The One Club Creative Boot Camp

NEW YORK, US: The One Club hosted its Creative Boot Camp at Macaulay Honors College in Manhattan for the second year in a row. The four-day workshop from 24-27 January was led by creative directors and designers from around the United States. 3 Feb 2011 08:57

PwC comments on AGR winter survey

LONDON, UK: Richard Irwin, head of student recruitment, PwC, comments on the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) winter survey showing an increase in job opportunities, but stagnation in salary levels. 28 Jan 2011 09:16

FIPP Research Forum date change

PARIS, FRANCE: Due to a necessary date change the annual FIPP Research Forum and Awards will now take place in France on 14-15 April 2011 at the Prisma Presse offices in Paris. 28 Jan 2011 07:57

Deloitte launches Centre for Collective Leadership

NEW YORK, US: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ("Deloitte") has launched of its Deloitte Centre for Collective Leadership ("the Centre"), a global research and learning centre that aims to understand, define, and advance knowledge in the field of collective leadership. Effective immediately, Stephen Langton will be executive director of the centre and is based in London. 27 Jan 2011 10:54

Register now for FIPP Research Forum and Awards

PARIS, FRANCE: The annual FIPP Research Forum and Awards will take place in France on 7-8 April 2011 at the Prisma Presse offices in Paris. The Research Forum will incorporate a high proportion of discussion time to maximise the opportunities for interaction, exchange of ideas and learning. 24 Jan 2011 11:01

WAN-IFRA adds training sessions to sports news conference

PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has added two training sessions to its conference on "Making Sports News the Mainspring of Growth", to be held in Paris in the first week of February. 24 Jan 2011 10:14

Eurobest launches Student Academy in partnership with Draftfcb

HAMBURG, GERMANY: The organisers of Eurobest 2010, one of Europe's largest creative advertising and communications festivals and premier awards honouring and celebrating European creative excellence, has announced the launch of The Eurobest Academy, in partnership with Draftfcb. 30 Nov 2010 08:51

Building business: contribution or contamination?

[Linda Hamman] It's reassuring to think that leaders are born. Frankly, I don't buy that. Oh, there may be some exceptions, mostly in history, but good business leaders do not feature among them. 29 Nov 2010 11:35

The One Club launches development dept

NEW YORK, US: The One Club has announced the formation of a development program to partner agencies, products and services with awards shows and educational programs in the advertising, design and interactive industries. 17 Nov 2010 08:44

Unilever to halve CO2 impact

Unilever has announced plans to halve the environmental footprint of its products by 2020, to help 1 billion people improve their health and well-being and to source all of its agricultural raw materials sustainably. 16 Nov 2010 13:17

CNN launches The Boss

ATLANTA, US: CNN International is launching a new weekly series called The Boss. It will air across CNN International's business shows, including the flagship business program Quest Means Business, presented by Richard Quest at 2000 CET on Tuesdays. 15 Nov 2010 10:53

Shakira scoops MTV award

MADRID, SPAIN: Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira been awarded the MTV 'Free Your Mind' award at the MTV European Music Awards in Madrid for her involvement with the Official Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup '20 Centres for 2010', 1 GOAL and Education for All. 9 Nov 2010 08:31

PRs propose "boot camps" for clients

CANCÚN, MEXICO: With more than 500 million people on Facebook and an estimated 18 million on Twitter it's clear that social media cannot be ignored. Hence, a major conference of public relations professionals in Cancún, Mexico this month will focus on how PROs can make use of social media for the benefit of their clients. Agencies are going as far to set up "boot camps" for clients to introduce them to the benefits of social media campaigns. 4 Nov 2010 09:52