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Category: POV

Have slick talkers turned Adland into their bitch?
  • POV

Have slick talkers turned Adland into their bitch?

By Steffan Postaer May 15, 2018
Award-winning ECD Steffan Postaer laments the pandemic of verbal diarrhea in the advertising industry   Recently, I read an essay from an anonymous copywriter ...
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Network interference: a necessary evil in Adland
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Network interference: a necessary evil in Adland

By Steffan Postaer May 7, 2018
"Much of The Simpsons success can be traced to two main sources: an independence from network interference and a complete dedication to the writing…” — John O...
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Is it a creative department or “Romper Room”?
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Is it a creative department or “Romper Room”?

By Steffan Postaer May 2, 2018
Award-winning ECD Steffan Postaer explains how to connect with the inner-fantastic A while back, a guest writer on AdAge, Lauren Warner, took some heat for an essay she wrote...
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Today’s Festival Of Hypocrisy
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Today’s Festival Of Hypocrisy

By Bob Hoffman Apr 17, 2018
The following essay originally appeared in Bob Hoffman’s blog, "The Ad Contrarian." Grab some popcorn and a nice comfy chair and get ready for a three-ring clown show. T...
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Creative thinking stops at age 50? Think again.
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Creative thinking stops at age 50? Think again.

By Bob Hoffman Apr 10, 2018
The following essay originally appeared in Bob Hoffman’s blog, "The Ad Contrarian." Walk into any ad agency in the world and in ten seconds something will become obvious. E...
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How to fight sexism in the film industry
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How to fight sexism in the film industry

By Laura Day Dec 11, 2017
About one month ago, I wrote an editorial in response to the Weinstein scandal. I wrote about my personal experiences working in the film industry — and those of my peers — ...
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Why Italian Lingerie Makes Me Nervous
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Why Italian Lingerie Makes Me Nervous

By Dennis Ryan Oct 16, 2017
A while back, my wife wanted to replace some underwear she liked that she bought out of town. I found it on the web and placed the order. Good news? Problem solved. Odd news? No...
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Order the Sancerre & Other Advice
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Order the Sancerre & Other Advice

by Ashley Geisheker Sep 26, 2017
POV is a regular column by individuals who work in Chicago's film and advertising community. It can take the form of anything that the author wishes to share, be it inspiration,...
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Why the  IFO’S $499 mm film income should be higher
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Why the IFO’S $499 mm film income should be higher

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 23, 2017
Last Friday the IFO / DCEO released its year-end summary of revenues from 2016 statewide film productions, stating they were $499 million, from 345 projects.Becoming half-billio...
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Understanding the real world through VR experiences
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Understanding the real world through VR experiences

By Sabrina Medora of Tom, Dick & Harry Jan 19, 2017
Empathy is a powerful emotion that advertising often taps into. With the rise of reality experiences — virtual reality, augmented reality, and 360-immersive videos — brands ...
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Agency CCO provides his 10 Tips to Improve Productivity
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Agency CCO provides his 10 Tips to Improve Productivity

By Bob Dion, Davis Harrison and Dion Jan 9, 2017
Introducing a new column series penned by some of Chicago advertising’s most innovative thinkers, starting with Bob Dion, partner, CCO of Davis Harrison and Dion, giving “...
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The Cannes experience: Judging in a fish bowl
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The Cannes experience: Judging in a fish bowl

By Stephen Neale, SVP/ECD AbelsonTaylor Jul 6, 2015
Historically, pharma creative campaigns don’t make the cut at Cannes Health. Some say pharma campaigns are just not at the same level as consumers’ like “This Girl Can...
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Tourism turns its back on Illinois production houses
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Tourism turns its back on Illinois production houses

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 19, 2014
As a rule, ReelChicago doesn’t go in for editorializing.  There are times, however, when something provocative comes up that can’t be ignored. Like now.  Illino...
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