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 [...]
Costa Rica is the scene of a fierce competition among talented lions and creatives under 28 years old, as they all want to go to Cannes Lions next June to compete among the best. More than 100 pairs are participating today for [...]
Take advantage of the Spanish subtitles option. Elizabeth Gilbert reflects on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, rather than one person “being” a genius, we all “have” a genius. A funny, personal [...]
DIPO Pharmaceuticals expands its products By: Redacción EN, on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Now the companies 3M and Nestlé join the different suppliers for the pharmaceutical company that distributes a variety of health products in more than 11 thousand points of sale [...]
When we arrived at Cannes, we Costa Ricans arrived as one. Not as several agencies competing, but as a country overcoming greatness, one step at a time, one metal lion after another. For this reason, what is coming with the new Young [...]
A few years ago, I decided to accept as my own the invitation that Jesus made to Matthew. And since it was so simple, I just decided to follow him. I did not complicate myself with religions, rituals, theories or hermeneutics, since [...]
DDB gives birth to a regional Tribe The advertising firm DDB Worldwide created, together with other regional agencies, a network with which it seeks to be one of the most influential advertising agencies in Central America. Written by Lizbeth Ulett Saturday, 17 [...]
