[AdForum Worldwide Summit] A collection of pitch consultants

[Darren Woolley] The AdForum CEO Summit kicked off last night, Sunday, 3 October 2010, with 26 pitch consultants from all around the world gathering for a cocktail party at the Cooper Square Hotel in New York City. In the room were consultants from Egypt, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, Denmark, France, Spain, UK and, of course, the USA.

[04 Oct 2010 09:43]

[Adforum Worldwide Summit] The message is clear: creativity and ideas lead

[Darren Woolley] Day two of the Adforum CEO Summit, Monday 4 October 2010, opened with heavy grey skies over Manhattan for our first day of agency meetings. Up early and on to the bus, the mood and expectations were high as we headed up and across town to Ogilvy, where the message was clear and reinforced in following meetings at Droga5 and Grey Global Group.

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[Adforum Worldwide Summit] A day of contrasts

[Darren Woolley] Day three of the Adforum CEO Summit in NYC was a day of contrasts, with further evidence that digital is now mass media according to the team at Y&R; Publicis proving that the promises of change are now delivered; Sapient Nitro mastering the relationship between people and technology and the effect technology has on people; CHI&Partners providing three agency models for delivering their client’s evolving needs; and Euro RSCG asking the pitch consultants “Who wants to be a Euro Millionaire”.

[06 Oct 2010 12:30]

[Adforum Worldwide Summit] Value and costs

[Darren Woolley] Day five of the Adforum CEO Summit in NYC started taking about value and ended talking about costs. It demonstrates the huge gap that still exists between procurement, marketers and agencies, if not on an intellectual level, certainly an emotional one.

Comments [1] [08 Oct 2010 08:58]

[Adforum Worldwide Summit] Insight into the future

[Darren Woolley] Day six of the Adforum CEO Summit in NYC was an insight into the future today. Meetings with industry-leading digital agencies Huge, R/GA and Digitas reminded us of the pace of change.

Comments [3] [11 Oct 2010 12:28]