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Post of the Month - November 2020 - Nominations

It's time again for nominations for Post of the Month. So if there's a post which you've read over the past month that you thought was particularly good do nominate it by sending me the link or leaving it in the comments below. As always I have a short starting list (with some real crackers in it) which I've set out below but please do add to these with your own nominations. So I have four starting nominations this month which are:

Zenko Mapping - A Video Introduction by John Willshire

From Frameworks to Flywheels by Zoe Scaman

Long live the King: Burger King's advertising plays a different game by Faris Yakob

Getting in and Getting on by Will Humphrey

Please do add to these with your own nominations. 

Google Firestarters Episode 2: Lindsay Pattison

I'm delighted to announce episode 2 in our series of Google Firestarters chats - this one with the brilliant Lindsay Pattison, Chief Client Officer, WPP. The conversation with Lindsay was pretty wide-ranging but she had some fascinating thoughts around how the old delineation between agency types and roles is now less meaningful and about the job has evolved from answering the brief to being more about creating the brief. I also loved her points about becoming anti-fragile, and about being interested and interesting (a key theme for Firestarters). Do have a watch/listen. 

Post of the Month - October 2020 - Nominations

Well there may be counting for another (possibly more important) vote going on at the moment but let us not forget nominations for another (important in its own way) vote - the one for Post of the Month. As usual I have some starting nominations listed below but please do add to these with posts that you've read over the past month that you though were particularly good. You can send these to me direct or leave the link in the comments below. So my starting nominations are:

Social media is breaking us; why we need something radical to save ourselves by Amy Kean

If you want a bigger marketing budget, focus on creating cash flows by JP Castlin

The Soft Power of Brands by Nigel Hollis

Please do add to these. 

Post of the Month - September 2020 - The Winner

Thanks for the votes everyone. Happy to say that Craig Ainsley's post on The Normalisation of Overworking in Advertising won through. There was also a stong showing for Alex Murrell's great post on the The Forecasting Fallacy. So well done to Craig, who joins the hall of fame, and my thanks again to all those who took part. Don't forget that next month's vote will kick off with nominations at the start of November.

Post of the Month - September 2020 - Nominations

It's time to open up nominations for Post of the Month. This vote is here to recognise great (non-professional) industry writing and blogging so if there's a post that you've read over the past which you particularly enjoyed do nominate it by sending me the link direct or leaving it in the comments below. As usual I've got a short starting list below but do add to these with your own nominations. The starting list is:

The Normalisation of Overworking in Advertising by Craig Ainsley

The Forecasting Fallacy by Alex Murrell

To Win Short-form Video, Look Away from the Creator by Shreya Sudarshana

Please do add to these nominations with your own and as soon as I have a good number I'll put them up for a vote.