Widmeyer has embarked on a third phase of advertising in 2011 for the American Energy Innovation Council. After two previous phases of print and online advertising developed to reintroduce the AEIC brand, announce the release of its second major report, and support its overarching message of investing in America’s energy future, phase 3 will “drill [...]
The phenomenon that is Charlie Sheen has now made it into the Guinness Book of World Records – no, not for most non sequiturs in a single interview – but for the fastest time to reach one million Twitter followers. The self-described “warlock” who is winning with “tiger blood” and “Adonis DNA” garnered one million [...]
The seven members of the American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC) – Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, Bank of America Chairman Chad Holliday, GE CEO Jeff Immelt, Cummins CEO Tim Solso, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner John Doerr, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, and former chairman of Lockheed Martin, Norm Augustine – were featured in the Washington [...]
Former Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, a member of the American Energy Innovation Council, was interviewed on Platts Energy Week on Sunday, October 10th. In a discussion with Bill Loveless, Augustine warned that the United States is falling behind other countries when it comes to energy innovation and technology.
Widmeyer Communications partnered with AEIC as the group was formally organizing, and in a matter of four months, helped the organization develop a name, logo, and brand identity, created an iconic video introducing the organization and its members, designed a website, produced a print and online report, built a social media presence and managed a Washington, DC press conference.
Under the headline “The Other U.S. Energy Crisis: Lack of R&D,” Bloomberg Businessweek this week provided additional coverage on the American Energy Innovation Council’s (AEIC) call for a tripling of America’s investment in energy R&D. The story, written by Economics editor Peter Coy, mentioned AEIC members Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt and John Doerr.
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Bill Gates spoke with ABC “This Week” host Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview, which aired on Sunday, June 13th. Gates spoke with Tapper after the American Energy Innovation Council’s announcement of their new report on the future of American energy. Gates said we need to find “real solutions” to our energy problems and with [...]
Following a Washington press conference to release recommendations on energy innovation and the need for increased energy R&D spending, six members of the American Energy Innovation Council met with President Obama to discuss their “Business Plan for America’s Energy Future.” Widmeyer secured major national broadcast media coverage for the Council and its plan, including a [...]
The American Energy Innovation Council, created by seven business executives – Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt, Norman Augustine, Ursula Burns, John Doerr, Chad Holliday and Tim Solso – issued a call for more energy research and development at a June 10th press conference. Widmeyer worked closely with the Council and helped with the release of their [...]
