[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Last day in NYC

[Johanna McDowell] NEW YORK: Day five, Friday, 14 October 2011, was dominated by Dentsu and IPG. Dentsu West is the agency network outside of the Far East. It has a dot in Africa - Mozambique. But otherwise it is everywhere and growing fast.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day four in NYC

[Johanna McDowell] NEW YORK: Day four, Thursday 12 October 2011, was an interesting day. First stop was Lowe & Partners, which is rejuvenating itself. Impressive work presented and enjoyed by all.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day three in NYC

[Johanna McDowell] NEW YORK: An excellent morning (Wednesday, 12 October 2011) with McCann Worldgroup. We met with the McCann group leaders, as well the individual agencies MRM, Momentum and McCann Humancare (healthcare).

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day two in NYC

[Johanna McDowell] NEW YORK: Five agencies, one workshop and an update on mobile marketing made day two, Tuesday, 11 October 2011, a hectic one this week. A Highlight was Johannes Leonardo, a conceptual agency - new style and intriguing, and the first start-up ever to be backed by the legendary Sir Martin Sorrell. I’m delighted that the one partner, Jan Jacobs, is a South African.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Arrival in NYC

[Johanna McDowell] NEW YORK: I arrived in New York City on Saturday, 8 October 2011, which has given me a chance to recover from a 16-hour flight and take in NYC before we embark on day one of the AdForm World Summit.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Whom we’re meeting in NYC next week

[Johanna McDowell] IAS will be heading off to New York City at the end of this week for a week of agency visits, the latest trends in the world of marketing communications, and meetings with other consultants from all around the globe – 14 countries represented and 34 consultants at the last count. It promises to be a packed week of stimulating discussion and news and IAS will be blogging each day’s events as they happen here on Bizcommunity.com.

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[Cannes Lions judges] My Film Lions experience

[Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Brad Reilly: I wrote this as I sat on a train reflecting on the week I’d left behind, flanked by the splendorous azure of the Riviera to my left and the rundown graffiti clad residential blocks to my right. Bisecting these stark contradictions seemed a fitting ending to a week concentrated on doing just that, separating the good from the bad, with the difference not always as clear as one would assume, particularly when based on 21 opinions. [video]

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[Cannes Lions judges] My Cannes Direct experience

[Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Xolisa Dyeshana: Where do I start? My Cannes experience was as much of an eye-opener as it was spectacular and inspiring. Being on the Direct Lions jury was a privilege I will not be forgetting anytime soon.

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[Cannes Lions judges] Where to start - the entries, the work, or the place?

[Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Janet Kinghorn: Cannes itself has not changed since I was here last in 1999. Men and women still wander up and down Le Croisette in white linen suits and fancy dresses. But the difference this time is that design is really starting to become a big player here.

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[Cannes Lions judges] Cannes through the eyes of a Media Lions judge

[Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Chris Botha: My Cannes experience so far can be broken up into two categories – life and work. Life being these beautiful experiences that we are lucky enough to experience, and work being, well, the work. The real reason we’re actually here.

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