FILO: Minnesota's Top 100

Earlier this year FILO was selected as one of Minnesota's 100 Best Companies to Work For by the Minnesota Business Magazine. This is a tremendous honor and is a testament to all the hard work and dedication to our craft. This is a recipe for a wonderful work environment.


Below is the press release announcing the "100 Best Companies to Work For":


"On June 5, Minnesota Business magazine will host the 100 Best Companies to Work For Awards at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. Now in its third year, the event honors Minnesota companies that set the standard for employee well-being. Businesses that made the list in previous years have reported a tremendous boost in being able to recruit key new employees.

The “100 Best” were selected by an independent research firm employing various research techniques -- including an anonymous online questionnaire filled out by the employees of each company -- to determine which companies in Minnesota excel in the areas of work environment, employee benefits, and overall employee happiness.

The Minnesota Business team is pleased to share the 2014 list here.

Honorees will be invited to attend the celebration at the RiverCentre, where emcee John Cosgrove will lead them through a night of drinks, dinner, and an awards ceremony. Each company will also be listed in the June issue of Minnesota Business magazine.

To learn more about the event, click here. Congratulations to the “100 Best” of 2014!"

FILO is very honored to be a part of such a distinguished group!

FILO in Texas for NBA FIT Clinic

On April 12th and 13th FILO Productions and the NBA teamed up with Wal-Mart to put on another NBA FIT Clinic event. NBA FIT, in conjunction with Wal-Mart, put on clinics in San Antonio and Houston, Texas. The FIT initiatives preach a healthy lifestyle by eating healthy, playing together, and being active. For these particular clinics we were honored to have former San Antonio Spurs guard TJ Ford, as well as NBA Legend Clyde Drexler, as our coaches.

The coaches use their experiences as NBA players to help participants of the clinics learn the basics of the game while teaching them how to be healthy. The best part of the clinics isn’t the great instruction kids receive, but that it is free.


Both the San Antonio and Houston clinics were well attended with over 125 kids coming out for the clinics. Other than going through the clinics with the coaches they also get an opportunity to go home with an autograph and picture with their coach plus some NBA giveaways. Overall the NBA Fit clinics have been a great success this spring, and FILO looks forward to putting on more great Fit clinics this spring. Next stop is May 3rd in Memphis, Tennessee; hope to see you all there.

FILO Scores at VIP March Madness Event

On Monday, March 24, FILO Productions sent Vice President Andrew Westphal to Las Vegas, NV for a rare event during the Nightclub & Bar Show, a convention and trade show with over 37,000 industry experts in the bar, nightclub, beverage and hospitality industry. As part of the 3-day event, FILO sent a maple-wood 1/2 court and basketball hoop for the attendees to participate in basketball contests and activities between their sessions.

FILO’s portion of the event took place inside a ballroom at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, where free beverages and snacks were provided, as well as other activities and elements including a pool table, foosball and one giant ice sculpture. The event and activation kicked off on Monday, and finished late Wednesday night, March 26.

The annual event included a kick-off party with special guest Ludacris and created an opportunity for patrons to mingle with speakers and professionals in the entertainment industry, while enjoying the nightlife of Las Vegas.

FILO’s involvement included providing all the equipment, shipping logistics, overall consulting and building of the activation, as well as taping official lines to create a March Madness-like basketball court for people to enjoy throughout the week. The ballroom and branding incorporated a college basketball feel, as the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament had just wrapped up its initial weekend.

For more information on FILO events like this, visit our EVENTS page to see where FILO has been and what they have done.
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