[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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[Cannes Lions judges] Getting excited

[Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Here are some video blogs (vlogs) from four of the South African creatives judging Cannes Lions this year, ahead of their trip to Cannes, Frances, for the 58th Annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Comments [1] [22 Jun 2011 13:39]

Two hundred, young, bright minds in one place

[Abey Mokgwatsane] I was at the Mail & Guardian Top 200 South Africans launch last week. I was there because I was fortunate enough to make the list in this year’s business category. This, however, is not about me; it’s about the incredible people I met that day. I mean, what else could I ask for? Two hundred, young, bright minds in one place.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day two in London

[Johanna McDowell] LONDON: Thursday, 14 April 2011, was a mixed day of traditional, digital and social media agencies, plus some in-depth discussion on the role of consultants/intermediaries, code of conduct etc. Six pitching principles have been established and agreed in the UK by the various key organisations and these will be adopted across most markets it is expected.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Day one in London

[Johanna McDowell] LONDON: Yesterday, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 saw R/GA update us all through its special seven hours of digital integration, where we learned about what has happened in the last 15 or so years as analogue has transformed into the new digital age.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Seven hours of digital rebooting

[Johanna McDowell] LONDON: RG/A – probably the world’s leading digitally integrated agency – is taking on the mammoth task of rebooting 30 intermediaries/pitch consultants on Wednesday, 13 April 2011, as it kicks off the 2011 AdForum Summit in London.

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[AdForum Worldwide Summit] It’s AdForum time again, this time in London

[Johanna McDowell] The AdForum Worldwide Summit takes place in London next week, 13-15 April 2011, and once again, I’ll be there, blogging here on Bizcommunity.com and tweeting as @jomcdowell. Here’s an update on the programme for next week.

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The f-word in marketing

[Terry Levin] Thanks to the Habari Media Facebook Connects event held in Cape Town [on U2 Friday, 18 February 2011], those who attended should now theoretically know everything there is to know about writing a Facebook strategy!

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The ADHD generation

[Marion Scher] How can anyone today be expected to write when they don’t read – well, not proper reading? Have a look at anyone in your office aged 40 or younger – the 20s set in particular. What are they doing with every spare second?

Comments [7] [03 Feb 2011 11:41]