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 […]
This seeking a relationship with God is much simpler than it sounds, especially if we seek Him for a relationship rather than a religion. After all, Jesus’ invitation to Matthew was summed up in one word: “Follow me”. In the following [...]
NEWS –> Festival – Costa Rica Jotabequ Grey, the Church and Tribu DDB, the big winners of Volcán 2010 (01/03/10). In its first expanded edition, the Volcán festival recognized the best advertising creativity in Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama [...]
Today we could repeat in Tribu enough awards to be Agency of the Year in the Volcán Festival for the second consecutive year. We doubled in finalists to our closest competitor in this contest, jotabeqú, and a little more to Ogilvy, so [...]
Raising the creativity of advertising agencies and commercial communication companies requires a clear understanding of the forces that can improve our competitiveness, so hopefully some key players in the market who are visibly unaware of them will read these paragraphs. And I [...]
The competition has been heating up with the addition of categories and the presentation of all the candidates for Volcanoes. While Tribu DDB has achieved the absolute majority of the finalists, scoring more than any other agency to repeat the top Volcano, [...]
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo. JK Rowling penned the bestselling Harry Potter page-turners — a spellbinding, seven-installment fantasy of wizards, warlocks and decidedly British texture that brought her from rags to riches. Why you should listen [...]
“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 [...]
The first surprise of the night was for radio. The second was for Tribu. The third surprise was for Videocentro. The lottery played and this time it was our turn. It was a night for our tribe of talents, as if to [...]
All in the light and no surprises. The work by Tribu DDB continues to show consistency in the creative product. To prove it, here are the pieces for this furniture beautifully finished with Madetec. They are in Pregonero even though they didn’t [...]
The unexpected sponge meteorite is about to disappear to the dinos on the wall painted by washable Protecto. And perhaps, also about to surprise with new accolades for Tribu DDB. Simple and elegant, idea and execution perfectly aligned with the benefit of [...]
No. Maybe better, instead of talking, we take notes. Here are some examples that start with beer, go through the museum and end up going back to the future. All this, regarding the new category at Cannes: Branded Content. Why not a [...]
I think you have to look for Evelyn, although she sure isn’t on national television. When I occasionally see her, the commercial breaks are still full of the same thing. Exceptions are rare and that is why, if creativity is called Evelyn, [...]