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 ideas that become a giant advertising classic the first time they are aired, as it happened with this Bavaria commercial the night it was aired on Channel 7’s Dancing for a Dream. If you haven’t seen it, it’s time to [...]
No one has won more lions at Cannes than David Droga, now Creative Chairman of DROGA5, his new independent project, who without any major complication achieved a new color in his collection of lions, titanium. The video shows us how those who [...]
There is a dimension that we all have to resolve, as much as the physical, intellectual and sentimental. This dimension of our being is often subordinated and even ignored, but it is clearly as important as the most important and it is [...]
Back to basics. With the YES confirmed at the polls, it is a good time to renew our personal commitments to growth and improvement. Back to basics and back to basics: moving from presence to significance, with God as the guide in [...]
After paint explosions and thousands of pellets, the first in Scotland and the second in San Francisco, Sony Bravia invades New York with plasticine bunnies. This is how they did it, hand in hand with Fallon: The end result has been a [...]
“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, [...]
