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Laura Forcetti

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  1.    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think

    Deeper collaboration with marketing procurement can be a quiet competitive advantage for CMOs – and a powerful ally. Laura Forcetti, Director of Global Marketing Sourcing at WFA, explains why.

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  2.    Marketing procurement’s early AI steps
    AI

    Marketing procurement’s early AI steps

    AI is rewiring the whole marketing economy, including marketing procurement. Laura Forcetti, Director, Marketing Asia-Pacific, and Global Sourcing, presents some industry-first research into the scale of adoption across the function.

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  3.    Celebrating creativity with #NotInCannes
    Cannes Lions

    Celebrating creativity with #NotInCannes

    While many in our industry were in Cannes last month celebrating creativity, members of WFA’s Asia Advisory Board supported the movement from Singapore, organising an evening event for those who couldn’t make it to the French Riviera.

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  4.    WFA research reveals new trends showing how brands are responding to changes in content production
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    WFA research reveals new trends showing how brands are responding to changes in content production

    Outsourced on-site model on the rise, GenAI is slowly gaining traction, centralisation is back and social and short-form video are a top focus.

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  5.    Skills underpin the power of procurement
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Skills underpin the power of procurement

    Marketing procurement needs to get its skills future-fit to add maximum value to the business. Laura Forcetti, Director Marketing Services Asia Pacific and Global Sourcing at WFA, reveals the latest research.

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  6.    Marketing Matters in Asia-Pacific
    Marketing structureMarketing operations

    Marketing Matters in Asia-Pacific

    Members of WFA’s CMO Forum in Asia-Pacific met during Marketing Matters in Singapore, focusing on the value equation for marketing and how to deliver better marketing. Rob Dreblow, WFA Global Head of Marketing Services, and Laura Forcetti, WFA Director, Marketing Services Asia-Pacific, and Global Sourcing, report back.

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  7.    Differentiating skills in the AI era
    CreativityMarketing technologyCannes LionsAIMarketing technology

    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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  8.    Does Asia-Pacific need Lions or Merlions?
    Brand reputationCreativityMarketing strategyCannes LionsMarketing strategy

    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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  9.    Back to digital basics with WFA
    Digital media transformation

    Back to digital basics with WFA

    Knowledge Spotlights is a series of new courses on key digital marketing topics, designed to help WFA members succeed and boost the skills of emerging marketing leaders. Laura Forcetti explains.

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  10.    GenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change
    Marketing technologyAIMarketing technology

    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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