[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day two in Paris

[Johanna McDowell] PARIS, FRANCE: From 8am until 23.30pm, 30 consultants from all over the world visited and met with six agency groups throughout day two of the 2012 AdForum Worldwide Summit in Paris.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day one in Paris

[Johanna McDowell] PARIS, FRANCE: Day one of the AdForum Worldwide Summit in Paris, 18-20 April, started midday with a presentation at Ogilvy Paris and lunch. The focus for this first day has been luxury brands and those agencies which specialise in understanding those luxury brands. With Paris being the home of luxury, it all made total sense.

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[PR Russia Forum] Day two

[Johanna McDowell] MOSCOW, RUSSA: Day two of the IV PRRussia Forum started with a presentation from PR Society of America veteran Gerard Corbett. His topic was around evaluating PR people – either in corporate or agency environments.

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[PR Russia Forum] Day one

[Johanna McDowell] MOSCOW, RUSSIA: The Russian public relations industry has really only become established in the past 20 years; prior to that, it was politically impossible. As a result, it is still exploring many PR avenues that other countries passed through a while ago – including South Africa.

[13 Apr 2012 09:52]

[PR Russia Forum] A brief overview

[Johanna McDowell] MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Invited here to the IV PRRussia Forum in my official capacity as president of IPRA 2012, the topic being debated over two days is all about measurement of PR

[12 Apr 2012 12:43]

[SxSW 2012] Part VIII: Gallery of snaps

[trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Karin Botta: At SxSW, your senses are taken over at every corner; there is always a party, a food truck, an activation, or just people dressing up. Despite total sensory overload, I managed to remember to take a few photos during the event.

[20 Mar 2012 16:37]

[SxSW 2012] Part III: The agency as product creator

[trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Uno de Waal: A key theme threading through SxSW this year is the idea that an agency (marketing, advertising, communications etc) should function in very similar ways to a start-up. This is primarily running through the start-up track led by the 500Startups crew, under guidance of Eric Ries and Dave McClure, but other talks have also peppered the packed schedule.

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[SxSW 2012] Part III: The agency as product creator

[trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Uno de Waal: A key theme threading through SxSW this year is the idea that an agency (marketing, advertising, communications etc) should function in very similar ways to a start-up. This is primarily running through the start-up track led by the 500Startups crew, under guidance of Eric Ries and Dave McClure, but other talks have also peppered the packed schedule.

Comments [1] [12 Mar 2012 11:27]

[SxSW 2012] Part II: Shrink it and pink it

[trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Karin Botta: Although SXSW is a tech conference, one of the things that resonated quite strongly with me is a talk I attended on Saturday morning, 10 March 2012, called ‘Designing Experiences for Women’, where the speakers discussed the stereotypes that marketers often fall into using when communicating to groups of people, specifically women.

[12 Mar 2012 11:09]

[SxSW 2012] Part II: Shrink it and pink it

[trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Karin Botta: Although SXSW is a tech conference, one of the things that resonated quite strongly with me is a talk I attended on Saturday morning, 10 March 2012, called ‘Designing Experiences for Women’, where the speakers discussed the stereotypes that marketers often fall into using when communicating to groups of people, specifically women.

[12 Mar 2012 11:09]