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 […]
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, [...]
The COMUNIDAD de Empresas de Comunicación Comercial de Costa Rica presents the Pellizco y su Volcán. It is the local championship of advertising and commercial creativity, as the first Central American stage in the direction of the world. For sure we will [...]
In these first days of the month of January of the year two thousand and eight, the breezes are opportune to refresh the spirit and resolutions, to send you good wishes and share good news. At the beginning of this new year, [...]
Next May 10, we will celebrate Pangea Day all over the world, and you can be part of it, participating, contributing, lighting up with your film. I am excited to introduce you to a powerfully inspiring idea: Pangea Day. We want your [...]
Keep it simple, Less is More, Simpler. Simplicity captivates and attracts in the midst of complexity. The author of Laws of Simplicity lays out his proposal and leads us to a powerful idea: we want more of what we enjoy. It is [...]
I laughed my ass off at this London Marathon commercial, because they couldn’t have represented better the condition we non-athletes end up in after running the 42.2 kilometers of this competition. I still remember that next day after the first one I [...]
We love the idea of thinking of Tribu as an America’s Cup racing yacht, sailing on the edge of Niagara Falls. It’s an idea that forces us to think of effective and committed teams, risk as the key and adventure as the [...]
We win more if we all win. Join Tribu. We are looking for talent to set sail in 2008: creatives, accountants, artfinalists/designers. Only passionate people in the crew, lots of experience a must. You must be fascinated by risk. Contact us.