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 […]
There are commercials that are ruined at the end, as possibly happened with this example of Unimed, which breaks the smile of its stories in sequence when it reminds us that it was just another commercial. Possibly the announcer was left over, [...]
With just days to go before we meet at Volcan in Costa Rica, the country’s premier advertising festival, I’m impressed by news such as Vega Olmos being hired by JWT and Bob Isherwood reinventing himself outside of Saatchi Saatchi. The world is [...]
Last week we received confirmation: Costa Rica will be able to send two creative duos to compete in Film and Print next year, so we at ASCAP are jumping for joy at this sensational opportunity, which is undoubtedly a response to the [...]
I have always preferred the sunrise, and in this message of multiple interpretation, I totally agree with the idea of rediscovering energy. This video comes to us from Saatchi Saatchi Paris.
Imagine a church that you want all week long to go to every Sunday. One that children ask to go to and want to return to, because it is the best time of their week, and one that adults look for from [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
Exactly 25 years ago today, Alexandra Franco opened the doors of the Casa de los Niños Montessori in Escazú, the kindergarten that today is called Hometwo. This long journey triggered the modern Montessori movement spread throughout the country in early childhood education. [...]
As customers, we do not have a monopoly on the truth, although we always have the power to decide, to choose whether to approve or reject, to return or leave, to recommend or not, to repeat or discard. I believe that the [...]
Fear paralyzes, curtails, delays, annuls, petrifies, disables. Fear subjugates, subordinates, crushes, stuns and degrades. Fear humiliates, lulls and disarms, fear is a scourge and should not be part of your life. Overcome your fears! Fear is subjective, personal, it is up to [...]
“Disorganized media and advertising clients” This post may sound relevant to media, brands and agencies only. However, for those who are not in these sectors, isn’t it true that we want better advertising, better brands, more value for our money? Who wants [...]