#sowhoknew: Social stupidity
I sat in another airport lounge with an hour to kill and came across this fantastic article on social media facepalms one should avoid. Social imitates life, so its hardly surprising ...
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Steve Blakeman
Steve Blakeman is the Global Media Lead - Nestlé at Mindshare. Previously, he was the Managing Director - Global Accounts, OMD Europe. Previously, he was the CEO, Asia Pacific – OMD. Prior to that, he was Global Chief Integration Strategy Officer (Asia Pacific) for IPG Mediabrands (Initiative & Universal McCann). He has also had stints as worked as Managing Partner at Omnicom Media Group owned media agency, PHD where he successfully launched their second office in the UK. He began his career at JWT and has over two decades of experience in advertising, media and marketing communications.Browsing All Posts By Steve Blakeman
#sowhoknew: Cannes you believe it’s over?
It was one long week, I attended 21 (mostly) inspirational presentations, went to 14 meetings, drank several (?) glasses of rose, consumed a dozen tubes of Pringles from the mini bar (who ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: “I just put my clothes back on”
After the CannesYe highlight yesterday, today’s sessions by comparison could have been a damp squib. But with the Jared Leto, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Ralph Fiennes on the bill that was ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: CannesYe West
As expected, on day three of the Cannes Lions the irrepressible Kanye (CannesYe ?) West stole the show. In truth it was a sprawling, often disjointed and occasionally incomprehensible ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: Will the real Jean-Luc Picard please stand up?
I spent the first few hours of the day at our dedicated OMD Oasis (shameless plug) having various meetings. It proved to be an inspirational start to a rather splendid day of thought ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: Sex and the Croisette
It’s Sunday on the Croisette and the customary madness around Cannes Lions has begun in earnest, the rose is flowing and celebs have come out to play... Last year we witnessed the ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: The 8th Deadly Sin on Facebook
I really don’t care what type of dog you think you are. Or the country you say you should be from. Or the colour that supposedly represents your personality. Or the decade you should have ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: Google Nose Stinks
Is it really only a year since the official launch of the controversial yet highly creative Google Nose (a less than subtle play on the word ‘knows’)? For those of you who missed it, ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: Smatches or Watchputers?
Why is the new Google or Motorola smartwatch called the 360? Surely not just because its round? Hmm... Well, apparently that is the reason why. Seriously, is that the best name they could ...
READ MORE +#sowhoknew: Facebook reinvents Paper
Paper, rock, scissors. A globally familiar ancient Chinese game where one of the three symbols can beat only one of the two remaining. Which got me to thinking whether there was a tenuous ...
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