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 […]
Surpass 2008!
This commercial is going to grow and grow and grow, because it’s preceded by a gorilla and because there’s more to it than meets the eye the first time around. Besides, how soon will we all be putting our eyebrows to the [...]
Saatchi Saatchi London reminds us of a powerful idea: life is for sharing. And it does so with a strong, inspiring, exciting, fun and very positive message for TMobile. Beyond the commercial, of course, the idea is extremely important and often forgotten. [...]
In Laura Chinchilla’s site, www.laurachinchilla.com, her movement lost the opportunity to make a good first impression on me, and with the discourse of unity that she proposes, I think that she lacks an effective theme in the message in the electoral contest [...]
“Any person can be great, because any person can serve”, were the words of Martin Luther King, recalled by Obama in a message that was topical, enveloping and a broad invitation to participate in his inauguration. It is clear: Obama will be [...]
After Costa Rica won the 2008 Caribbean as the most creative country of the festival in Panama, many agencies opted not to participate this year in response to last year’s poor organization and awarding of prizes. More than 15 people from Tribu [...]
One day a week should be a day of pause and reflection. At least one to stop the world and feel. Sometimes I succeed, often I don’t. On the endless quest, taking steps in His direction. Happy Sunday.
fROM TedTalks. Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, and thoroughly addictive encyclopedia of the future. In this presentation, he explains how Wikipedia’s collaborative system works, and why it succeeds. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:47)
Published in The Advertiser in February 2005, attached are some ideas with business sense and emotional depth. This document is especially valuable to every client of an advertising agency. Consider that in his or her condition, the client can make a significant [...]
I believe that Costa Rica is developing a conglomerate of advertising agencies capable of turning our country into a coordination center for regional accounts, for the export of creativity and ideas. If our future as a country is visualized in services, ideas [...]
Pay attention to them: they are the ones who have all the authority to say NO, and almost none to say YES. Do you know any of them? Are you one of them? Do you have any ideas to help them? We [...]
