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 […]
El Ojo de Iberoamérica is the most important non Anglo-Saxon festival in the world, with more than 5,500 creative pieces competing in 2011 and with a relevance recognized worldwide. Today Tribu DDB has 14 finalists, just a few hours before the final [...]
In LatinSpots the headline of last November 3 reads: “Tribu DDB consecrated in Pregonero de Bronce”. Last October 13, the headline in Adlatina reads “El Taier Tribu DDB and Brahva won the Great Effie in Guatemala”. On June 23, La Nación headlined [...]
This is the news from Buenos Aires, confirming the great moment Tribu DDB is experiencing. (02/11/11). The Graphic Production category, with José María Roca de Viñals – Creative VP of DDB Spain – as President of the Jury, presented an SL made [...]
In Costa Rica we opened the association of advertising agencies to all commercial communication companies, we changed the original guild model and we have launched a new name. The transformation of ASCAP, more than 50 years old, has responded with success to [...]
We take Halloween and turn it into a tradition. The costume party starts in the morning and goes into the evening. We enjoy the day and thus confirm Zanders rule #6: we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Tribu DDB and Bosz Digital [...]
“If I have seen further, it was because I did it on the shoulders of giants” said Newton when he spoke about teamwork. At another point in history, Edison said that “A genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”. Ray Kroc, the [...]
Painter of Eye-Mo, an idea of Tribu for Glaxo-SmithKline and its product Eye-MO. Creative: Mario Calvo, what a great memory, and to you, Marito, a hug and the honor you deserve for a first-world, innovative and daring idea. This is creativity in [...]
Anybody can make an ad. A brand doesn’t. In Costa Rica, as in the world, there are many people making ads. And of course, people hiring them. Many are those who assume that their brands or products need to advertise to sell, [...]
It’s been a few weeks since Rafael Abreu sent me the link to TED. Today, I am hooked to his TedTalks through iTunes, since all the presentations are available for free on his Podcasts. You can download them to your iPod or [...]
Sir Ken Robinson speaks, from his presentation at TedTalks in Monterey, California, about creativity and the challenge of changing education to value creativity as much as literacy. He identifies the importance of preparing ourselves to be wrong, if we want to be [...]
Photographer Phil Borges estimates that of the 6,000 languages spoken on the planet today, 3,000 are not known by children. In other words, as those who know them die, humanity will lose all the wealth that comes from the legacy of that [...]
USE THE POWER OF TRUST. Forget completely the idea that it is your turn to approve or reject, that this position is a big mistake. If you are going to value ideas, you have to be clear that all have potential, all [...]
