All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
In a recent interview by The Economist, Bill Gates insists that technology has to work for poor people, and justifies the reasons to be optimistic about the future based on its advantages. His view of the current crisis, and his opinion on [...]
Even with the crisis deep in the minds of the most pessimistic, this data reflects much of the world we are still living in today. If there are those who really think that the recession implies a kind of time-out, perhaps it [...]
. When advertising is placed on the edge of the precipice of decisions, it is easy to choose to cut it. In this series of slides we find an attractive, interesting, timely and highly debatable presentation, as evidenced by the comments below. [...]
In Costa Rica we are just a few days away from starting the competition to hunt for the best and most daring young talents in the country to represent us and win at Cannes, both in Film and Print. In the meantime, [...]
Last weekend I got the YouTube link with the new case prepared by JWT Costa Rica, under the direction of Christian Caldwell and his team. Clearly, they are once again betting on a case to compete and win in Cannes, now [...]
A Tim Berners-Lee se le atribuye la creación de la internet, o la www, world wide web. Acá su visión de lo que sigue, donde los números y los datos podrán encontrar el marco de vida para una nueva forma de convivencia, [...]
“The only thing in our power that no one else has is yourself,” Neil Gaiman insisted at the 2012 graduation at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. “Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision,” he went on to say after [...]
Today I walked into a meeting at Comunicación Corporativa / Ketchum and found 5 Volcanes at the reception desk. That’s right, not one, not two, not three but five awards collected at last Saturday’s Volcano Festival. This is the case that even [...]
At about 15 minutes before midnight, we celebrated in Tribu the 4th consecutive Volcano for Agency of the Year. After a demanding and not at all complacent awarding, this year’s jury distributed prizes among several companies, although once again we scored enough [...]
We all want success and fame. We want to be admired, respected and even applauded. Right? On a Volcano, in Cannes, Hollywood or in a public square, on stage or at home. Yet, when someone asks: Who has achieved real success, few [...]
Since Volcano hasn’t happened yet, I don’t have much new to tell you. What I can think is that it will be the prelude to a pitched battle next year for several reasons. If we consider this week’s competition, we could expect [...]
“Start at the end and work your way back to the beginning” is Andrew Stanton’s summary of storytelling. With English subtitles, I think you will want to apply his ideas every time you are going to speak in public, give a presentation, [...]
