Philly Ad Club February Newsletter
Posted on Jan 31
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Welcome to Philly Ad Club’s E-Newsletter – February 2008
Philly Ad Club’s E-Newsletter is a members-only service providing you with a concise overview of events, activities, people and
advertising-related news added to our website, phillyadclub.com
MARCH AD NEWS MAGAZINE DEADLINE: February 15th
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We’re celebrating the ADDY Awards in our March issue. The 68-page issue will feature the ADDY wrap-up, celebration event photos, some thoughts on creativity, special interviews, our regular departments plus. . .the semi-annual REGIONAL MEDIA CONTACT DIRECTORY listing all TV, radio, magazine, newspaper, out-of-home, online and media buying.
Have something to contribute or share? Don’t be shy! Send your news items, event photos, column or story ideas and suggestions to: news@phillyadclub.com
For advertising and inserts, contact Lou Yager at 610-664-7374. advertising@phillyadclub.com
NOW LIVE. . . Philly Ad Club’s New Blog and Photo Gallery
Join our BLOG community. Contribute. Comment. Let’s spark a conversation! Go to phillyadclub.com and click “blog.” Also. . .see photos from both regional and Philly Ad Club events in our Photo Gallery.
COMING EVENTS:
Thursday, Feb 7th: Hearing is Believing, a presentation on the power of what we hear and its impact on what we believe, by Bob Farnsworth, Hummingbird Productions. A Provocative and Wisdomatic Demonstration on What We Hear . . . perhaps, more than What We See . . . is What We Believe! Location: Millennium Ballroom, Loews Hotel, 12th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Registration at 11:30 AM; Luncheon begins at 12:00 Noon Cost: $55 Philly Ad Club Members/$85 non-members.. TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK: REGISTER
Thursday, March 6th: ADDY AWARDS Celebration, Museum of Art
The ADDY Award Competition, the industry’s largest and most representative competition for creative excellence will be held on Thursday, March 6. Join 600 or so of the “who’s who” in the advertising industry as we celebrate the winners. Thursday, March 6, 2008, 6 p.m. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Featuring Famous 20th-century Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo. $95 for members and $135 for non-members.
TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK: REGISTER
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL EVENT HIGHLIGHT:
Wednesday, Feb 13th–Rowan University Panel: “New Media Myth Busting”
Rowan University College of Communication’s Advertising/Public Relations Department will host a special panel to explore “New Media Myth Busting” on Wednesday, February 13th from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Rowan Hall auditorium in Glassboro NJ. The event is open to all area practitioners. That’s when a panel of five industry and academic experts will share their insights on what companies are doing to build real success in social and new media activities. Handouts with study abstracts will be provided. A $10 donation is requested at the door to cover light food and soft drinks. PANELISTS: Katy Thorbahn, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Philadelphia office of Avenue A | Razorfish, Alan Levy, Co-founder and CEO of BlogTalkRadio, host of the Alan Levy Show and founder of Myphonecompany.com (a VOIP Telecom company). Chris Lukach, Account Manager at Anne Klein Communications Group, Edward H. Moore Associate Professor, Rowan University, and Adam Roberts, Director, Media Services. Digitas Health. Moderator: Kevin Pitts, VP/Advertising, Circulation, Philadelphia Business Journal.
For reservations, e-mail your contact info to: Janice Hillman at Hillman@rowan.edu
EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE:
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Event |
Event Type |
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February 2008 |
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02/05/08 |
5:30 p.m. |
Regional/Special |
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02/07/08 |
11:30 p.m. |
Hearing is Believing–What We Hear and Its Impact on What We Believe |
Philly Ad Club |
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02/13/08 |
6-8 p.m. |
Regional/Special |
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02/27/08 |
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
Regional/Special |
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March 2008 |
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03/06/08 |
6-10 p.m. |
Philly Ad Club |
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03/26/08 |
7 p.m. |
Philly Ad Club |
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July 2008 |
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07/14/08 |
11 a.m. |
Philly Ad Club |
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OUR JOB LISTINGS ARE HOT. . .REALLY, REALLY HOT! AND STILL FREE!*
Just about every day we add new job listings in Media, Account, Creative, Interactive and Sales. Job listings up to 200 words are still FREE! Send job listings or questions to: news@phillyadclub.com
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Our phillyadclub.com website is now consistently receiving over 750,000 hits a month and about 7,000 referrals each month from search engines like Google. Wow. Take advantage of the visibility! Our goal is to make phillyadclub.com your “go-to” site for key information about the regional communications industry. Plus, we want you to visit us three. . .four. . .five times a week for the latest news, event listing and job offerings. Every day we add new headlines in each of our categories (People, Accounts, Media, etc). If you miss a few days, merely click on the category heading to see recent headlines that have been cycled off the home page.
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