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Westman says, "We are not here just to pay the bills!" #LeadInspireEmpower
#BehindtheSelfie with... Adrienne Westman
[Leigh Andrews] This #BrandManagerMonth, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Adrienne Westman, who has decided to move away from her registered Top Alliance company and rather focus on her personal brand... read
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AdForum rates Nederburg TVC in top five globally

AdForum's selection panel, including its creative teams in the US and France, has featured Nederburg's global TVC as one of its top five alcohol advertisements globally... Read

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The African era of communications

Jessica Tennant

The Holmes Report's 2017 In2 Innovation Summit took place at The Maslow in Sandton on 29 March. Opening the event, Tim Sutton, chairman, EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Weber Shandwick, facilitated a panel discussion on ‘The African Era'... Read

Emevil © –
Through the looking glass: Consumers on Instagram

Izzy Pugh

The first digital photograph dates back to 1957. Today, more pictures are taken every two minutes than throughout the whole of the 1800s. And the vast majority of those are by people recording their lives and experiences, not brands or organisations. Read

IAB Digital Summit & Bookmarks
The Saatchi Synergize paid search team on stage at the Bookmarks 2017.
#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize

Leigh Andrews

Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize paid media director Adam Mitchell... read
Kirsten van Rooyen and Nicola Kuschke of 25AM at The Bookmarks 2017.
#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... 25AM

Leigh Andrews

Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from 25AM's MD, Bianca Diavastos... read
Advertising
Hollard ad campaign combines quirk and colour to highlight key social initiatives
Hollard ad campaign combines quirk and colour to highlight key social initiatives

Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel

South African insurance company Hollard's latest campaign, Enabling Better Futures, is poised to delight audiences with an optimistic and brightly packaged message... read
Scottish Leader teams up with Dennis Chuene in #NewPerspective video
Scottish Leader teams up with Dennis Chuene in #NewPerspective video
Scottish Leader recently joined forces with South African designer, Dennis Chuene to produce a video that demonstrates what the popular blended Scotch whisky... read
Branding
LexisNexis uncovers its value proposition with Boomtown
LexisNexis uncovers its value proposition with Boomtown

Issued by Boomtown

Boomtown has been briefed by LexisNexis South Africa to develop a unified brand value proposition and to develop a strategic plan to take it to market... read
Digital
Information technology - SA's most wanted skill set
Information technology - SA's most wanted skill set

Issued by CareerJunction

The IT industry seems to have become quite the labour market gem with a strong demand for skills and only a handful of candidates that meet the requirements... read
Mirum named a Visionary in Gartner's 2017 Magic Quadrant for Global Digital Marketing Agencies report
Mirum named a Visionary in Gartner's 2017 Magic Quadrant for Global Digital Marketing Agencies report

Issued by Quirk

Mirum has been named a Visionary in Gartner's annual report providing insight into digital agencies for the second consecutive year... read
Entrepreneurship
Gauteng Township Entrepreneurship Awards has 30 nominees
Why BEE deals fail and is there a better way?
Why BEE deals fail and is there a better way?

Brian Rainier, Issued by Pula Capital Partners

The graveyard of BEE deals is huge and this is sad. Based on an examination of many of these deals over the past 15 years or so, I think the reasons are fairly simple as to why many of them have failed... read
Exhibitions
A fool and his knowledge are soon parted
A fool and his knowledge are soon parted

Nick Sarnadas, Issued by Madex

People (general statement alert) will believe just about anything, especially if it is in writing. It's got to be true if it's on a news site, right? And the more salacious it is or the more it speaks to a person's emotions (generally politics and crime) the higher the shares... read
Media
Suzanne Venter
Suzanne Venter of Rapport wins Taco Kuiper Award for Life Esidimeni story
Suzanne Venter's expose in Rapport of how more than 94 mentally ill patients died after being moved to unregistered facilities has won the 12th Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism... read
Production
Curtis joins Picture Tree
Curtis joins Picture Tree

Issued by Picture Tree

Curtis Gallon, one of SA's top photographers in the tabletop and food category, has huge amounts of patience and a passion for the detail required in directing food and other things that don't really move by themselves... read
Howard Audio - A way with original music
Howard Audio - A way with original music

Issued by Howard Audio

Saatchi & Saatchi commissioned Howard Audio to compose an original music track for Samsung's new TVC, “A Way of Life”... read
Social Media
Toyota launches social media live-streaming campaign
Toyota launches social media live-streaming campaign

Issued by FCB Africa

If you want to connect with millennials, then you've got to speak their language... and that language is music... read
TV
Driving in Heels airs on SABC 3, this April
Isidingo gets new title sequence as SABC3 rebrands
CNN rankings improve in first quarter of 2017
Youth Marketing
15 ways to know it's time to move out and ‘adult'
15 ways to know it's time to move out and ‘adult'

Issued by HDI Youth Marketeers

HDI Youth Marketeers asked their Junior Board of Directors and staff about when they knew it was time to move out. According to them, here are the top 15 triggers that signify that the time has come... read
International
Brian Jackson © –
Bertelsmann bets on digital media, global expansion
German media and publishing group Bertelsmann has presented ambitious objectives for 2020, as its bets on digital and international expansion paid off with a second one-billion-euro annual profit in 2016... read
Samsung eyes rebound with Galaxy S8 phones, virtual assistant
Samsung eyes rebound with Galaxy S8 phones, virtual assistant
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy S8 smartphones, incorporating the virtual assistant Bixby, as it seeks to rebound from a chaotic handset recall... read
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Business
Fuel down, rand risk looms
Fuel down, rand risk looms
Commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the AA has said that fuel prices for April will be lower than in March... read
Booming financial sector needs African solutions
Booming financial sector needs African solutions

Chris Ogden

A decade ago, Africa's financial services landscape was virtually dormant. But the rise of the middle class has generated staggering growth in the sector... read
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Digital media and public relations workshop
Communications: Diversity Consultancy - 3 Apr 2017 to 7 Apr 2017, Johannesburg


Grammar skills for beginners
SA Writers College - 4 Apr 2017, Countrywide | 25 Apr 2017, Countrywide | 2 May 2017, Countrywide | 30 May 2017, Countrywide | 6 Jun 2017, Countrywide | 27 Jun 2017, Countrywide | 4 Jul 2017, Countrywide | 25 Jul 2017, Countrywide | 1 Aug 2017, Countrywide | 29 Aug 2017, Countrywide


Desktop publishing and design/website design course
Vega School - 24 Apr 2017 to 3 Aug 2017, Pretoria


InDesign Pro Skills
Multidimensions - 15 Jun 2017, Cape Town


Adobe Creative Cloud workshop
Multidimensions - 12 Jul 2017, Johannesburg


Upcoming events
Leaders for a future world - 31 Mar 2017, Johannesburg
Henley Business School in conjunction with the African Sustainability Summit invites you join us for breakfast and a panel discussion, featuring Stafford Masie, Joseph Gerassi and John Vlismas. Read more >>

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