Commercial partnerships are essential to advance the Beyond Vision employment mission. Finding new business is our top priority and is often times more difficult than we would like it to be. Fortunately, sometimes a key relationship is just a dinner party away. So goes the story with GE Power and Water. Last year, Beyond Vision… Continue Reading The Power of Relationships – GE Power & Water
Jim Tess began his career at Beyond Vision earlier this year as a Call Center Customer Service Representative. His journey to our organization began almost 13 years ago. He had not been able to work since May of 2000. During that time period, Jim and his family courageously battled his serious health issues as a… Continue Reading Employee Spotlight – Jim Tess
Beyond Vision, the new brand for Wiscraft, Inc. and Associated Industries for the Blind (AIB) is in the news and on the move. Beyond Vision has been featured in several media outlets, including print, digital as well as a broadcast feature on television. We’re excited local news outlets have taken an interest in the great work… Continue Reading Beyond Vision – BREAKING NEWS!
Happy Easter everyone! The Easter Bunny has come to Wisconsin to visit our customers. Wiscraft customers and potential customers need to know about this important news. The State of Wisconsin has passed an important new piece of legislation which allows our customers to receive a 5% corporate tax credit on all purchases of Wiscraft services. … Continue Reading Customers…Would You Like Lower Taxes?
Frenchie Randolph began her employment with Wiscraft on June 16th of 2010. Having been with us for less than two years, it goes without saying that Frenchie has made a phenomenal impression on everyone she has met since starting in our Assembly & Packaging area. The first thing that you’ll notice about Frenchie is that… Continue Reading Employee of the Year – Frenchie Randolph
Each year National Industries for the Blind coordinates a public policy forum in Washington DC providing agencies, like Wiscraft, throughout the country the opportunity to engage their legislators on topics that impact the lives, specifically employment, of individuals who are blind. As agencies like ours throughout the country are the nation’s largest employers of individuals… Continue Reading 2011 Public Policy in Washington DC
Recently, Wiscraft was the beneficiary of a generous donation provided through a bequest. A bequest is a written statement in a donor’s will directing that a specific dollar amount, or a percentage of the estate, will be transferred to Wiscraft upon the donor’s death. In fund raising bequests are the backbone of what is called,… Continue Reading Planned Giving Opportunities!
What does “blind ambition” mean? Ask.com defines ambition as a person’s desire to achieve a particular outcome. It means you will try until you can’t try anymore. Ambition is a very good trait to have! Blind ambition is when ambition prevents people from seeing what’s happening around them. Sometimes blind ambition is a great trait… Continue Reading President’s Message – Blind Ambition
Guests who tour the Wiscraft plant may be surprised by many things that they see – an individual navigating a computer via JAWS speech software and a keyboard rather than a mouse, someone who is totally blind applying stickers to a component with machine precision, or perhaps someone entering production information without leaving their workstation… Continue Reading Machine Shop has Record Month!