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  1.    Marcel Marcondes, Global Marketer of 2023 nominee: “Finding creative ways to solve business & consumer problems generates effectiveness"

    Marcel Marcondes, Global Marketer of 2023 nominee: “Finding creative ways to solve business & consumer problems generates effectiveness"

    Marcel Marcondes, Global Chief Marketing Officer at AB InBev, is one of the five global marketers shortlisted for the WFA…

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  2.    Lisa McKnight, Global Marketer of 2023 nominee: “We really painted the world pink"

    Lisa McKnight, Global Marketer of 2023 nominee: “We really painted the world pink"

    Lisa McKnight, EVP, Chief Brand Officer at Mattel, is one of the five global marketers shortlisted for the WFA Global Marketer of…

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  3.    Successes in a tough year

    Successes in a tough year

    The world keeps throwing up new challenges, but marketers show that collaboration can be a powerful solution to even the toughest…

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  4.    The big themes for 2024

    The big themes for 2024

    The WFA’s experts identify five areas for action in the year to come.

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  5.    COP28 – over to business

    COP28 – over to business

    The latest climate conference is a mixed bag, resistance to change at a political level, combined with people driving real business…

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  6.    Keeping the faith in humanity (in marketing)

    Keeping the faith in humanity (in marketing)

    This year’s Most Contagious highlighted the need for empathy combined with data and insights to create impactful and…

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  7.    Pitch Management - Key Stages for Success
    Agency review & pitching

    Pitch Management - Key Stages for Success

    Agency pitches are large-scale, business-critical undertakings involving many stakeholders, significant time and effort. This…

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  8.    What marketers need from COP28

    What marketers need from COP28

    2023 marks the halfway point to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During COP28, the world will also…

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  9.    Marketing effectiveness measurement is about understanding what’s working - but the current industry approaches aren’t
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyMedia transformationMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    Marketing effectiveness measurement is about understanding what’s working - but the current industry approaches aren’t

    Matt Green, Director of Global Media Services, reflects on WFA's work on marketing effectiveness over the past year and what brands…

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  10.    Increasing e-commerce effectiveness in APAC with enablers

    Increasing e-commerce effectiveness in APAC with enablers

    Shufen Goh, Co-founder and Principal at R3, shares key insights from a recent report on the state of e-commerce enablers in…

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  11.    Happily Ever After? Promoting Climate Storytelling at COP28

    Happily Ever After? Promoting Climate Storytelling at COP28

    Tomato soup, big pink ships and a climate bra from Kim Kardashian. The last five years have seen climate messages reach us in new,…

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  12.    Marketing capability: the soft reply to a hard question
    Marketing capabilitiesOrganisation & structure

    Marketing capability: the soft reply to a hard question

    Marketing and marketing teams can look different company by company. But the overarching goal of marketing capability remains the…

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  13.    Pitch Smart - A Study by MediaSense

    Pitch Smart - A Study by MediaSense

    MediaSense's global survey of 100+ media agency professionals 

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  14.    The Marketer's Forecast 2024

    The Marketer's Forecast 2024

    MediaLink's global annual survey of 400+ marketing leaders

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  15.    The most exciting thing about marketing right now…

    The most exciting thing about marketing right now…

    With the call for nominations closed, we checked in with members of our Global Marketer of the Year jury on what excites them most…

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  16.    Are advertisers growing up and slowly embracing aging?
    Diversity & Inclusion

    Are advertisers growing up and slowly embracing aging?

    Have you heard of Bryan Johnson? He’s the tech entrepreneur who made international headlines because he spends millions of…

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  17.    The Digital Services Act: changing the rules of the (advertising) game?
    Digital policy

    The Digital Services Act: changing the rules of the (advertising) game?

    At the end of August, big tech platforms were called to lay their cards on the table. This was the deadline by which they needed to…

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  18.    Top priorities for Global Marketer of the Year nominees

    Top priorities for Global Marketer of the Year nominees

    With nominations for WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2023 open until October 11, members of the expert jury were asked to share…

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  19.    Bad health is bad for business
    Alcohol marketingFood marketingMarketing to children

    Bad health is bad for business

    Rebecka Allén, Director of Consumer Policy, explores why food and alcohol brands risk falling out of grace with WHO and…

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  20.    Will AI boost DEI efforts in advertising or destroy them?
    Diversity & InclusionAI

    Will AI boost DEI efforts in advertising or destroy them?

    Several years ago, I launched a website called rentaminority.com where — clue is in the name — you could quickly and…

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  21.    The risks are rising for big brands
    Brand safetyBrand safety

    The risks are rising for big brands

    Brands face unprecedented risks and will need the right processes and tools to negotiate these challenges. Will Gilroy, WFA Director…

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