
Bobblehead Fred
Clip: Season 3 Episode 9 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
The less serious (but still creative!) side of work at ETC.
What started as gift to ETC employees for Fred Foster’s 50th birthday initiated an annual company-wide event: the “Decorate your Fred” Contest. An exercise in “creative disrespect,” the contest demonstrates the talent and good humor of ETC’s employees.
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Bobblehead Fred
Clip: Season 3 Episode 9 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
What started as gift to ETC employees for Fred Foster’s 50th birthday initiated an annual company-wide event: the “Decorate your Fred” Contest. An exercise in “creative disrespect,” the contest demonstrates the talent and good humor of ETC’s employees.
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Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...