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Cannes 2024: Humour in ads takes centre stage, while AI talks loom over Palais
Karen Howe details some of the most prevalent themes from this year's festival.
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Cannes 2023: The magic is back
Karen Howe details some of the creative standouts and running themes that have stuck with her this year.
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Why doesn’t everyone get the power of going grey?
For Karen Howe, the ousting of Lisa LaFlamme shows how people still need to put up a fight against ageism and sexism.
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Brand Doctors: Lessons from the Air Canada crisis
From the C-Suite newsletter: How do you protect your brand while in a state of chaos?
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Cannes Lions 2022: A welcome return carries the weight of the world
Karen Howe reflects on a festival where the enormity of current events permeated conversations in the Palais and the most-awarded work.
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Cannes 2021: Wrapping up the big themes
From crises to commitments to change, The Township's Karen Howe pulls together insights from a week's worth of content.
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From Karen Howe’s dining table: Creativity, COVID and Cannes
ICYMI, The Township's founder gathers the best of the best campaigns and trends so far.
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Is it time to put purpose on pause?
Excel and Burger King got The Township's Karen Howe wondering if brands will ease their quest for purpose-driven marketing.
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Cannes Lions 2020: Brands become change agents
The Township's Karen Howe shares the latest from day three of the virtual fest, including the return of awards to the Palais.
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Cannes Lions 2020: Revolt, disrupt and (of course) pivot
Attending this year's virtual festival from her kitchen, The Township's Karen Howe offers three takeaways she's picked up so far.
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Cause Doctors: Movember mo-ments in a virtual world
Frank Palmer and Karen Howe share ideas on how the non-profit could adapt its flagship fundraiser if the pandemic lasts into the fall.
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How beer brands are keeping people connected
Steam Whistle, Muskoka and Labatt have been adapting to the shutdown of bars, restaurants, sports and social gatherings.
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Decoding visions of 2020
Karen Howe weighs in with predictions for the year ahead and what they mean for agencies and the state of creativity.
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Why scrutiny of the CMO title may be a good thing
In its 2020 predictions for CMOs, Forrester expects many firms will continue eliminating the title, which might be good for business.
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How to do cost-cutting right: lessons from P&G
The CPG company continues to post impressive growth in spite of reduced investment in advertising.
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Tips on building a successful in-house agency
Four industry vets weigh in on the evergreen trend and offer advice on the challenges of getting (and keeping) creative talent.
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Retaining culture
Building a culture that not only generates effective ideas, but also ensures talented creatives want to work at your agency.
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Manufacturing culture
How Canada's network agencies are building and maintaining their creative cultures in a time of global change.
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Decoding Cannes Lions 2019
The Township's Karen Howe on some of the 'unsettling undercurrents' on display at this year's festival, and how to address them at home.
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Cannes 2019: The future of brands sounds good
The Township's Karen Howe on how Mastercard found its soul through a smart sound strategy.
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Looking beyond the Big Idea
Experts weigh in on how the agency search process is changing and what marketers want from their creative partners today.
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Cannes 2018: Advertising becomes sadvertising
Karen Howe on how the importance of creativity shone through as the ills of the world weighed on this year's festival.
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Canada who? (column)
The Township's Karen Howe finds truth in parody and builds her case for why American marketers must realize our differences.
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Brand Doctors: Moving past #DeleteUber
Will an ongoing social movement wreak long-term damage for the disruptor company? Our experts have their say.
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AToMiC Awards 2017 jury revealed
Check out the industry folks who will determine the best work in advertising, media and tech.
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We have an estrogen imbalance
Karen Howe on the ad industry's troubled situation with women - but also what's being done right.
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Are Mad Men mad at women?
Sex can sell, but does it have to? Industry folk from agency and client-side talk sexism in ads.
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Is the newest stunt no stunt at all?
Creative consultant Karen Howe on why it might be time to retire stunt-vertising.
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Serving a higher purpose
Editor Emily Wexler on what the next generation of purpose-driven marketing should look like.
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Karen Howe leaves One
The SVP and CD hands the creative department to Michel Lange and Jacob Gawrysiak after 17 years.
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The renaissance of relevance
The days of ads gently stroking consumers' social consciousness are coming to an end, predicts One's Karen Howe.
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It’s time to grow a pair
Fathers are providing the marketing motherlode, says One Advertising's Karen Howe.
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Radio ads listen back
Can you hear me now? Smart radio ads may be the next best way to engage drivers.
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Ripley’s Aquarium launches a spring push
New OOH, print and digital ads from One Advertising promise 100% off boredom.
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Screen Colons Canada gives Canadians a kick in the pants
The non-profit has launched a campaign to alert men and women nearing 50 that they should get screened for colon cancer.
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Top Cannes contenders: Radio
Strategy is counting down the campaigns most likely to win big at the Palais at this year's festival.
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Canada in Cannes: How to win in 2014
The Canadian judges from this year's festival on what they observed, and how agencies can create more work that gets noticed.
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Cannes blog: The power of looking backwards
Post Cannes jury duties, One Advertising's CCO goes from a high volume micro look at advertising, to a compact but macro view of the industry
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Best of Cannes: Radio
One Advertising's Karen Howe on the best Radio work at the festival, including one Bronze she thinks should have struck Gold.
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Best of Cannes: OOH
One Advertising's Karen Howe on the best work she has seen for the platform so far at the festival.
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Tribal DDB and Anomaly take home a Silver Lion each
The agencies, which were recognized for their McDonald's and Budweiser campaigns, respectively, were the only Canadian contenders to snag prizes Monday evening in Cannes.
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Stuck in a Mad Men era
In part two of strategy’s diversity series, we examine why agencies struggle to get women and visible minorities up the ranks.
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Canadian Cannes jury members announced
Five women and one man head to Cannes this summer to judge the Film, Cyber, Direct, Promo & Activation, Radio and Design categories.
