of Agriculture Initiatives, Greg Lawless, had already mapped the eight county Madison Region which probably saved me a year of work! Thrive's work compiling information on the eight county region - both our assets and the opportunities for the region that come from those assets - is a tremendous resource for the entire region."
--Amy Loudenbeck, Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce
--Amy Loudenbeck, Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce
How Can You Help?
Sign Up for our eNewsletter Signing up for our newsletter lets us spread the word about what's going on in the region, and it keeps you up to date and informed. You can sign up from any page on the Thrive site by clicking on the green eNewsletter tab in the upper left hand corner of the page.
Share a Testimonial We're always looking for quotes and testimonials, both about the region and about Thrive. We use these quotes in reports, presentations, and on the site to enhance our tools.
Spread the Word and Open Doors Thrive believes in the power of viral, grassroots communications, and that means you telling your peers about what we do and about the region. Send them a link to the website - or better yet, link to our website from your own! You can even look us up on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
And if you know someone or an organization that should hear more about Thrive or could benefit from what we provide, let us know. We do presentations in the region and are always willing to hear what other folks are working on.
Volunteer Join an ad-hoc resource team, become a Thrive champion, or get involved in a sector project. We are always looking for new ideas and regional representation and would love to collaborate with you.
Join our RSS Feed This is a great way to keep in the loop and it's easy, too. Just click the RSS button in the upper right hand corner of this page and sign up for RSS updates on what you want to hear about.
Send us Pictures Pictures of the region enhance the website and other materials and help visualize the story of the region's assets. Picture yourself in the Madison Region!
Invest
Now more than ever - invest to Thrive! Thrive is able to carry out projects and provide these tools and services because of the generous investments that come from groups throughout the region. Become an investor today.