When it comes to conference names "Polygamous Weddings" is certainly one of the more creative entires I've seen. Ever. But I'm not surprised in the least. Great things comes from New Orleans. The October 26th event, put on by Trumpet and The New York Times, has a blog with more details. Could it be otherwise? One of the things it says there is that registration fees for this one day affair go up on Sunday. And that …
Real Life Mad Men Taken To Task By Good Doctor
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Juliette Lewis ROX PDX
Do you ever wonder how agencies like Wieden + Kennedy keep their edge razor sharp? Easy. They invite fringe characters like Juliette and the Licks to their Atrium for lunchtime antics. …
Organic Spreads Its Wealth
Catharine P. Taylor weighs in on Organic's new strategic consulting practice, a unit that boldly intends to partner with agencies outside the Omnicom network. There are probably agencies out there who see this new unit as so much dot-com hubris, but what I've always enjoyed about interactive shops is their disdain for the ad industry's tried-and-true practices. As some of you know, I spent 2000 as the head of …
Grey Goes Green
Ad agencies, like most offices, are pretty wasteful places. Ad Age reports that Grey is trying to combat it. The agency has created a website where New York agencies can blog about their internal efforts to stem carbon emissions, and is trying to drive traffic to the site with a full-page ad in the official guide for Advertising Week, which will be held later this month, directing people to the site with a call to …
Dumb
Reuters is reporting that retail behemoth Wal-Mart is opting for a new slogan. Bland "Save Money. Live Better," replaces the trusty "Always low prices." It's the first new tagline for the company in 19 years. …
Officer of the Law Gets Salty with McWorker
When an organization has thousands or tens of thousands workers on the customer service front line, it's nearly impossible to maintain brand standards. According to AP, a McDonald's employee in Union City, GA failed to maintain brand standards and as a result found herself in jail. Kendra Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the …
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Kanye’s Got ED’s Back
I thought ED in '08 was short for Edwards, but no. It's short for Education. Marc Lampkin, executive director of ED in '08 said, "Together, we are urging the presidential candidates to put forward a plan to improve America's schools because in every community in America, too many children are leaving school without the skills to be ready to succeed in college, career and life." Every year 1.2 million American …