Writings from Force 5 Basecamp

03/29/11

I remember walking into Joe’s office pretty frustrated.  I’d had one of those days – the bad kind.  Actually, I’d had about 10 of those days in a row, placing me exactly halfway to a pretty lousy month.  I had recently accepted a new role leading a new team and things were just not happening the way I had envisioned. 

03/04/11

I’ve worked for a lot of years, enjoyed a lot of roles in my career, and had a lot of supervisors who imparted their wisdom to me.   I thought I would share some of their best stuff with you in this series of posts called, “The Boss Rules.” Rule #3:  Become an “Owner” Sometimes the best things a boss can

02/22/11

I’ve worked for a lot of years, enjoyed a lot of roles in my career, and had a lot of supervisors who imparted their wisdom to me.   I thought I would share some of their best stuff with you in this series of posts called, “The Boss Rules.” Rule #2:  “Ask them, ‘What are you trying to accomplish?’ ” I

02/14/11

I’ve been here at Force 5 for just 6 months now, but I’ve been in the workforce since I was legally of age.   Throughout the years I’ve been fortunate to have had some great bosses who took the time to pour their wisdom into me.  Because their “rules” have been so helpful to me, I thought I would share some of the best ones

01/11/11

Recently in the local news WNDU reported how the “Freedom from Smoking” program started last week. The report was based off of the Tobacco free program in St. Joseph County which is involved in helping the public stop smoking. Tobacco Free of St. Joseph County has been a client of Force 5’s for over a year now. Force 5 recently

12/28/10

South Bend, IN , December 28, 2010– Force 5, a brand development and marketing communications firm located in South Bend, IN, today announced that its Privacy Policy has been certified for compliance for the third year with the Safe Harbor Principles of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In October 1998, the European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection went into effect.

09/20/10

South Bend, Ind. – Force 5, South Bend, Ind., announces the addition of William “Butch” Whitmire as Vice President of Client Development. Whitmire’s responsibilities include building long-term relationships with, and developing and implementing marketing strategies for prospective clients. Whitmire has over 22 years of sales, management, marketing and leadership experience in planning, communicating and executing marketing initiatives and creative projects.

09/09/10

Force 5, South Bend, In., announces the addition of Christian Mattix as web application developer and network administrator. Mattix’s responsibilities include technical design and development of web applications, along with building, optimizing, maintaining and trouble shooting complex and secure databases, among other duties. Mattix graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a minor

10/15/09

Force 5 presented to the “Networking and All that Jazz Expo” in South Bend, Indiana. David Morgan, Certified Brand Strategist, gave a presentation on Brand Development and Director of Client Development Andrew Fletcher presented a workshop on Surviving and Thriving in Today’s economy. David’s presentation was entitled “Who Are You? What Do You Do? Why Does it Matter?” Brand Development

09/17/09

Force 5 presented to the Michiana Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association last week. The Presentation was on “Brand Development in new Economy.” Vice President of Force 5, David Morgan gave the presentation while President Deb DeFreeuw and Director of Client Development Andrew Fletcher led the discussions. “Brand Development for small and medium size businesses has taken on

08/18/09

Force 5 was featured in the South Bend Tribune Business Weekly. To read the complete article click below. Treasure hunt – Companies should search deeply in quest to develop their brand, South Bend Tribune Business Weekly