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 [...]
Reebok has an on-air campaign that I love, because it simply recommends running at a pace where you can have a conversation. It connects Speed of Chat with their brand, brings running closer to people who don’t run, is elegantly sarcastic about [...]
For your information, in the month of June we surpassed 72 thousand hits on the blog.
For any time of the week, and in particular, for a Sunday like today when a month begins, here I am: Jesús Adrián Romero interprets a song with ideas in the heart, in the spirit, in the soul. May you have the [...]
Maria Sharapova is much more than pretty, as demonstrated in this spectacular Nike commercial, winner of Lions and example of sensational musical application. Maria Sharapova, unlike other pretty girls in world tennis, won her first Grand Slam at 17, and since then, [...]
Barrio Bonito is a beautiful idea, with extraordinary ingredients that made it grow into an integrated initiative never seen before in the world. In other words, all we need is a trigger, one that provokes and then, people to make it grow. [...]
