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  1.    Reflections on 2024: Inclusion, Innovation, and the Future of Marketing
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    Reflections on 2024: Inclusion, Innovation, and the Future of Marketing

    In this 60-minute session in partnership with Creative Equals we look back on an eventful year for brands and what it means for…

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  2.    Knowledge Spotlight: 2024 Media trends in Asia Pacific
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    Knowledge Spotlight: 2024 Media trends in Asia Pacific

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts,…

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  3.    Scared to speak up about DEI or sustainability in the current environment? Don’t be: fortune favours the bold

    Scared to speak up about DEI or sustainability in the current environment? Don’t be: fortune favours the bold

    I’ve fumbled two big opportunities to get rich quick. The first was when I wrote a feature for the Guardian about Bitcoin when…

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  4.    CMO, the impossible job?
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    CMO, the impossible job?

    Marketers at this year’s Global Marketer Week responded to the challenge that being CMO had turned into an impossible…

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  5.    How to build better brands?
    CreativityMarketing technologyAIBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital transformationMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    How to build better brands?

    CMOs at Global Marketer Week provide key pointers on what will help build stronger, more resilient brands.

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  6.    Facing the Firestorm

    Facing the Firestorm

    How can brands be resilient in polarised times? Sebastian Parker and Ishani Rege from Creative Equals, WFA's strategic partner for…

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  7.    Unstereotype Alliance: ‘State of the Industry' report 2023
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Unstereotype Alliance: ‘State of the Industry' report 2023

    The industry-led coalition convened by UN Women published the third iteration of its report examining the progress of DEI across the…

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  8.    Six WFA partner predictions for 2024
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Six WFA partner predictions for 2024

    Six of WFA's strategic partners of WFA share their global marketing predictions for 2024.

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  9.    Unstereotype Alliance: ‘Say Nothing, Change Nothing’ campaign
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Unstereotype Alliance: ‘Say Nothing, Change Nothing’ campaign

    The industry-led coalition convened by UN Women launched "Say Nothing, Change Nothing" at Cannes Lions 2023, a global campaign to…

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  10.    All you need to know about the Global DEI Census 2023
    Diversity & Inclusion

    All you need to know about the Global DEI Census 2023

    The Global DEI Census 2023 – which will investigate the state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the marketing industry…

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  11.    Making the numbers count
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Making the numbers count

    Talent is the lifeblood of marketing. Brands need to meet their needs for a better lived experience if they want to attract and…

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  12.    WFA names new Global Diversity Ambassadors
    Diversity & Inclusion

    WFA names new Global Diversity Ambassadors

    Marketers from Reckitt, Estée Lauder and The Walt Disney Company join founding Ambassador Jerry Daykin to help steer…

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  13.    Putting wages on an equal footing
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Putting wages on an equal footing

    Knowing that you are paid fairly is a critical part of the inclusion equation, says Michele Prota, Global Chief Talent Officer at…

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  14.    Don’t be disingenuous on inclusion: brands must ensure behaviour and messaging align
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Don’t be disingenuous on inclusion: brands must ensure behaviour and messaging align

    Nathalie Lam, Philips Global Head of Sponsorship and Marketing Transformation Lead, explains how Philips wants its creative content…

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  15.    Inclusive marketing is just better marketing
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Inclusive marketing is just better marketing

    Inclusive marketing isn’t just a sideline or a charity project, it’s just better marketing, says Jerry Daykin,…

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  16.    Inclusive Marketing - Why representation matters to your customers and your brand
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Inclusive Marketing - Why representation matters to your customers and your brand

    A WFA session around how to embed true representation across the entire marketing process

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  17.    Insight & Strategy | Ford: Very Gay Raptor
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Insight & Strategy | Ford: Very Gay Raptor

    How a car brand stood up against discrimination on social media and earned 184 million impressions in the process.

    This…

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  18.    Webinar: Diversity & Representation - Ensuring media & advertising supports inclusion
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Webinar: Diversity & Representation - Ensuring media & advertising supports inclusion

    Deep dive on diversity & representation in media, following the launch of a new WFA guide to addressing DEI issues in the media…

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  19.    New guide addressing Diversity & Inclusion in brand safety
    Diversity & Inclusion

    New guide addressing Diversity & Inclusion in brand safety

    The guide has been developed by the European Association of Communication Agencies (EACA)

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  20.    Is it an advantage to be a woman in marketing?

    Is it an advantage to be a woman in marketing?

    Absolutely—but not in the way some people seem to think, says Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi

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  21.    Innovation at Cannes
    Creativity

    Innovation at Cannes

    Judging this year’s Innovation Lions highlighted both the power of innovation to drive real change and the importance of…

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  22.    Inclusive equals results
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Inclusive equals results

    New research shows how embracing diversity in content delivers better results. Will Gilroy from the WFA and Daren Poole from Kantar…

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  23.    Industry’s unprecedented show of unity to tackle DEI
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Industry’s unprecedented show of unity to tackle DEI

    More than 100 organisations have come together behind the first-ever global diversity, equality and inclusion census of the…

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  24.    Unstereotype Alliance 'State of the Industry' report 2021
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Unstereotype Alliance 'State of the Industry' report 2021

    Global action platform report identifies key goals and recommendations for the marketing industry to improve diversity and…

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  25.    One year after George Floyd
    Diversity & Inclusion

    One year after George Floyd

    Smooth words and engagement from the ad industry still need to be translated into real action, argues Belinda Smith, CEO Americas,…

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  26.    Insight & Strategy | Frida Mom: Fourth Trimester
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Insight & Strategy | Frida Mom: Fourth Trimester

    How a women-led team created an ad that embraced truth and reflected the realities of breastfeeding and motherhood to launch a new…

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  27.    Gender equality in marketing: are we making progress fast enough?

    Gender equality in marketing: are we making progress fast enough?

    We've asked six industry leaders to share their perspectives

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  28.    Delivering diversity is a must-pass test
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Delivering diversity is a must-pass test

    The pandemic has highlighted the need to push the diversity and inclusion agenda harder and faster. Stephan Loerke, WFA CEO,…

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  29.    Insight & Strategy | Mattel: Creatable World
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Insight & Strategy | Mattel: Creatable World

    Why a toy maker decided to remodel conventions with a genderless doll range

    This article was originally published in…

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  30.    Insight & Strategy | Doritos: The Best Gift
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Insight & Strategy | Doritos: The Best Gift

    Why Doritos made an emotional film about sexual diversity and doubled down on inclusivity in Mexico

    This article was…

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  31.    YouTube video trends: how the world is responding to the rallying cry for racial justice

    YouTube video trends: how the world is responding to the rallying cry for racial justice

    Three specific ways people tuned in and raised their voices in support of anti-racism on YouTube following the killing of George…

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  32.    The big questions this year, answered by LIONS Live
    Creativity

    The big questions this year, answered by LIONS Live

    In the absence of the annual industry meetup on the French Riviera, in June WFA asked seven industry experts: “If you…

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  33.    Time to stop covering up our diversity

    Time to stop covering up our diversity

    We're at an important moment in the diversity conversation and understanding 'covering up' is part of unpacking that, says Jerry…

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  34.    Putting an end to racially-loaded terms in marketing

    Putting an end to racially-loaded terms in marketing

    WFA CEO, Stephan Loerke, calls on the industry to change the narrative and to stop using terms such as 'whitelist' and 'blacklist'…

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  35.    UN Women and WFA call on the industry to fight racism and inequality

    UN Women and WFA call on the industry to fight racism and inequality

    Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, and Stephan Loerke, CEO, WFA, issue a joint…

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  36.    Adland commits: 10 ways to hold the industry accountable #BlackLivesMatter

    Adland commits: 10 ways to hold the industry accountable #BlackLivesMatter

    UK advertising and media leaders have issued an open letter calling on the industry to address inequality and take action against…

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  37.    UK Advertising Needs You

    UK Advertising Needs You

    A showcase for Diversity and Inclusion initiatives in the UK ad industry.

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  38.    Seek out good actors and elevate them

    Seek out good actors and elevate them

    A view by Jerry Daykin, Media Director at GSK Consumer Healthcare

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  39.    There is no general consumer

    There is no general consumer

    A view by Aline Santos, Unilever EVP Global Marketing and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

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  40.    Diverse coalitions create breakthrough solutions

    Diverse coalitions create breakthrough solutions

    A view by Jane Wakely, Lead CMO, Mars Incorporated

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  41.    Accelerating to equal

    Accelerating to equal

    A view by Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officr, P&G

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  42.    Inclusion starts at home

    Inclusion starts at home

    WFA has compiled some practical tips for fostering a culture of inclusion across all levels of an organisation

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  43.    True equality is a work-in-progress

    True equality is a work-in-progress

    A view by Raja Rajamannar, WFA President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Mastercard

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  44.    Women's Empowerment Principles

    Women's Empowerment Principles

    The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender…

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  45.    Elastic Generation: The Female Edit

    Elastic Generation: The Female Edit

    Report exploring the lifestyles and attitudes of British women aged between 53 and 72.

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  46.    Gender Bias in Advertising: Research, Trends and New Visual Language

    Gender Bias in Advertising: Research, Trends and New Visual Language

    In 2017, discussions around gender and media have reached a fever pitch. We’ve seen movements for gender equality in…

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