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#SAFilmReel January 2017: Liam Wielopolski runs with Adidas' Original is never finished
#SAFilmReel January 2017: Liam Wielopolski runs with Adidas' Original is never finished

IDidTht's January SA Film Reel was judged by Liam Wielopolski, chief creative officer at DDB South Africa, who awarded the best in film craft by Production Companies, and specifically the Best of Reel for Direction Craft to Terence Neale at Egg Films for Adidas Originals' Original is never finished... Read

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[Orchids & Onions]: Here's a Big Bang Theory: Use just one credit card…

Brendan Seery

Without wanting to sound sexist, have you noticed that women will watch movies over and over… and over again! And, woe betide the mere male who tries to wrest the remote control from She Who Will Watch Notting Hill For The 17th Time… Read

Conn Bertish. © – Knut Otto
Trackhacking: Redesigning the sound of cancer treatment

Leigh Andrews

With World Cancer Day having just been marked on 4 February, the dreaded ‘C' word is top of mind. Here's how Cancer Dojo has partnered with the Berklee College of Music and employed design thinking to turn the scary noises of MRI machines into uplifting music... Read

Advertising
Giving a voice to two billion people to save their habitat
Giving a voice to two billion people to save their habitat

Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with M&C Saatchi Abel, has launched an emotive video shot in the heart of Africa to draw attention to the plight of the world's disappearing dryland forests and the two billion people who depend on them... read
Havas Johannesburg and Universal Music Sub-Saharan Africa pay tribute to musical legend
Havas Johannesburg and Universal Music Sub-Saharan Africa pay tribute to musical legend

Issued by Havas Worldwide

Havas Johannesburg and Universal Music Sub-Saharan Africa have created a moving tribute to South African jazz legend Thandi Klaasen, who passed away earlier this month... read
Adstream acquires Dubsats' Adsend
Adstream acquires Dubsats' Adsend

Issued by Media Host

Adstream has announced that Dubsats' print media delivery service, Adsend, will now be part of the Adstream product suite... read
London beauty salon receives praise for SA visual identity design
London beauty salon receives praise for SA visual identity design
South African Bridget O'Keeffe, makeup artist, beauty blogger and entrepreneur, founded the salon Blush+Blow in London last year and commissioned South African advertising agency Creative Zoo Advertising (CZA) to design the brand and visual identity. read
Gajus © –
What's your number?

Chris Brewer

I once heard a marketing consultant advise a moaning supermarket owner, who felt he just had to cut costs dramatically. He said: “Turn your lights off – that will reduce your overheads by a massive percentage. Of course, you'll have no customers, but that's the (very) short-term solution...” read
Grey Africa's Fran Luckin is the first South African female jury president at Cannes Lions 2017
Grey Africa's Fran Luckin is the first South African female jury president at Cannes Lions 2017

Issued by Grey

Fran Luckin, Chief Creative Officer of Grey Advertising Africa, has been named President of the Print and Publishing Jury at 2017's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity... read

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Being tenacious in improving both yourself and your environment, and using your decisive productivity to create motion and momentum in others, is something you don't necessarily need to be in the office all day, every day, to achieve. read more


CRM
Starbucks teams up with DSG on Starbucks Rewards
Starbucks teams up with DSG on Starbucks Rewards
To drive its rewards programme in South Africa, Starbucks has partnered with Digital Solutions Group (DSG) to develop and implement its Single Customer View (SCV) strategy... read
Digital
AccuWeather partners with Spotify to provide playlists based on the weather
AccuWeather partners with Spotify to provide playlists based on the weather
Climatune was created by AccuWeather and Spotify to provide insights into how the weather around you affects the music you listen to everyday, providing the relative musical score for any weather, come rain or shine... read

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Direct Marketing
AutoReach announces their Easter 2017 in-car activation packages
AutoReach announces their Easter 2017 in-car activation packages

Issued by AutoReach

On 31 March thousands of road-travellers will be leaving Gauteng on different routes heading towards their favourite holiday destinations. Did you know Easter is the second-biggest consumer spend period and time for the first school term break of the year?... read
Events & Conferencing
Business Day TV SME Summit highlights smart strategies for ROI
Business Day TV SME Summit highlights smart strategies for ROI
The experts presenting at the inaugural Business Day TV SME Summit, being held on 8 March 2017 at the Maslow Hotel Sandton, will offer the SME sector practical insight into adopting smart strategies that show a measurable return on investment. read
Media
AMASA Joburg February Forum – How Donald Trump won the US election
AMASA Joburg February Forum – How Donald Trump won the US election

Issued by AMASA

It has just been over two weeks since President Donald Trump took office after winning the US election in November 2016. The world is still trying to come to terms with how he won the US election... read
Production
Lucky Bean elevates Chivas Regal The Venture
Lucky Bean elevates Chivas Regal The Venture

Issued by Lucky Bean

Content specialists Lucky Bean recently had a chance to live up to their mantra ‘Content made to mean something' when they became Native VML and Chivas Regal SA's preferred production partner on The Venture Elevator Pitch... read
Research
Consumer research on new economic behaviours
Consumer research on new economic behaviours

Issued by Foshizi

Research conducted by Foshizi, which focused on the effects of the economic downturn on households and individuals, has uncovered that this has driven significant changes in the perception of debt, savings and credit... read
Training in understanding focus groups' value in research
Training in understanding focus groups' value in research
In understanding political and economic trends, focus groups are one tool that can be used to gauge sentiment in the public sphere and learn more about how cultural and political norms are changing... read
TV
Come Dine With Me South Africa launches on SABC 3
Come Dine With Me South Africa launches on SABC 3
The series, Come Dine With Me South Africa, initially broadcast on BBC Lifestyle for three seasons, will launch on SABC 3 in July this year and run for 13 weeks... read
International
Zahraa Saifullah, editor and publisher of Grazia magazine's Pakistan edition, speaks at a press conference in Karachi on February 6, 2017 ()
Fashion magazine giant Grazia to launch in Pakistan
KARACHI - Italy's glossy style magazine Grazia will launch in Pakistan, publishers said on Monday, as the deeply conservative Muslim country's growing fashion industry seeks a place on the world stage... read
Google-owned YouTube has supported live streaming of video through computers for about six years, even broadcasting US presidential debates online ()
YouTube adds mobile video streaming for top talent
SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Tuesday began letting popular online video personalities broadcast on the go using mobile devices, ramping up a challenge to Facebook and Twitter in the live-streaming arena... read
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Business
#MiningIndaba: Bristow pulls no punches on mining's short-sightedness
#MiningIndaba: Bristow pulls no punches on mining's short-sightedness

Nicci Botha

Mining companies and government are equally responsible in their failure to weather the unpredictability of the industry... read
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Jobs offered
Office Manager - Bookkeeper/Accountant - Johannesburg
Litha Communications, a through the line agency based in Parktown, serving international, government and corporate clients, has a vacancy for an experienced office manager/bookkeeper to join its vibrant team. Read more >>


Senior Writer/Project Editor - Johannesburg
ITWeb's custom publishing department is hiring a senior writer/editor to manager media projects across multiple platforms for discerning clients and audiences in the ICT and financial services sectors. Read more >>


New events to diarise
Essentials of digital media management
Rhodes University - 13 Feb 2017 to 17 Feb 2017, Johannesburg


Lightroom for photographers
Orms Cape Town School of Photography - 20 Feb 2017, Cape Town


Digital branding and reputation management
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 22 Mar 2017 to 24 Mar 2017, Johannesburg


Effective media release writing
PRISA - 1 Jun 2017, Randburg, Johannesburg


Principles of layout and design
PRISA - 26 Oct 2017 to 27 Oct 2017, Randburg, Johannesburg


Upcoming events
InDesign Pro Skills
Multidimensions - 9 Feb 2017, Cape Town


Adobe Creative Cloud
Multidimensions - 10 Feb 2017, Cape Town


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