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 [...]
When I started in this business there was a wonderful planning, ordering and direction tool called the Marketing Plan, in my perspective as an advertising agency, under the full responsibility of the client. It was not a calendar, nor was it a [...]
They sound good, they dare and differentiate themselves from the first moment, they enjoy their talent and enjoy what they do, they share ideas and values, they are not afraid to expose themselves and they show themselves as they are, although for [...]
Yesterday, in a month, the Cannes Festival will begin, and God willing, we will be there with Carlos and Paula to discover what this year’s main creative advertising event in the world will bring us. The week is intense day and night, [...]
In this video we present the report made by Habitat in Teletica, which presents the work of Diego Vargas, Pixelnouveau, in an exhibition made possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Kativo Group, friends of art, color and digital imagination. To Rafael [...]
Agencia Datsun has reiterated its commitment to promote young creatives in the country, with the 4th Nissan Creativity Contest. And the truth is, I think it’s sensational, because let’s be clear: they don’t need to do it, and yet, they promote it [...]
