Consumers expect brands to play a role in improving their world, ensuring purpose driven marketing is not vague or anodyne, but instead cause and conviction led. Socially active brand campaigns are on the rise and sport in particular is fuelling a new wave of activism, taking cues from grass-root activism to establish meaningful partnerships delivering […]
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McDonald’s on tour with McCafé coffee
McDonald’s has hit the road offering free coffee at locations nationwide. The McCafé mobile Airstream van was launched in April at the Connemarathon and has visited several major events and festivals, including Wild Roots in Sligo and Sea Sessions in Bundoran. Its latest stop came at Dublin Pride where the McCafé van was located on […]
Taste of Dublin returns full-on
Summer food festival Taste of Dublin returns this year to its full pre-pandemic order. As in pre-Covid times, the event will be held in the Iveagh Gardens behind the National Concert Hall from June 16-19, with over 30,000 food enthusiasts expected to attend. Fairtrade Ireland returns this year as the event’s non-profit partner as does […]
Cunningham to address AAI event
Radiocentre Ireland CEO Ciarán Cunningham is the guest speaker at the Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) May Toolkit session. Cunningham assumed his current role in January. Radiocentre Ireland is a new industry body, funded by RTÉ and the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) with a remit to promote audio as a marketing medium. Cunningham […]
Fanning to address IAPI breakfast
John Fanning will speak at an Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) breakfast on the subject of ‘Too Many Algorithms, Not Enough Serendipity’. He will explore possible solutions based on the idea that the problem did not start with the digital economy in the 21st century, but with the financialisation of the economy in […]
Orlando Wood returns to Dublin for talk
British adman and writer Orlando Wood returns to Dublin next month in a talk jointly hosted by the Marketing Institute and Boys+Girls. The breakfast event is in the Marker Hotel at 8.30am on Thursday, May 5. Wood’s new book, Look Out (IPA), is a further exploration into advertising effectiveness and examines how adland can make […]
IAPI announces cubs heading for Cannes
The Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) has announced the seven Cannes Young Lions (CYL) teams that have been selected, following a two-round judging process to represent Ireland at what is referred to as the Oscars of advertising: Cannes Lions. CYL is a global creative competition that allows young industry talent to compete against […]
Dromoland to host women’s open
Dromoland Castle in Co Clare is to stage the Women’s Irish Open on the 450-acre estate’s 18-hole championship course in September. The return of the Ladies European Tour event is also supported by the Irish Government and Clare County Council. It will be the first time women’s professional golf will have been played in the […]
Prof Nelson-Field to address DMX Dublin
Media science researcher and expert on human attention to advertising Professor Karen Nelson-Field of Amplified Intelligence is one of the headline speakers for DMX Dublin which Marketing Institute Ireland (MII) will again host as a virtual conference on Thursday, March 24. Nelson-Field is a professor of media innovation with the University of Adelaide. She was […]
AIMs deadline next Thursday
The entry deadline for this year’s All Ireland Marketing Awards, aka the AIMs, presented by Marketing Institute Ireland looms. Now in its 16th year, the AIM Awards showcase achievements in Irish marketing across a range of categories. These ‘Oscars’ for marketing performance are centered on the strategic value of marketing as a driver of business […]
MII to stage sustainability forum
As most of us are aware, the Earth is a finite resource. Through established behaviours, we are using up too much of its natural resources. Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying. The facts are clear, the natural world is in crisis and it is down to us. But it is not too late, there […]
Marketing Society calls for election nominations
As four members of the Marketing Society council will retire at the end of the year – Maggie Matthews of B&A, Sinead Mooney, Red C, Norman Pratt, Kano and Darragh Rea, Edelman – there will be four vacancies. Two of the openings are on the general panel, open to anyone working across the marketing business, […]
PRII to stage conference in November
The PRII National Conference, ‘Key Issues for Communications Advisors’, takes place on November 10 and 11. The eight-hour programme features six areas of interest with over 20 speakers and is split across the two days. The majority of speakers and panelists will be live in studio while delegates will attend online. The full programme is […]
