Nancy Vonk
Agencies 2025
List of Awards
2015
In the News
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Creative leaders share who they’d nominate for Hall of Marketing Gold if given the chance
If you could nominate someone for Hall of Marketing Gold, who would it be? That’s the question strategy asked top creative ...
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How to get twice as much time to make great work
Nancy Vonk explains how common bad processes suck a huge percentage of hours out of employee calendars.
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Vonk and Kestin named to One Club Hall of Fame
The duo, who produced trailblazing work for Ogilvy Toronto, are receiving one of the industry's highest honours.
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Jerry Goodis, Janet Kestin, Nancy Vonk to be recognized at Marketing Awards
The Hall of Marketing Gold, and its inaugural inductees, will debut at the 100th celebration of the program on June 15.
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Steve Mykolyn and Nancy Vonk to co-host 2021 AOY
This year's virtual gala, taking place on Nov. 10, will also see the return of the legendary agency showreels.
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Rethink named Agency of the Year at ADCC
Cossette won Design Agency of the Year, with FCB, Wedge and Scouts Honour also receiving Scarlett Letter recognition.
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Throwback Thursday: strategy in 2011
In '11, Swiss Chalet had its own TV channel, Vonk and Kestin went swimming and we obsessed about location-based marketing.
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Throwback Thursday: strategy in 2007
For our 25th anniversary, we're travelling through time. In '07 catvertising popped up and Canada won big in Cannes.
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Top Cannes contenders: Titanium & Integrated
Strategy is wrapping up its countdown of the campaigns most likely to win big at the Palais this year.
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Battling sexist stock photos
Swim's Nancy Vonk weighs in on Leanin.org and Getty Images' new take on women in stock photography, and the benefits to advertisers.
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Marketers connect with millennials over coffee
A new networking site, Ten Thousand Coffees, encourages experts in different fields to meet with young people over a cup of joe.
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The B!G Awards: Judging panel and methodology
Meet the advertising and marketing executives who helped decide the winners of this year's B!G Awards.
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Back page: Great work takes good ears
Swim's Nancy Vonk and Janet Kestin illustrate what clients and agencies really hear when they talk to each other.
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Spotting Canadians At Cannes
A guide to finding Canucks during the festival.
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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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Diversifying a white man’s world
How does a lack of diversity in the senior ranks impact strategy, creativity and the bottom line? “It’s a brain drain.”
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Preventing death by yes
The short-term gain of agreeing to everything eventually leads to mediocrity, writes Nancy Vonk.
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NABS’ high-flying interns
A look at the National Advertising and Benevolent Society's Vintage Intern Auction.
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Kestin & Vonk: pooled talent is better than one
As the internationally renowned duo venture into new waters with Swim, strategy reflects on their impact on the biz.
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Vonk and Kestin go Swimming
Nancy Vonk and Janet Kestin leave Ogilvy to start their own creative leadership training business.
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Ian MacKellar joins Ogilvy Toronto as CCO
The former Bensimon Byrne executive CD joins the team following the departure of Vonk and Kestin.
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Vonk and Kestin go Swimming
The award-winning duo give details about their new venture, Swim, after leaving their posts as co-CCOs of Ogilvy.
