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Top company and news stories 27 August 2018K-word user: social media pariah, may escape prosecution
Andy Walker of Memeburn adds #AdamCatzavelos challenge is a meme
I interview Pepe Marais on his Growing Greatness book launch
Jessica Tennant interviews #Loeries2018 Grand Prix winners: M&C Saatchi Abel on Nando's '#rightmyname'; and
King James Group on 2-Minute Shower Songs
An advertising code of conduct for social media is being drafted
Media Inflation Watch 2018 Jan-Mar data is released
Our August #WomensMonth coverage continues:
Keshia Patchiappen shares a history of women in advertising
I report back on the inclusive, unstoppable power of SheSays
In #FairnessFirst, find out why the Future Females celebrate failure
Tennant chats to latest #Newsmaker, FCB Durban MD Clive McMurray
In #StartupStory, Juanita Pienaar explains why Sum of 21 addresses transformation, skills development
Pienaar also shares key outtakes from #TheGathering on the business of the media
Mike Saunders explains social media strategies beyond content plans
Tom Jackson reports on Africa transitioning towards the on-demand, gig economy
Keenan Bouwer says agencies and brands are battling for the market
Bogosi Motshegwa shares a conversation about the role of strategists in ad agencies
I also went #BehindtheSelfie with Trish Taylor, CEO for Primedia Broadcasting Western Cape
Leigh Andrews
Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SAComment online in our Ed's Column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | |  | Today's top stories |
| Social media exploded this week when a video of Johannesburg businessman, Adam Catzavelos, using the 'K-word' on a beach in Greece went viral...read |
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Leigh Andrews Speakers at Future Females' August 2018 monthly event all spoke on 'how to fail successfully' and why entrepreneurs benefit when embracing things not going quite to plan...read | 
Leigh Andrews Pepe Marais is already a creative inspiration to many, so his recently published book, Growing Greatness, is sure to be well-received...read | 
Tom Jackson The African continent is gradually transitioning towards the gig economy, as early-stage entrepreneurs and funders increasingly favour on-demand services...read |
| | |  | Nicci Botha Shirley Zinn's is a Cinderella story. A tale of a tenacious woman, who rose above the poverty of the Cape Flats to ivy-league lecture halls and the boardrooms of some of South Africa's biggest enterprises... read | |  | Jainita Khatri National Women's Day in August gives us the opportunity to celebrate strong and worthy women. In this article, Jainita Khatri looks at outstanding women from diverse backgrounds that share characteristics which make them inspiring leaders. read | |  | Keshia Patchiappen In a highly transformative and evolving industry, the South African advertising landscape is not as representative as one would expect from such a progressive and diverse nation... read | |  | The House of Rémy Martin has launched a competition that culminates in Cognac, France where some of the world's best bartenders go head to head for the title of Best Bartender at the Rémy Martin Bartender Talent Academy... read | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg As the head of consumer experiences at Pernod Ricard South Africa, Elizabeth Lee Ming's role involves optimising customer-centricity across some of the leading brands in the premium spirits category... read | |
| | |  | Juanita Pienaar Dong-Ping Wong, founder and director of Food, a design firm based in New York, has been announced as one of the speakers at the 2019 Design Indaba... read | |
| | |  | Issued By Jenny Griesel Communications Genetic testing company Geneway has launched a series of clever television advertisements which will soon launch on television and online... read | | |  | Issued By Yreeka You know when you just want simplicity for your business, one solution to manage all your sales, ongoing work, schedule and employees. Well, Yreeka has built an integrated solution, to break down silos and enable efficiency... read | | |  | Issued By Worx Group Remember, people need (and deserve) to be heard. If it's clear to an attendee that you've heard them and taken their negative event feedback seriously, they're much less likely to kick up a bigger fuss... read | | |  | Issued By HOMEMAKERS The annual Cape Town HOMEMAKERS Expo, on from 30 August to 2 September at the CTICC, is the Western Cape's most trusted exhibition for everything décor, design, lifestyle and DIY - for real homes... read | | |  | Sam Swaine My PR journey began bang-on 20-years ago, I'm unsure if the scales tip at 'experienced' or 'plain old'... read | | |  | Issued By Howard Audio Howard Audio composed the original music for the Allan Gray campaign, "Father's Share", which picked up numerous Loeries, including a Silver Film Loerie... read | |  | Issued By M&C Saatchi Abel Spearheaded by the Nando's #rightmyname campaign, M&C Saatchi Abel brought home 14 new birds across a spread of blue-chip clients... read | | | |  | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster Tender fraud and corruption are probably endemic throughout the world but a case has recently been unearthed in Malta that is so diabolically clever, so deviously contrived that it makes the various SAA, SABC, SANRAL and other cadre-deployment shenanigans seem blunt and clunky in comparison... read | | | |  | Adriana Marais Life as we know it requires water to survive... read | | | | Ella Woodward "When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day." |
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