The 50th NABS Rugby 7s Tournament at Richmond Athletic proved to be a fabulous occasion – even if the weather was lousy!
Despite the conditions, the crowds came, the bar was full, the show went on. Eventually the sun did shine,thankfully, just in time for the finals. OMD & DDB combined to beat Ogilvy in the final of the Bowl and MediaCom beat McCann London in the Plate.
We had two really close semi-finals in the main Trophy competition: Yahoo! and Sky Media won their matches by a mere 2 points against NABS Nomads and DLKW Lowe respectively. Ultimately, Sky Media followed their colleagues at Sky Sports, who won the 2011 final, to beat Yahoo! 17-12 to become the 2012 Champions.
By Derek Hewitt, Rugby Committee Chair
The waiting is almost over and so we’ve decided that Heaven and Hell themed music should be the order of the day ahead of tomorrow evening’s NABS Big Bash. And to get us in the mood, there’s been a number of rather non angelic choruses of “Ooh baby do you know what that’s worth…Ooh heaven is a place on earth….” and the like.
To help with the wait we have our next instalment of Adland Heaven and Adland Hell where we have asked the industry’s great and good to tell us their best and worst moments in advertising – whether they be funny, embarrassing or both. Read More »
There’s just two days to go until the NABS Big Bash and people all over the industry are planning their wardrobe for the big night. A note of caution though, you can’t rush it. After all, the devil is in the details.
To help with the wait until Thursday we have our next instalment of Adland Heaven and Adland Hell where we have asked the industry’s great and good to tell us their best and worst moments in advertising – whether they be funny, embarrassing or both.
Today’s offering comes from Mark Howe, country sales director for Google.
Adland Heaven - it has to be surviving and hopefully thriving in the initially alien world of Google, after those hedonistic days in TV. A continuous learning curve of Star Trek fantasy that has become a driver of business change. Read More »
With just one week to go until the NABS Big Bash, and only one day to book tables, people all over the industry are washing their halos and wings, or polishing their pitch forks in anticipation.
To help the time pass until the event starts we have our next instalment of Adland Heaven and Adland Hell where we have asked the industry’s great and good to tell us their best and worst moments in advertising – whether they be funny, embarrassing or both. Read More »
To celebrate the impending Big Bash NABS has asked the industry’s great and good to tell us their best and worst moments in advertising – whether they be funny, embarrassing or both.
Today’s offering comes from Marc Mendoza, CEO of MPG Media Contacts.
Heaven – Creative and media working together at WCRS in the hedonistic 80′s. Robin Wight, Rooney Carruthers and a new BMW every 6 months. Read More »
To celebrate the impending Big Bash NABS has asked the industry’s great and good to tell us their best and worst moments in advertising – whether they be funny, embarrassing or both.
Today’s offering comes from Graham Duff, the managing director of Miroma for UK and Europe. Read More »
To celebrate the impending Big Bash NABS has asked the industry’s great and good to tell us their best and worst moments in adland, whether they be funny, embarrassing or both.
Excitement is seriously starting to build around the NABS Big Bash on 29th March which has the devilishly paradoxical theme of Heaven & Hell. (We should know as tables are selling fast, you need to move quickly to get involved). Read More »
“Focus on being the best you can be today.”
This was the pithy slice of wisdom that stood out from a whole host – all of which struck me as being equally valid and immediately quotable, but many of whose precise formulations were forgotten in the tightly run ‘Speed Mentoring’ setup. It seemed to sum up the quality that linked a diverse range of industry figureheads: modesty.
No one I spoke to felt they had a plan mapped out, which is not to say no one had ambition – quite the opposite. All were committed to what they do, to the people they do it with, and to learning new skills to chart a collective path through the challenges lying in front of them. Read More »
Last week I attended the NABS Speed Mentoring evening, hosted at M&C Saatchi.
The event provided an informal opportunity to mingle with both like-minded peers and industry leaders across the media and advertising world, including creatives, planners, media owners and even budding entrepreneurs. Read More »
For the past nine weeks, 80 of the best young talents in advertising have been taking part in the NABS Fast Forward course. I was lucky enough to be considered one of those 80.
We were quickly separated into teams of 10, which grew into 8 mini start-up ad agencies. Each team had been carefully considered and had a balance of Account Handlers, Planners and Creatives. I was a part of Team Nipper, named after the famous HMV dog. And each other team had also been named after its own famous dog, which we soon discovered to be rather apt. Read More »
