Ad Legends Co-Founders and Co-Chief Creative Officers Dave Metcalf and Vincent Cook will introduce you to their AI platform AdLegends.ai—the world's first fully functional AI-powered ad agency. Ad Legends orchestrates multiple AI models to generate strategy, briefs, copy, visuals, and art direction, democratizing world-class advertising, making it available to brands of all sizes. SPACE IS LIMITED. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW. 🔗 Link in bio.
When: Thursday, May 14, 6-7:30
Where: 111 E Kilbourn (Associated Bank building, 2nd floor outside the Upper Bar)
Cost: $15 advance / $25 door
@adlegends.ai
The Adworkers AI Speaker Series starts this Wednesday with AI innovator and strategist John Accarrino. Learn how agencies can turn AI into a competitive edge, from new billable services and AEO ready case studies to data-driven creative. Event kindly sponsored by @skiteamvideoagency .
SPACE IS LIMITED. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW. 🔗 Link in bio.
May 6, 6 PM, @ MKE DMC 318 N Milwaukee St. (3rd Ward)
Cost: $15 advance / $25 day-of.
We're all thinking about it. We're all concerned over it. We're all (maybe) excited at the potential of it. AI is everywhere. This month, United Adworkers is hosting TWO separate AI discussions. Events will focus on utilizing AI to build your creative firepower and future-proof your agency. SPACE IS LIMITED. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW. 🔗 link in bio.
Event 1: Future-Proofing Creative Agencies with AI innovator and strategist Jon Accarrino of Ordo Digital. Sponsored by @skiteamvideoagency .
May 6 at @mke_dmc DMC. 318 N Milwaukee St. (3rd Ward)
Cost: $15 advance / $25 day-of.
Get tickets: 🔗 link in bio
Event 2: Trailblazers Ad Legends talks about their groundbreaking AI platform that develops briefs, campaigns and even media plans.
May 14 at 111 E Kilbourn (Associated Bank building, 2nd floor outside the Upper Bar)
Cost: $15 / $25 day-of
Meet our judges 🏆 They don’t just hand out awards, they've built the kind of careers that define them.
From Cannes to comic cons, from Google to Hallmark to healthcare, this year’s panel brings decades of craft, curiosity, and creative conviction to The Hall of Free Thinkers. They believe big ideas should move people. That truth matters. That design can build worlds. That brands can shape culture. And yes, that storytelling and strategy still win the day.
Jim Larmon. Paula Maki. Jeff Hornung. Christine Taylor. Reggie Tidwell.
Five sharp minds. One historic hall. No tolerance for mediocrity.
Tickets are available at the door, TONIGHT!
Doors open at 6:00 PM at Turner Hall Ballroom.
The Wisconsin Advertising Hall of Fame will officially induct its two newest members at The 99 on Thursday, February 26. This year's recipients are award-winning Creative Director/Writer Mark Catterson, and legendary Strategic Planner and Agency Owner Denise Kohnke.
Come see their work, hear their stories and celebrate their amazing careers with us at Turner Hall.
Tickets are on sale online now at the United Adworker website.
The Turner stage has hosted many singers. Now’s your chance to be one of them 🎤
At this year’s 99 we’re having a live band karaoke after party. If you’re ready to see a million faces and rock them all, claim your anthem before someone else does at /song-list
Whether your vocal stylings make you famous or infamous is up to you.
Hear you soon.
The 99 is back 🔧 This year, the show is at Turner Hall Ballroom: the original home of artists, radicals and people who believed ideas could move culture forward.
We’re calling it The Hall of Free Thinkers.
Only 99 pieces of work make it in. Fewer still walk away with metal. None of it happens without bold thinking, creative risk and craft that refuses to play it safe.
Join us for a night that celebrates the work, the minds behind it and the community that keeps pushing this industry forward.
Awards. Conversation. Drinks. Music.
A room full of passionate people who live and breathe this industry.
Tickets are on sale now: /event-details/the-99-awards-show-wi-advertising-hof
The work deserves a proper night out. The 99 Awards Show is back.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Turner Hall | Milwaukee
Once a year, our creative community comes together to celebrate the ideas, craft and thinking that moved the work forward. This year, we’re gathering in a room built for big ideas and bold voices.
Awards. Performances. A few surprises. And a night that feels unmistakably like us.
More details soon, including submissions, tickets and what we’ve been quietly building behind the scenes. For now, save the date. You’ll want to be in the room.
United Adworkers
The 99 Awards Show
Adworker Bowling starts soon and we’ve got room to spare.* So gather up a team, come hang out and roll away the winter blues.
*𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴...
Here's the details:
📍Where: Landmark Lanes.
⏰ When: Games start January 22, 2026 and run every Thursday night for 10 weeks from 6 to 9pm. (Note: The last night will be April 2 to account for a missed night for the 99 on February 26.)
🎳 How: Field (or lane) a team of 4 players per night. They don’t always need to be the same people, so subs are fine.
💰 How Much: 4 players once a week for 10 weeks = $720.00 ($180.00 per person for the season).
🙋Why: Because it’s a helluva good time.
✍️ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗨𝗽:
Contact Jeff Ericksen with any questions or to secure your space: [email protected]
Reserve your spot by 1/16/26.
Hit up @thirdspacebrewing on 1/16 for the release of their Peanut Butter Brilliance Porter. They're kindly donating 20% of this beer's proceeds to Islands of Brilliance @iobmke . While you're there, learn more about becoming an IOB mentor.
This year’s featured panelists will take us behind the scenes of some of 2025’s most impactful and awarded work:
→ BR | Courage MKE – Courage+ Logo and Brand Identity
Panelists: Madelyn Owens, Justin Liesener
→ BVK | Wyoming Office of Tourism – Modern Explorers
Panelist: Kia Namin
→ Hoffman York | Historic Third Ward Association – Augmented History
Panelist: Rich Laiacona
→ Rachel Bertsch Design | Milwaukee Domes Beer Cans
Panelist: Rachel Bertsch
Join us for creative insight, casual conversation, and a chance to toast the season with your fellow Adworkers.
RSVP on our website.
