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  1.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'
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    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 marketers, no matter where they’re based in the world, face a very similar set of challenges. And that creates opportunities.

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    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 endless changes in consumer habits and technology, CMOs are tasked to drive business growth through purposeful and inclusive brands that appeal to new, more diverse audiences. Has CMO become the impossible job? The host of the Better Marketing podcast, David Wheldon, asks practising CMOs and an AI infused version of marketing guru Mark Ritson.

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  3.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Solitaire Townsend: ‘Selling Sustainability’
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    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 Co-Founder and Chief Solutionist, explains that ego-green marketing is dead and why that could be great news for your business.

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  4.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Allyson Witherspoon: ‘Innovation Driving Sustainable Growth’
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    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 industry. As Corporate VP & CMO at Nissan, Allyson tells us about the company’s world-leading innovative marketing helping to drive Nissan’s global success.

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  5.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Raja Rajamannar & Stephan Pretorius: ‘The Impact of GenAI on Brand Growth’
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    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 into the future of marketing: harnessing the transformative power of generative AI to help build brands and drive sustainable growth. 

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  6.    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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  7.    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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  8.    GenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change
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    GenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change

    As more brands and agencies get excited by generative AI (GenAI), WFA’s Director of Global Sourcing, Laura Forcetti, hosted a panel at Spikes Asia exploring the intersection between GenAI and the foundations of effective marketing. Here are the key lessons:

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  9.    Tackling the nitty gritty of Generative AI
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    Tackling the nitty gritty of Generative AI

    No new technology comes without risks and Generative AI is no exception. Brands need to be alert to the challenges if they want to take advantage of the opportunities, says WFA Associate Director, Digital Policy, Gabrielle Robitaille.

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  10.    Brands are trailing on data transformation
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    Brands are trailing on data transformation

    If there’s one key learning from the latest WFA research on data transformation, it’s that too few companies have yet taken the right actions to cope with the loss of cookies. Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services at WFA, explains.

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  11.    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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  12.    Marketing effectiveness measurement is about understanding what’s working - but the current industry approaches aren’t
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    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 need to keep in mind to build a culture of effectiveness. 

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  13.    Spotlight: The impact of AI on Production
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    Spotlight: The impact of AI on Production

    Are we seeing genuine innovation or just greater efficiency?

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  14.    Spotlight: Beyond ChatGPT - Practical use and innovation in marketing, e-commerce, and search with GenAI
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    Spotlight: Beyond ChatGPT - Practical use and innovation in marketing, e-commerce, and search with GenAI

    Learn how GenAI is being rolled out in marketing across the globe.

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  15.    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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  16.    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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  17.    Spotlight: ChatGPT: Your New Marketing Assistant - Strategies for Success and guardrails to follow
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    Spotlight: ChatGPT: Your New Marketing Assistant - Strategies for Success and guardrails to follow

    A webinar with guest speaker Jamshed Wadia, Vice Chair of Digital, Asia, Edelman, on the strategies and best practices of Generative AI for marketing. 

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  18.    Seven partner predictions for 2023
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    Seven partner predictions for 2023

    Seven of WFA’s strategic partners reflect on what will define marketing for the year ahead.

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  19.    The testing times continue
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    The testing times continue

    Marketing will have to demonstrate value in 2023 as the global economy slows down, says WFA President and Mastercard Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Raja Rajamannar.

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  20.    WFA Benchmark: Media Ad Servers in a Constantly changing environment
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    WFA Benchmark: Media Ad Servers in a Constantly changing environment

    A WFA member wanted to know the most up-to-date Point of View from advertisers when it comes to ad servers in our constantly evolving industry.

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  21.    Media Forum Meeting Overview (20th October 2022)
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    Media Forum Meeting Overview (20th October 2022)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Media Forum on the 20th October 2022

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