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20 seconds helps my friend win $10k

CP+B is hosting a competition called Coke Zero Department of Fannovation Brain Bracket – where they recruited ideas for how to innovate the Fan Experience for NCAA Basketball fans. http://www.cocacolazero.com/ncaa.jsp?token=L79DYYI9JNU01K7T If you have 20 seconds to vote, please do. Polls close tomorrow on Monday. 100s of ideas were submitted – and the top two finalists [ READ MORE ]

this is really it

This is really it – the mini-era where you’re body is still finishing up school while all your thoughts revolve around transitioning out. I shall dub this the Dorothy Complex:  life feels like I’ve been sucked into some kinda Vortex storm – everything’s moving and I have no clue where I’m gonna end up when [ READ MORE ]

The icons in my gmail signature…

Hey there- For those of you that I email- several people have noticed and asked how I got the social media icons that link to my different profiles embedded in my signature: My techno-savvy friend Clay Hebert at TribesWin.com showed me – it’s via an awesome Firefox plug-in called Wise Stamp: http://www.wisestamp.com/ cheers, kp[ READ MORE ]

fit matters

This is lifted from an email I sent to our class of about-to-graduate-planners here at the Brandcenter: “Some of us have been talking about how Faris Yakob recently jumped ship at McCann, and this might one of the more though-provoking articles on that issue. http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/opeds/on_fear_and_why_the_advertising_business_will_forever_suck_151046.asp (Ok, so the author is definitely trying to err on [ READ MORE ]

someone finally told me to wear sunscreen

One golden 15-week semester remaining before I graduate from the VCU Brandcenter. Which means over the holidays I’ve been putting together a Life-Wish List of what I think will be the best way to enjoy The Next 105 Days. This process of assembling my Life Wish List includes getting back in touch with the good [ READ MORE ]

an observation

The situation is, I’ve been in New York for about two weeks and I’ve been hyper about going to industry events and open coffees etc. In doing that, I’ve been around creatives my age and up, and also people that are employed and those that are seeking. I’m fortunate to have an internship, so I’m [ READ MORE ]

90 Minutes Til Hired

One of our very own, Hank Leber recent grad from VCU Brandcenter, founded Agency Nil and within 90 minutes of going live, already landed a campaign and the work orders continue to roll in… Similar to Radiohead’s In Rainbows model, Agency Nil charges only what the client thinks the idea is worth. The client is [ READ MORE ]

twouble with twitter

Today we had a breakout session about what’s next in the industry from: Bob Greenberg R/GA Earl Cox Martin Agency Jon Kamen @radical media Will post more details on the discussion tomorrow. But for now, anyone else who is bewildered by Twitter’s ridiculous growth, I think you’ll enjoy this. From some folks at CurrentTV: “Twouble [ READ MORE ]

TAP Project’s World Water Week

It’s the TAP Project’s World Water Week Find participating restaurants in your city: http://www.tapproject.org/tap-in-your-city/ For Every Dollar Raised, a Child Will Have Clean Water For 40 Days What is The TAP Project? In 2007, the Tap Project was born in New York City based on a simple concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate [ READ MORE ]

From the Co-Creator of PalinAsPresident.com

Forrest Bolelyn – a VCU Brandcenter alum and TBWA Youngblood writer, flew to Richmond today to chat about how & why he built a site that garnered over 12 million hits that literally made him famous overnight. I. On the abuse of the word “viral” Sure, PalinAsPresident.com has lost momentum since the election is over, [ READ MORE ]

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