Simon Mainwaring

We First provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of their good work in ways that build their business

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June 18, 2010

The unseen side of the Cannes International Advertising Festival

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dYlqYfQGy8 It’s 11 p.m. on Friday night, a full day before the Cannes Advertising Festival kicks off. Yet artists are already at work in the shadows of the Palais de Festival. Each night these street dancers practice their moves, teach the younger kids the basics, and work their particular brand of creativity in and around […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dYlqYfQGy8 It’s 11 p.m. on Friday night, a full day before the Cannes Advertising Festival kicks off. Yet artists are already at work in the shadows of the Palais de Festival. Each night these street dancers practice their moves, teach the younger kids the basics, and work their particular brand of creativity in and around …

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June 14, 2010

How brands use social media to re-invent themselves from the inside out.

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I recently got a great post comment from @mikescheiner that I thought was extremely well put. He wrote: “What most brands fail to understand is the perception you produce internally is reflected externally.” This is spot on and I wanted to discuss how social media can be used to rally company employees around their brand, …

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June 11, 2010

How brands use action ads for immediate positive change: Poprule with Rob Kramer.

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrC4Apvh5bs As you know I’m constantly exploring ways for brands to contribute to social change and I recently had the pleasure of chatting to Rob Kramer who has just launched an action technology platform that does just that. THE SEMANTIC WEB MEETS CAUSE MARKETING SM:  How does Poprule work?  How does it use the semantic …

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June 9, 2010

Why Capitalism is Irrational: ‘First as Tragedy, Then as Farce’ by Slavoj Zizek

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This week’s book  review and giveaway is ‘First as Tragedy, then as Farce’ by Slavoj Zizek. It’s a zestful and intelligent critique of contemporary capitalism in which Zizek asserts capitalism is completely irrational in a way that is impossible to ignore considering the recent financial crisis. Using this example, as well as many others in recent …

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June 7, 2010

Mark Zuckerberg: Everyone’s favorite privacy pinata

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It looks like Mark Zuckerberg will continue to be everyone’s favorite punching bag this week. I’ve written earlier as to why I believe the issue is much larger than Zuckerberg or Facebook, and Robert Scoble did a great piece yesterday reminding us exactly what Mark has already achieved – to his benefit and ours – …

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June 3, 2010

Cannes Festival: Where new media & advertising meet (Part 2)

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Last week I shared Part 1 of my breakdown of seminars that I’m excited about at the Cannes Advertising Festival this year. Here is Part 2hat includes a short synopsis of what each talk is about and what I’ll be speaking about as well with Alec Ross in our seminar sponsored by InterCulture. Adobe: Shantanu Narayen …

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