Millie Ward
United We Brand: How Stone Ward Helped Northwest Arkansas Name Its Soccer Club
When Brett Parker learned that two entrepreneurs were introducing a United Soccer League pro team in northwest Arkansas, the pitch came to him immediately. read more >
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Stone Ward to Shape USL Arkansas’ Brand
USL Arkansas, the company starting a professional soccer club in northwest Arkansas, has engaged Little Rock advertising agency Stone Ward to develop its brand identity. read more >
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Wynne Tornado Damage Hits Close to Home for Stone Ward President Millie Ward
The Wynne native describes devastating damage to her hometown, including her mother's home. read more >
Contrasting Arkansas Ads Made Big Game Debut
Commercials for Baptist Health and Saracen Casino both featured women, but couldn't have been farther apart in tone. read more >
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Stone Ward President Elected Chair of Little Rock Branch of St. Louis Fed
Millie Ward has served on the board since 2017. read more >
Stone Ward Gets Award for ‘Go Fish’ Campaign
Stone Ward, the downtown Little Rock advertising agency, has picked up a national award for its “Go Fish” campaign for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. read more >
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Steve Stephens, Distinctive Voice of Arkansas, Dies at 90
Stephen Owen Stephens, whose fluid baritone made him a broadcast hall of famer and Arkansas' version of Dick Clark with his 1950s dance program "Steve's Show" on KTHV, actually had to work hard on that fabled voice, he said in 2018. read more >
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Stone Ward, Lyon Partner to Parse Data
In the partnership, announced this month, Stone Ward will give students in the Batesville liberal arts college’s new data science program access to real-life raw data anonymized by the firm’s data analytics team. read more >
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Ad, PR Pros Connect While Keeping Their Distance
How some of the state's advertising, marketing and public relations businesses are keeping the messages flowing during the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
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Fed in St. Louis Announces Changes to Boards
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced this week changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors and to its overall board of directors, effective Jan. 1. read more >
Give Your Heart to United Way (Larry Stone Commentary)
For the last 96 years, Heart of Arkansas United Way has served our community by leading initiatives and making investments in local programs that create meaningful, sustainable change in education, financial stability and health. read more >
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Stone Ward Invites Arkansas to Go Fish
Millie Ward doesn’t hunt, but she does have a fishing license, and the Little Rock advertising exec’s work for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission is pushing other Arkansans to join her outdoors. read more >
With Stone Ward’s Help, Camo Maker Shows Itself
For advertising exec Millie Ward, the assignment was a paradox: making a camouflage company more visible. read more >
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Stone Ward Gets Best Workplace Honor
Stone Ward, the Little Rock advertising agency with offices in Chicago, has been named by Inc. magazine as one of the best workplaces in America for 2019. read more >
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‘Love, Little Rock’ Gets PRWeek Affection
Millie Ward spurned Amazon in 2017, and now she’s getting some love for “Love, Little Rock.” read more >
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Dynamic Email: Automation With a Human Touch
Ritika Chakrabarty of marketing agency Stone Ward wants to make clients’ email marketing more human, but here’s her paradox: She uses artificial intelligence to do it. read more >
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PRWeek Awards Honor ‘Love, Little Rock’ Campaign
Amazon ended up with two brides last month in its search for a mate to its Seattle headquarters, dividing its HQ2 between New York City and northern Virginia. But months before, it got jilted by Little Rock, and quite publicly. read more >
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Still Big on Little Rock (Millie Ward Commentary)
here has recently been what seems to be an unbalanced portrayal of Little Rock — a great deal of criticism and glass-half-empty viewpoints. I’d like to present an alternative glass-half-full view of Little Rock. read more >
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Eclectic Career Leads Nodelman to Stone Ward
Larry Stone wasn't looking for a new creative chieftain at Little Rock advertising agency Stone Ward, but he embraced an unexpected opportunity in the case of Jeffrey Nodelman. read more >
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Working Like a Dog At Stone Ward, Playfully
Stone Ward's employees in downtown Little Rock and Chicago find that fun and games — among other amenities — leaven a stressful workload at the advertising agency. read more >
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