With three times as many entries than the 2009 edition, the esteemed judges of the 2010 TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards had a pretty tough job ahead of them deciding on the finalists. But after plenty of discussion, dissection and deliberation, the judging has come to an end and NZ Marketing magazine and the New Zealand Marketing Association (NZMA) can announce this year’s leading contenders. Read more »
Elvis is back in the building. And since some of the ad folk have apparently been hassling CAANZ since March about what’s going down this year, consider this your first official notice to get practicing, because the finalists for the always hotly contested Battle of the Ad Bands will go on stage at The King’s Arms on 19 August. Read more »
Setting up and maintaining a server for your business can be a costly and time consuming affair—not so with Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server. From email to shared calendars and contacts, or file-sharing to online collaboration, Apple’s Snow Leopard Server can deliver immediate tangible benefits with no fuss. Come and see why it’s purr-fect for the job at 4pm, Thursday 24 June at the Stardome Observatory. And you could also take home an iPod touch just for coming along. Read more »
Mike Mizrahi, one half of the world-class, New Zealand-based event and production company, Inside Out Productions, will be the inaugural guest speaker at the CAANZ Marcomms Leadership Group event at Orams Marine on 27 May. And Claudia Macdonald, the group’s chair and managing director of Mango Communications says tickets are selling fast, in the style of hotcakes. Read more »
Tickets to New Zealand’s premier design event, Semi-Permanent, go on sale from 24 May with a limited number of earlybird and deluxe VIP places up for grabs. And all will be relieved to know that passes include the legendary Semi-Permanent goodie bag and access to the after-party. Read more »
If the increased numbers of entries for the 2010 Magazine Awards are anything to go by, the fog appears to be lifting and local magazine publishers are keen to back themselves in an increasingly confident publishing environment. Read more »
APN Outdoor has instituted a new networking programme for its clients and business partners called ‘Friends in High Places’, with the new initiative set to butter up 250 of its clients and business partners with an invite-only show featuring Kiwi singer/songwriter/denim jacket-wearing dreamboat Dane Rumble and rising musical stars Artisan Guns, AutoZamm and Lisa Crawley. Read more »
Want to know how to harness the raw power of online advertising? Well then, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Association of New Zealand Advertisers’ event ‘Outfox, Outsmart and Outgrow Your Competition’ should be right down your e-alley. And there are only 20 tickets left for next week’s event. Read more »
Heyho! The TVNV-NZ Marketing awards are all go, for 2010. And somehow that rhymes. Now in their 19th year, the 2010 TVNZ–NZ Marketing Awards celebrate proven excellence in New Zealand marketing. The awards are run as a joint venture between NZ Marketing magazine and the New Zealand Marketing Association (NZMA). And there’s some exciting news, too. Read more »
The next round of New Zealand Post Targeted Communications’ hugely popular (and free) direct marketing workshops is upon us and marketers are urged to book their places as soon as possible to avoid a lifetime of bitter regret, low self esteem and other forms of emotional damage. Read more »
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Who’s it for: Campaign for Action on Family Violence by DraftFCB
Why we like it: DraftFCB has been staking a serious claim for the title of social change specialists in recent times (and in very recent times it has apparently started production on what has been called the mother of all shoots for its first National Bank TVC). And the two new spots for the Campaign for Action on Family Violence, which liken friends and family who don’t speak up about family violence to cardboard cut-outs, affirms that position. It’s a powerful spot for the ‘It’s Not Okay’ campaign and, as with its hugely successful depression work with John Kirwan, it’s about bringing issues that are normally hidden out into the open.
Lionel Richie remixes himself for (and possibly sells his soul to) Walkers crisps.
Jack Black pans Orange in a spoof Gulliver’s Travels trailer for Orange.
Bud Light’s take on the consequences of the swear jar.
Arcade Fire, Chris Milk and Google’s amazing interactive music video experiment (well worth downloading Chrome to experience it properly); get some business inspiration with this start-up idea generator; the perfect father’s day gift; the Chinese approach to public transport and the memory of Diana; 25-year-old forex wunderkind John Key profiled on Close-Up back in 1987; and one for the ‘pedantophiles’, a blog that details the use of unnecessary quotation marks.
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