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 [...]
English is not my native language. Yo hablo Español. In fact, when speaking or writing in Inglés, I often make mistakes and simply mess everything up. Hago un desmadre, we would say in many of our countries. I simply speak this foreign [...]
In fact, more than 3,500 hits came in yesterday alone. Interesting!
At Tribu we made the decision to become a PPO, a Peak Performance Organization, and focus on effectiveness, in the consolidation of a team determined to grow in all areas, in an integrated and synergic way. For this reason, we hired Franklin [...]
They don’t play by the rules and have no respect for the status quo. They change things and push the human race forward. Because those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who actually [...]
(Originally this was just a simple reply to Jorge’s comment on Clandestina, but after finishing it I decided to post it as a topic, see why) With your permission tocayo….. Thank you very much for your comments, good wishes and the time [...]
Today is a holiday in Costa Rica and because of this, we are not working. As a consequence, in this blog… neither am I.