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  1.    In case you missed it… Powerful WFA content from Q2: from AI to DEI, Halo and Positive Marketing
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    In case you missed it… Powerful WFA content from Q2: from AI to DEI, Halo and Positive Marketing

    The WFA team is constantly working with members to share best practice and smart ways for marketing to make a bigger impact.

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  2.    Differentiating skills in the AI era
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    Differentiating skills in the AI era

    Technology does not win awards. Commercial craftsmanship will continue to make the difference, but marketers do need to adapt to succeed in an AI-driven world, as Laura Forcetti explains.

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  3.    Knowledge spotlight: Creating persona-driven content
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    Knowledge spotlight: Creating persona-driven content

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.

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  4.    Knowledge spotlight: Rooting creativity in culture
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    Knowledge spotlight: Rooting creativity in culture

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.

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  5.    Knowledge spotlight: Creative mindset 101
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    Knowledge spotlight: Creative mindset 101

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.

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  6.    Does Asia-Pacific need Lions or Merlions?
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    Does Asia-Pacific need Lions or Merlions?

    WFA’s Asia Advisory Board marked the Cannes Lions Festival in Singapore with #NotInCannes, attended by more than 50 senior marketers based in the Asia Pacific region and hosted at the Google Asia Pacific offices. Laura Forcetti, Director Marketing, Asia Pacific at WFA, reveals the debates around creativity and how APAC could get more glory both locally and globally.

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  7.    What do marketers want to see in Cannes?
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    What do marketers want to see in Cannes?

    We asked 13 industry experts at Global Marketer Week in Toronto what big issues ad land should prioritise in Cannes this year. Four big themes dominate their demands: creativity, purpose, AI and impact.

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  8.    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 task.

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  9.    How to build better brands?
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    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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  10.    From AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024
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    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 the highlights.

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  11.    Spotlight: Bothism - efficiency & effectiveness to drive performance in marketing departments
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    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 & content optimisation to in-house and agency management.

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  12.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 32: On AI, sharing and scaling with Asmita Dubey, L'Oréal
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 32: On AI, sharing and scaling with Asmita Dubey, L'Oréal

    In episode 32 of the Better Marketing Pod, David Wheldon speaks to L'Oréal's CMO, Marketer of 2023 and Global Marketer Week speaker, Asmita Dubey.

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  13.    Spotlight: The Democratisation of Virtual Production
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    Spotlight: The Democratisation of Virtual Production

    The past few years have seen the emergence and evolution of virtual production.

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  14.    APAC Spotlight: Creative briefing - using AI to stoke EI
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    APAC Spotlight: Creative briefing - using AI to stoke EI

    WFA members have always been quite humble in accepting that their briefing processes have enormous room for improvement. Bad briefs are said to cost the global economy $200 Billion in lost opportunity annually.

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  15.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 31: On the evolution of creativity with Claire Beale and Sonoo Singh, Creative Salon
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 31: On the evolution of creativity with Claire Beale and Sonoo Singh, Creative Salon

    In episode 31 of the Better Marketing Pod, host David Wheldon speaks with Creative Salon founders Claire Beale and Sonoo Singh on why clients should champion creativity, how to attract young talent and the future of the profession in a technology-driven world.

     

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  16.    Trust me when I tell you this about the state of creativity…
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    Trust me when I tell you this about the state of creativity…

    We’ll only get better, more effective campaigns when agencies can persuade clients to trust them. Arwa Madhawi explores the business case.

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  17.    Spotlight: Journey with GenAI: real-world applications and current progress
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    Spotlight: Journey with GenAI: real-world applications and current progress

    Trying to keep up with AI? Intentful’s Marina Petrova offers a much-needed update and reality check.

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  18.    Spotlight: Creative briefing - using AI to stoke EI
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    Spotlight: Creative briefing - using AI to stoke EI

    WFA members have always been quite humble in accepting that their briefing processes have enormous room for improvement. Bad briefs are said to cost the global economy $200 Billion in lost opportunity annually.

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  19.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 29: On what we can learn from emerging markets with Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 29: On what we can learn from emerging markets with Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo

    In episode 29 of the Better Marketing Pod, host David Wheldon speaks with Cristina Diezhandino, Chief Marketing Officer at Diageo and WFA Global Marketer of 2022, about the importance of creative precision, the role of emerging markets, Diageo's brand building - and selecting the best cocktail maker in the world.

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  20.    My five takeaways from Cannes 2023
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    My five takeaways from Cannes 2023

    This year’s Cannes Lions had a real buzz about it. Clients seemed re-energised by the reprioritisation of creative effectiveness and real purpose, and the challenges of addressing sustainability and inclusion. Stephan Loerke, WFA CEO, provides his take-aways from five days in the south of France.

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  21.    WFA Global Marketer Week '23 | Conny Braams & David Jones: Supercharging sustainable growth
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    WFA Global Marketer Week '23 | Conny Braams & David Jones: Supercharging sustainable growth

    Conny and David explore the intersection of marketing, technology and sustainability and our role in supercharging sustainable growth for brands, people and planet.

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