British businessman and presenter of BBC’s The Apprentice Alan Sugar will be among the headline speakers at the Pendulum Summit in January. Having left school in Hackney at the age of 16, Sugar started selling electric goods out of a van he bought for £50. In 1968, he founded Amstrad and he is now said […]
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United States boss McCorkindale to address PRII
The president and chief executive of the Institute for Public Relations (IPR) in the US, Dr Tina McCorkindale, will speak at the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) ’20:20 Vision’ annual conference next month. Her talk will be about the various issues around technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI) in PR, over the coming decade. McCorkindale […]
Verve retains ISO sustainability cert
Events agency Verve has retained its ISO 20121 sustainability certification for the fifth year running. The certification was originally introduced to ensure that agencies working on the 2012 London Olympic Games were part of a positive environmental, economic and social legacy. The agency run by Ronan Traynor is the only Irish event agency to win […]
Jan Gooding to speak at Marketing Society
Diversity activist and former Aviva global marketing director Jan Gooding will address Marketing Society members on the value of developing inclusive brands at a breakfast in September. Gooding chairs PamCo, the body which oversees audience measurement for the published media industry. She also chairs the British LGBT equality charity Stonewall. Gooding’s worked with BT, British […]
AAI to host Max Brady talk on stereotyping in ads
Pull the Trigger executive producer Max Brady is the guest speaker for this month’s Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) Toolkit breakfast when she will pull no punches on addressing the issue of whether or not Irish marketers are guilty of stereotyping in ads. What other countries are doing to tackle gender stereotyping will also […]
INM to host tech security seminar in RDS
Independent News & Media will hold a seminar on IT security by discussing issues relating to risk awareness, privacy and the recently introduced GDPR at the third annual Dublin Information Sec 2018 in the RDS Concert Hall on Monday, October 15. The keynote speaker is Mikko Hypponen, an international expert on computer security and online […]
KitchenAid signs up as Vitality Expo sponsor
Kitchen appliance brand KitchenAid is to sponsor the cookery stage at Vitality Expo health and wellbeing event in the RDS on September 8/9. Presented by Health Stores Ireland and INM Events, the expo will feature talks on health, wellbeing, nutrition and skincare, along with 160 exhibitors showcasing relevant products and innovations. The cookery stage programme includes […]
MII announces speakers for DMX Dublin 2018
The Marketing Institute has announced speakers from Lego, Wieden+Kennedy, Brainlabs and Foresight Factory as part of the DMX Dublin 2018 line-up. DMX Dublin 2018 will involve over 30 overseas and local speakers, sharing insights and best practice with over 900 marketers in a full day of sharing, learning and networking at the Aviva Stadium on […]
BJAI Challenge raises €50k for Dublin Simon
The Business Journalists Association of Ireland (BJAI) raised over €50,000 for the Dublin Simon Community (DSC) at their annual corporate challenge quiz. It is the 17th year that the quiz has taken place and the event has raised over €550,000 for DSC to date. William Fry were the overall winners of the challenge, with WHPR second and […]
AIB to share GAA push at major US show
AIB becomes the first Irish brand to join global marketers and rights holders at the IEG sponsorship conference in Chicago later this month. Representing the bank at IEG will be Brian Keating, group propositions and brands director and Mark Brennan, AIB’s head of digital and innovation, speaking about ‘The Toughest’ campaign for the GAA. Keating and […]
Showing off campaigns that go belly up
The Marketing Society Future Council is turning the spotlight on the marketing moments that didn’t quite hit the mark. Kicking off in Odessa on Thursday, February 23, the council will play host to ‘The F Word’, with three industry leaders set to share their learnings from the times things didn’t quite go to plan. Tailored […]
Young marketers push thought leadership
Young marketers from across the industry attended the Marketing Society Future Council’s first event in Foley’s on Merrion Row. Aimed at marketing professionals with 3-5-years’ experience, the ‘Influencing the Influencers’ forum saw the audience receive advice from the panel of speakers on how to be more influential within their careers. With a breadth of experience across the […]
An Post to discuss making ideas pay
The discount rate for tickets to An Post’s latest Grow My Business series ends tomorrow. Early bird tickets cost €30 – the price then increases to €39. This time round, the topic is ‘Turning Ideas into Income’ with a line-up of speakers which includes Wheels Couriers and Worldbox.ie owner, Bernie Kinsella, Target McConnells chairman Gary Brown and East […]
