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[Design Indaba 2015] Reinventing the wheel and other stories
[Terry Levin] As the 20th annual Design Indaba Conference gets underway at Cape Town's CTICC, Terry Levin unpacks some of the infinitely inspiring insights presented by the world's leading global thinkers, doers and change-makers. read more>>

Introducing the outside-in customer experience

Leigh Andrews

If your idea of offering good customer experience is based on the 4-star rating you just received, you may be in for a surprise, says Qaalfa Dibeehi, Forrester Research's Customer Experience lead for the EMEA region...

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Publicis Groupe Epic Communications

PARIS, FRANCE / JOHANNESBURG-CAPE TOWN, SA: Publicis Groupe has announced today the acquisition of the South Africa-based company Epic Communications, one of SA's leading independent integrated strategic communications agencies...

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Conversations with Africa

Danette Breitenbach

There is always a risk involved when doing business in Africa, but it is not all doom and gloom or as hard as you might think...

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Biz Takeouts
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 124: A packed show about an event, a women's academy and research
On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Koo Govender and Jaco Van Zyl... read more>>
Marketing
Leveraging hyper-personalisation

Rachel Marino and Supriya Singh, Issued by TLC Marketing Worldwide

Hyper-personalisation seems to be the tool that marketers have only dreamed of for years: a tool that enables companies to collect mass amounts of individualised information about their customers... read more>>
Advertising
Tristyn von Berg joins Velocity Afrika

Issued by Velocity Afrika

Tristyn von Berg has joined the Velocity Afrika creative team. The award-winning director joins the company from Velocity Films with a body of work made up of narrative storytelling, humour and a growing portfolio of online content... read more>>
Stepping away from a Mac to #MakeChange

Issued by The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town

The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) set out to create a campaign for the 2015 Design Indaba that inspires people, but in a way that appears simple enough to make it doable... read more>>
Promise achieves Level 2 BBBEE rating

Issued by Promise Brand Specialists

Promise has invested a great deal of time and capital into the implementation of best BEE practice... read more>>
Cinema
Four Corners receives record 13 Golden Horn nominations and youngest ever SA Best Actor selection

Issued by Giant Films

The award-winning coming-of-age thriller, Four Corners, has made history by securing the youngest ever SAFTA Best Actor nomination for first-time actor, Jezzriel Skei... read more>>
Design
Southern Guild Design Foundation announces winners
Last night, 25 February 2015, the Southern Guild Design Foundation announced the winners in six areas in the categories of 'Future Growth' and 'Recognition of Excellence'... read more>>
Digital
Digital agency demand increases, but SA needs to meet international best practice
This year's inaugural IAB Digital Summit highlighted the rapid advances made by digital agencies in South Africa, but underlined that they need to conform more to international standards and industry best practices... read more>>
Time to dump passwords for good?

Martin Walshaw

It's conceivable that one day biometrics may replace passwords completely, across many different services... read more>>
Would Maslow have included Wi-Fi into his hierarchy of needs?

Carryl Harvey, Issued by Amorphous

Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology which ranks the importance of human needs and wants. My question is... surely in this day and age, Wi-Fi, as an enabler, is just as important as belonging and self-actualisation? read more>>
Digital. Different? Yes, but mostly no.

Chris Midgley, Issued by Blast Brand Catalysts

Chris Midgley, Strategist with Blast Brand Catalysts, on what is really different in the new digital age... read more>>
Exhibitions
What's on at The Wedding Expo

Issued by The Wedding Group

Fabulous wedding industry experts are expected at The Wedding Expo, taking place on 14 and 15 March, who are able to provide you with a wide range of services and products. You can even book your entire wedding at the expo!... read more>>
Magazines
Eat Out invites all food lovers to nominate their favourite restaurants

Issued by New Media

Food lovers are invited to nominate their favourite restaurants for Eat Out 500 - a list of the best restaurants in the country that will be featured in the 2016 edition of Eat Out magazine... read more>>
Media
Ipsos launches Ipsos Connect for brand communication, advertising and media services

Issued by Ipsos

As the worlds of brand communications, advertising and media become increasingly complex, fragmented and digitalised, Ipsos has made the decision to help its clients better embrace this modern complexity... read more>>
International
Mystery Apple event planned for March 9, likely on Watch
NEW YORK: Apple sent invitations on Thursday for a mystery event due to take place March 9, amid speculation about an imminent launch of its much anticipated Apple Watch... read more>>
Amazon hires former White House spokesman Carney
NEW YORK: Former White House spokesman Jay Carney has taken a new public relations job with online retail giant Amazon, the company said on Thursday. read more>>
Cannes launches Creative Effectiveness Advisory Scheme
CANNES, FRANCE: Cannes Lions is to bolster creative effectiveness with hands-on help to entrants in this year's Creative Effectiveness Lions. In association with The Effectiveness Partnership, it has introduced the Creative Effectiveness Advisory Scheme... read more>>
More International
Government news
Necsa in row over CEO's suspension
The Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa) is the latest state-owned company to be hit by internal strife as the board and Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson engage in a tug of war over the suspension of CEO Phumzile Tshelane... read more>>
Eishkom tops jobs poll
Eskom might be leaving millions of South Africans in the dark through load-shedding, but that has not deterred engineering students from wanting to work there... read more>>
More Government news
Jobs offered
Senior Account Manager - Johannesburg
Promise is seeking a highly competent and organised senior account manager. Read more >>

Digital Content Manager - Cape Town
International cloud-based knowledge firm looking for talented digital content manager to head up the categorisation and organisation of content offerings. This role is based in Cape Town. Read more >>

Publicist - Johannesburg
Experienced freelance publicist wanted immediately to work on major music awards event. Read more >>

Project/Traffic Manager - Digital and Print - Cape Town
An established digital agency is looking for a project manager to assume the role of traffic coordinator. Read more >>

New Business Development Consultant - Johannesburg
25AM is a dynamic digital engagement agency who is looking to employ an energetic and confident new business development consultant for their Bryanston office. Read more >>



New events to diarise
Magazine journalism course
SA Writer's College - 2 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 23 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 30 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 6 Apr 2015, Countrywide | 20 Apr 2015, Countrywide | 27 Apr 2015, Countrywide

Four Freebie Fridays
Shift ONE Digital - 6 Mar 2015 to 27 Mar 2015, Cape Town

#SpeakSocial - Social media marketing course
DigitLab - 11 Mar 2015, Durban

Graphic and web design workshops
Multidimensions - 12 Mar 2015 to 27 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

Wi-Fi Forum of SA - Inaugural Conference
Ellipsis Management Solutions - 12 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

IStar social media workshop
InsideMan Media - 14 Mar 2015 to 15 Mar 2015, Cape Town

Illustrator basics
Multidimensions - 20 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

IMC Durban Conference
IMC CONFERENCES - 23 Mar 2015 to 24 Mar 2015, Durban

Photoshop basics
Multidimensions - 24 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

Become a website guru in three days!
Multidimensions - 25 Mar 2015 to 27 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

Comrades #NedbankGreenMile 2015
31 May 2015, Camperdown

Upcoming events
The Business Of Creativity Youth Conference
I Create We Create - 28 Feb 2015, Johannesburg

Social media marketing course
Lumico Academy - 28 Feb 2015, Pretoria

Li Edelkoort Trend Seminar
28 Feb 2015 to 2 Mar 2015, Cape Town, Johannesburg

I Create, We Create: Business of Creativity Youth
I Create, We Create - 28 Feb 2015, Johannesburg

The business writing toolkit
SA Writer's College - 2 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 23 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 30 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 6 Apr 2015, Countrywide | 20 Apr 2015, Countrywide | 27 Apr 2015, Countrywide

Grammar for writers - English first language
SA Writer's College - 2 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 23 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 30 Mar 2015, Countrywide | 6 Apr 2015, Countrywide | 20 Apr 2015, Countrywide | 27 Apr 2015, Countrywide

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@designindaba
Kenyan animator Ng'endo Mukii,who made award-winning "Yellow Fever" short film, is up now: http://t.co/Uygntaymwe @NgendoMukii #designindaba - Fri Feb 27
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