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  1.    Three principles from four decades of media practice
    Media transformation

    Three principles from four decades of media practice

    Global media expert Ben Jankowski, former SVP Global Media at Mastercard, shares his key learnings from his forty-year career in media as he ends his impressive 11-year tenure at the company and eight years as a global chair of WFA’s Media Forum to start a new consulting venture.

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  2. Advertising & policyAd techMedia transformation

    Welcome to the privacy-focused future

    The march towards a consumer privacy model for the future is gathering pace and it’s hard to keep up. Advertisers need to check out the alternatives to third-party cookies, says WFA Global Media Manager, Joe Mourani.

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  3.    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Do not think to return to pre-Covid habits'
    Brand purposeBrand reputation

    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Do not think to return to pre-Covid habits'

    Raja Rajamannar, WFA President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Mastercard, shares his vision for the year ahead.

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  4.    100 days on from COP26
    Sustainability

    100 days on from COP26

    Sarah Goodenough, Communications Manager for the UN Climate Champions, shares her reflections on COP26 and the activist role marketers must play to lead the way in the Race to Zero.

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  5.    7 partner predictions for 2022
    Advertising & policy

    7 partner predictions for 2022

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

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  6.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 13: On creativity with Sir John Hegarty
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 13: On creativity with Sir John Hegarty

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with ad legend Sir John Hegarty about the value of creativity, building iconic brands and the secret to making the perfect marmalade.

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  7.    12 predictions for 2022
    Advertising & policy

    12 predictions for 2022

    From creativity to platform regulation, ‘Metamania’ to the golden ‘square’ of marketing, the WFA team share their predictions for the marketing industry in 2022.

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  8.    Mondelēz and Sanofi join Planet Pledge
    Brand purposeBrand reputationSustainabilityMarketing operations

    Mondelēz and Sanofi join Planet Pledge

    Two more major global brand owners have signed up to WFA’s Planet Pledge, a worldwide commitment to making marketing a force for positive change both internally and among consumers.

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  9.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 12: On marketing in Africa with Folake Ani-Mumuney
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 12: On marketing in Africa with Folake Ani-Mumuney

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Folake Ani-Mumuney, Global Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications at First Bank of Nigeria, about why brands need to start focusing more on the African continent.

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  10.    WFA CEO: “2021 was a watershed year for marketing”
    Advertising & policy

    WFA CEO: “2021 was a watershed year for marketing”

    2021 has been memorable for a lot of the wrong reasons. But it will also be remembered for some of the right ones. We may well look back on it as a turning point for our industry on a number of critical issues, says WFA CEO, Stephan Loerke.

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  11.    Reversing the decline in advertising effectiveness
    Brand reputationCreativityContent marketing

    Reversing the decline in advertising effectiveness

    To create memorable advertising that builds brands, the industry must capture the ‘broad-beam’ attention of audiences; for that to happen, marketers must shift their focus – they must look out, says Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer at the System1 Group.

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  12.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Jane Wakely, Mars, Incorporated
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Jane Wakely, Mars, Incorporated

    Jane Wakely, Lead CMO at Mars, Incorporated, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  13.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Pratik Thakar, TCCC
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Pratik Thakar, TCCC

    Pratik Thakar, Head of Global Creative Strategy and Content at TCCC, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  14.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Julia Goldin, the LEGO Group
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Julia Goldin, the LEGO Group

    Julia Goldin, EVP, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at the LEGO Group, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  15.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO Forum

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo

    Cristina Diezhandino, CMO at Diageo, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  16.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Rupen Desai, Dole Sunshine Company
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Rupen Desai, Dole Sunshine Company

    Rupen Desai, Global CMO at Dole Sunshine Company, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  17.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Conny Braams, Unilever
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO Forum

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Conny Braams, Unilever

    Conny Braams, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at Unilever, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  18.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Andrea Álvares, Natura
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO Forum

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Andrea Álvares, Natura

    Andrea Álvares, Chief Brand, Innovation, International and Sustainability Officer at Natura, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  19.    Sponsorship into 2022

    Sponsorship into 2022

    What will define brand sponsorship in 2022? Ian Malcolm, President and CEO of Lumency, a brand-side sponsorship, experiential and content marketing consultancy, shares his perspective.

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  20.    Galvanising marketing as a force for positive change: lessons learned from Planet Pledge

    Galvanising marketing as a force for positive change: lessons learned from Planet Pledge

    WFA President and CMCO at Mastercard, Raja Rajamannar, and Ana Maria Henao, Global Vice President of Marketing at PepsiCo, discuss the ways in which marketing can be a force of positive change in the race to net zero emissions.

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  21.    A marketer in Glasgow
    Advertising & policySustainability

    A marketer in Glasgow

    WFA CEO Stephan Loerke reflects on his time at COP26 and identifies the five key areas that brands will have to address in combating climate change in the coming years.

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