The John Aldinger Lecture Series
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Promotions Commons was developed to provide an opportunity for students from across the campus to learn from successful professionals.  Funded by a gift left to the department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing by local advertising professional John Aldinger, Promotions Commons has invited prominent speakers from advertising, marketing, public relations and retailing fields who have enlightened students and faculty members on the world of promotions and the attitude that anything is possible.

We are forever indebted to the Aldinger family, our speakers and wonderful students who gave us the first of many in this important annual series.

- Richard Cole, PhD., Professor & Chair,
  Dept of Advertising, Public Relations, & Retailing

Everybody is better at some thing than they are at others. I hope that the students, whom my gift helps, will find the niche they are good at and enjoy and they will be successful in the life after school.
                                                                                           - John Aldinger

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For more information, please contact Chitra Srivastava at srivas20@msu.edu.

2008-2009 Presenters:

• Derek Mehraban -CEO, Ingenex Digital Marketing

• Derek Tronsgard, Director, PRIME Research

• Todd Riley, Senior Vice President of Digital

• Bob Fish -CEO, Biggby Coffee

• Steve Janisse - Saturn Division of GM

• Robert Kolt - Kolt Public Relations, Instructor, MSU Communication Arts and Sciences

• Rick Sirvaitis - President, Storeboard Media LLC, New York

• Peter Barber - VP, DDB Worldwide, Account Director on McDonald'sYoung Adult and Non-Traditional Marketing

• Kelly Rossman-McKinney - CEO, The Rossman Group

• Steve & Leslie Pardo - Reporter - Detroit News & VP - Marx Layne and Company

• Derek Mehraban - CEO - Ingenex Digital Media

Promotions Commons Brochure 2006-2009

 

FALL 2009

S C H E D U L E

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September 9, 2009

• Stan Stein, Executive Vice President and Global Account Director, General Motors
  

September 23, 2009

• Jacqueline Rubasky, CMO, Business Edge International (CA)
  

October 7, 2009

October 21, 2009

• Michael Kolleth, Director, Corporate Brand & Advertising, Dow Chemical (MI)
  

November 4, 2009

• Derek Mehraban, CEO / Ingenex Digital Marketing
  

November 18, 2009

Chris Cook, Managing Partner, Fairly Painless Advertising

• Steve Frykholm, Vice President, Creative Director, Herman Miller Inc.
  

December 2, 2009

• Dr. Richard Cole, Chairperson, Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing