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Doing Good and Selling Well Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
By Jennifer Lange, Wednesday, July 20 2011 in POV
"Corporate America doesn’t do personal passion well.” That assessment from Minneapolis-based writer and hip-hop artist Dessa lodged itself in my mind at a panel discussion on social innovation and community exchange Comments
Five Questions for Lewis Lazare
By Jeremy Mullman, Thursday, June 30 2011 in Five Questions
Veteran media and marketing columnist Lewis Lazare parted ways with the Chicago Sun-Times in March following an 11-year run with the paper that saw him become among the final advertising beat Comments
In Ignoring Cannes, PR Shops Keep Focus Where It Belongs: On Clients
By Jeremy Mullman, Tuesday, June 28 2011 in POV
This week’s Advertising Age contains a number of dispatches from Cannes, and among them is a rather concerned-sounding piece Comments
Field Notes on American Life: In Memory
By Kate Barrett, Tuesday, April 19 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
They say there are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. As I’m trying to avoid thinking about taxes, which I find entirely too gloomy, I’ll focus today’s post on death. Comments
Changing the World with Our Own Pushcart
By John Olson, Thursday, March 10 2011 in POV
Back when, in the misty days of yore, we used to make grand pronouncements. Advertising is dead, we’d say, biting the hand, or at least the budget line item, that fed us. “So what are you then?” folks would ask. Comments
Field Notes on American Life: Oops, I Did It Again!
By Kate Barrett, Tuesday, September 7 2010 in Field Notes on American Life
This week, I’ve been thinking about miskates. Misstakes. Mistakes. We all make them. Yet in this age of auto-correct, Photoshop, “un-friending,” and “delete,” how do we understand an “oops,” whether big or small? Comments
