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September 12, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

We are so excited this year that Marc Mathieu of Unilever can open the presentations at the We First Summit at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills, on October 7-8 in Beverly Hills. Marc is responsible for the development of Unilever’s new marketing strategy — Crafting Brands For Life — that will support the company’s sustainability […]

We are so excited this year that Marc Mathieu of Unilever can open the presentations at the We First Summit at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills, on October 7-8 in Beverly Hills. Marc is responsible for the development of Unilever’s new marketing strategy — Crafting Brands For Life — that will support the company’s sustainability …

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Filed Under: Conferences, Purpose, Thinking, We First Tagged With: branding, Brands, leadership, Marketing, purpose, social branding, social good, unilever

September 10, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

Announcing the final speaker line-up at the 2014 We First Brand Leadership Summit – join us to build your social marketing plan for 2015 together. Getting your social marketing right is no easy task with technology and consumer behavior changing so quickly. That’s why we put together a very special, annual 2-day training event where …

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Filed Under: Brands, Causes, Community, Conferences, CSR, Leadership, Media, Non-profits, Purpose, Sustainability, Thinking, Values Tagged With: branding, Brands, Business, Causes, Coca Cola, CSR, Facebook, IBM, Marketing, non-profits, Nutiva, Participant Media, Patagonia, purpose, seminar, social branding, social business, Social change, sustainability, unilever, Values, We First

September 4, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

Nestlé India recently released a rap video featuring none other than animated super babies extolling the virtues of breastfeeding. This charming video has already captured almost 2 million views on YouTube and each of the individual characters takes on a personality and life of their own. For example “Lil Wiz” talks about brain and vision …

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August 20, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

In our latest G+ hangout, Leveraging Cultural Conversations to Build Your Brand, Community, and Impact, we spoke with Aaron Sherinian, VP of Communication and PR for the UN Foundation (and one of our fantastic speakers at our upcoming Brand Leadership Summit) about how organizations can become leaders in cultural conversations and build movements. While it’s …

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July 31, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

A study by Mckinsey and the CECP, Shaping the Future: Solving Social Problems through Business Strategy,  lays out four alternatives for our future: 1. Corporations respond to expectations for greater social responsibility and government allows corporations to voluntarily meet these expectations. 2. Corporations try to adopt socially responsible practices but customers don’t trust them, so government and …

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July 22, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

Coca-Cola is currently rolling out an innovative and environmentally responsible initiative called Coca-Cola 2nd Lives, starting in Vietnam and then expanding across Asia. At the heart of this effort is the intent to give their disposable bottles a second life that is meaningful, adds value to the lives of customers, and also avoids those bottles …

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