Solving mysteries at 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
May 31, 2011 Leave a comment
When was the last time you learned something new? Not some obscure fact, or about a new startup, or the name of the new girl in accounting, but a new skill. While I (and I assume others) like to believe that I am always learning, always improving my skills, constantly gaining new insight, the truth is, I haven’t set out to learn something new in far too long. Until this weekend.
May 5, 2011 1 Comment
I know that I promised you my presentation from the PSFK conference but it hasn’t been shown to my department yet, so you have to wait. But I do want to share the videos of my two THREE favorite sessions of the day.
The first is Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb.com. His story of creativity, ingenuity and determination (to not become homeless) is truly inspiring.
The second is from Aaron Dignan, founding partner at Undercurrent. His presentation, entitled “Why the future of work is play” is a great breakdown of the future of how we learn and improve our skills, as well as a critique of other so-called “games.”
The third was just released the other day, hence the update. Justin Gignac, a recovering art director, entrepreneur, innovator and all around awesome guy talks about his creative process and includes great advice like “Don’t be an asshole.”
I’ll share my takeaways from the conference soon, I promise.
April 6, 2011 2 Comments
This Friday I’ll be at the 2011 PSFK conference in NYC. As you may recall, I love conferences. But this one has especially won me over. Aside from the amazing line-up of speakers and topics, check out the agenda below:
FINAL AGENDA
Do you see what I see? Almost every presentation is only 30 minutes long. Perfect for my ADD and also ensuring that I maximize my information intake. I only wish that Mitch Polatin could be there to experience it with me.
I’ll create a presentation on all the awesomeness of the conference and post it here sometime in the next week.
March 30, 2011 17 Comments
I’ve officially been a planner for a relatively short time, but I’ve been planning and influencing planning for a bit longer. I joined Digitas with the goal of being a planner and had to work my over from account management (or “Marketing” as we call it here). We have a small (but awesome) department, mostly made up of people with a lot more experience than me. We have, or have had, people who worked at big agencies, small agencies, been through planner boot camp at Miami Ad School or come from totally different worlds entirely.
But regardless of where we came from, we always get the question “How can I become a planner?”
October 12, 2010 2 Comments
Over the last few weeks Gareth Kay, the Director of Brand Strategy at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners and strategy/planning rock star, has been posting his “10 Little Tips” to help advertising (and advertisers) get their mojo back.
Here they are, all in one place (along with my Twitterized versions of them):
Words to live by. Thanks Gareth!
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