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 […]
One no longer knows if there is a line between creatives and inventors, between iconoclasts and innovators, or between advertising and what today should have a new name. What is certain is that now online meets offline with above the line and [...]
There are days when everything looks dark and depressing, even though everything around you is bright, inspiring and exciting. We often allow feelings to randomly capture us, without discovering the incalculable power in us to choose them. I’ve heard this phrase: “Pain [...]
This week the Cannes Lions festival awarded the founder of Facebook as Media Person of the Year. They fell short: it should have been Media Person of the Century. At only 26 years of age, today he is the founder of a [...]
After Tuesday night, when Cannes held its open-air party on the beach in front of the Carlton, yesterday I woke up with a severe sore throat that warned me of the inevitable: a cold is coming. I spent Wednesday well affected and [...]
Let’s look at it this way. In a year in which we repeated agency of the year in the Volcano, with lava, fire, ashes and fumaroles included, to then sail the Caribbean alone in a speedboat and bring us more statuettes than [...]
This year Cannes is not over yet and it is already impossible for me not to think about the next one. After five festivals, it is becoming clearer to me every day the cyclicality, the turn of life, the 365 days, the [...]
Cannes Lions 2010 Titanium And Integrated Jury President Announced 21 January 2010 The elite Titanium and Integrated Jury, which awards breakthrough ideas and the best integrated campaigns, will be chaired this year by Bob Scarpelli, DDB Worldwide’s Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. [...]
Cannes Lions 2010 Film and Press Juries announced 03 March 2010 The organisers of the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival are pleased to announce this year’s Film and Press Lions juries. “Pulling the finest creative talent from across 25 countries has [...]
PR And Promo Jury Presidents Announced 10 December 2009 Two more industry leaders are named as heads of jury by the organisers of the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the most prestigious global advertising and communication awards on the industry’s calendar. [...]
Cannes Lions 2010 Radio, Media And Outdoor Lions Juries Announced 15 March 2010 Cannes Lions are pleased to announce the members of the Radio, Media and Outdoor Lions juries. Commenting on the juries, Terry Savage, Chairman of the Festival said, “Cannes Lions [...]
Cannes 2010 Direct, PR And Promo Activation Lions Juries Announced 30 March 2010 Cannes Lions are pleased to announce the members of the Direct, PR and Promo Activation juries. Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, said, “We are seeing more and more [...]
Cannes Lions 2010 Cyber And Design Juries Announced 07 April 2010 Cannes Lions are pleased to announce the members of the final two Cannes Lions juries to be revealed, Cyber and Design. Terry Savage, Festival Chairman, said, “In 2010 we welcome two [...]