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  1.    The Good Insight: study on how DEI drives higher Glassdoor scores
    Diversity & Inclusion

    The Good Insight: study on how DEI drives higher Glassdoor scores

    The UK data consultancy presented a new study at Creative Equals’ 2024 RISE conference which looked at how DEI is a…

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  2.    Benchmark: Centralised Marketing Hub
    Marketing capabilities

    Benchmark: Centralised Marketing Hub

    WFA member benchmark on centralising marketing assets and resources into a singular platform

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  3.    Benchmark: Programmatic models
    ProgrammaticMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Programmatic models

    WFA member benchmark exploring how members are structuring programmatic models

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  4.    CMO, the impossible job?
    CreativityMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    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.    Highlights from Global Marketer Week 2024

    Highlights from Global Marketer Week 2024

    Global Marketer Week, the event for international marketers, went to Toronto in May 2024. See the highlights below from…

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  7.    From AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024
    CreativityMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    From AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024

    It was a massive week of insights and inspiration in Toronto. Brenna Brandes, Junior Marketing Services Manager at WFA, picks out…

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  8.    Aggregated Measurement Report - May 2024

    Aggregated Measurement Report - May 2024

    The sixth Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) report tracking performance on brand safety across ten platforms.

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  9.    Insight Forum GMW Meeting Overview (May 2024)

    Insight Forum GMW Meeting Overview (May 2024)

    Overview of the Insight Forum held in Toronto, May 2024

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  10.    Media Forum APAC meeting overview (April 2024)
    Organisation & structure

    Media Forum APAC meeting overview (April 2024)

    Overview of the WFA Media Forum Asia Pacific held in person in Singapore

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  11.    WFA Better Marketing Pod: Nissan's Allyson Witherspoon on how a YouTube music channel can help sell cars
    Marketing technologyIntegrated marketingDigital transformationMarketing operationsMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    WFA Better Marketing Pod: Nissan's Allyson Witherspoon on how a YouTube music channel can help sell cars

    In this episode of the Better Marketing Pod, David Wheldon speaks to Allyson Witherspoon, Global CMO of Nissan Motor Corporation,…

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  12.    Spotlight: Bothism - efficiency & effectiveness to drive performance in marketing departments
    Agency remuneration & contractsCreativityMarketing procurement

    Spotlight: Bothism - efficiency & effectiveness to drive performance in marketing departments

    There is great potential in re-engineering marketing operations - from team structure, stakeholder alignment, processes, channel…

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  13.    This month in AI: new tools, content labelling, voice cloning and licensing deals
    Digital policyMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    This month in AI: new tools, content labelling, voice cloning and licensing deals

    In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging.…

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  14.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Dr. Marcus Collins: ‘Cultural Catalyst'
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Dr. Marcus Collins: ‘Cultural Catalyst'

    Few external forces are more influential to human behaviour than culture, which makes cracking the culture…

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  15.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Jonathan Adashek: ‘Putting Your Trust in AI?'
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Jonathan Adashek: ‘Putting Your Trust in AI?'

    40% of companies have not yet deployed AI, underscoring a dramatic gap between hype and use. 2024 will be the…

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  16.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'

    Uncertainty and volatility are on the rise, whilst globalization is perceived to be in retreat. Yet…

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  17.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | The Better Marketing Debate: ‘CMO, The Impossible Job?'
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | The Better Marketing Debate: ‘CMO, The Impossible Job?'

    The CMO brief has never been so complex. Against a backdrop of polarised politics, a 24/7 newsreel and…

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  18.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Solitaire Townsend: ‘Selling Sustainability’
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Solitaire Townsend: ‘Selling Sustainability’

    Why are so many companies having a hard time selling sustainability in Canada, the USA, the world? Solitaire Townsend, Futerra…

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  19.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Allyson Witherspoon: ‘Innovation Driving Sustainable Growth’
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Allyson Witherspoon: ‘Innovation Driving Sustainable Growth’

    From Nashville to Yokahama. Allyson's journey within Nissan is unique: a female marketing leader in a traditionally male-dominated…

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  20.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Raja Rajamannar & Stephan Pretorius: ‘The Impact of GenAI on Brand Growth’
    Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Raja Rajamannar & Stephan Pretorius: ‘The Impact of GenAI on Brand Growth’

    Raja Rajamannar, WFA President & CMO at Mastercard, and Stephan Pretorius, Chief Technology Officer at WPP, give you a glimpse…

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  21.    Benchmark: Panel service provider(s)
    Agency rostersMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Panel service provider(s)

    WFA member benchmark on how marketing procurement professionals are managing their panel service provider(s).

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