About The Author

A Cleveland, Ohio native, Bill Shirk graduated from Cooper School of Art and began his career as an advertising art director and, later as a creative director.

After working a dozenDSC_1536 years in both Cleveland and Cincinnati, Bill relocated to Los Angeles to work for Dailey & Associates. Bill was then recruited by Ogilvy & Mather, Atlanta, St John & Partners in Jacksonville and Mastermind Marketing in Atlanta.

In 1998, Bill and his wife, Sue, founded Think Tank Communications, an innovative marketing firm that creates highly effective, engaging employee communication programs for benefits, wellness, corporate culture, leadership messaging, on-boarding and more.

Bill enjoys training and teaching staff and clients. In addition to having plenty of big-name client experience, he has a refreshingly positive management style and provides a unique, creative perspective when it comes to big strategic thinking.

When he’s not creating employee engagement programs or blogging on brain-xchange, Bill likes to golf, garden, and play fetch with his cat, Pepper. His all-time favorite pastime: ice cream.

To see more of Bill’s work go to http://thinktankcomm.com/web/corporate-communications/.

You can reach Bill at info@thinktankcomm.com.