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#DGMSPodcast Don’t Get Me Started: A Podcast About Advertising (DGMS) is a podcast that’s not just about the ad industry; it’s about the people in it. This is a... show designed to get into the heads of ad people it’s about their lives in advertising. Gavin Lester - Chief Creative Officer at Zambezi A conversation with an award-winning, bi-cultural agency leader on creating not only great work, but also your own autonomy, your own agency within an agency, and originality within familiarity. - Dan Balser https://balserville.libsyn.com//episode-331-gavin-lester-c #AdvertisingPodcast #AdPodcast

The only thing we want you spreading around on Halloween is this reminder.

Alex Cohn, our Partner + Head of Content, was featured in the most recent @SHOOTonline survey, where he explains how our production process has shifted due to the pandemic, and gives his best tips and advice to emerging filmmaking talent. https://bit.ly/3ohVtJR

"Our natural instinct is often to duck and cover when difficulties arise, but I’d challenge leaders to run toward the problems instead." Our CEO Jean Freeman was recently featured in an article by Authority Magazine where she explains the five best tips to effectively lead in these turbulent times. Share this article with a fellow business leader for a good dose of #MondayMotivation! https://link.medium.com/tWyRMnbrIab

Our favorite "Type-A Hippie" Jill Burgeson was featured today in #MuseByClio #WFH dairies.

Our executive director of media & analytics, Grace Teng, shares some insights on why now is the time for brands to cautiously resume advertising. Check out the full story in Digiday

No more talking. Now is the time for action. #BlackLivesMatter #SilenceIsDeadly #IWillAct #OpenWaters

Adweek 4 Tips for Navigating an Increasingly Complicated 2020 Media Landscape By Grace Teng, Executive Director of Media & Analytics

This Thursday at 9am PT, The One Club for Creativity Instagram Live will feature our CCO, Gavin Lester and 72&Sunny’s Matt Murphy. Join them as they talk about their lives and roles as both creative leaders and fine artists, and the upsides of finding creative outlets outside of advertising. #CreativeMonth

thinkLA Think Thursdays: Agency Leaders Roundtable Moderated by our very own Jean Freeman!

Join us as agency leaders discuss what’s happened, how they’re coping, and what the future holds for advertising, marketing, and media. https://www.thinkelc.org.../webinars Moderator: Jean Freeman, Principal, CEO, Zambezi Panelists: Pete Imwalle, EVP, COO, RPA Melissa Palazzo-Hart, COO, Managing Director, Sid Lee Erin Riley, President, TBWA\Chiat\Day

Creativity comes calling in times of challenge, and our survival instinct is to answer. From harnessing resources to getting crafty with workarounds, examples of ingenuity will only continue to accelerate during the coronavirus period, as a new wave of entrepreneurs embrace a unified defense against the devastating impact. The good news, as our founder and president Chris Raih puts it, is that creative people love a good problem to solve. The harder the rules of the game, the better we play. And while it may be difficult to keep the juices flowing in the face of overwhelming uncertainty, we at Zambezi are guided by our namesake - to be adaptable and strong. The spring of innovation is only proof that extraordinary thinking is possible, even when the chips are down. Read more in this months #BITES https://lnkd.in/gPAJQSi

Empty shelves can cause anxiety, so we replaced empty space in some of our local stores with friendly and reassuring signage featuring icons of products that are now frequently missing. Want to help stop the spread of the virus, misinformation and stockpiling? Join Clean Out Coronavirus (Not Shelves). 1. Download & print the signs at home via https://bit.ly/3dz09FM 2. Ask the stores in your community if you can place them on empty shelves (during your cautious and infrequent grocery runs).

A large majority of executives haven’t made gender equality a top business priority. We, along with our clients Ultimate Software, Inc., believe in taking action equally to retain top performers and to attract all-star talent. How you treat people changes everything. #EqualPay4All

Social media works like any other addiction: the more you take in, the more your appetite for it grows. We’re grappling with its powerful influence over the way we think, what we want, what we do. Read more on this months #BITES https://medium.com//bites-03-05-20-socials-double-edge-aba

As the world becomes more overwhelming and full of increasing stressors, we see wellness culture growing and taking many shapes and forms; whether that be finding wellness in the end-of-life experience or the mid-life reinvention. We see people checking out of overachievement, obligation, and expectation, and instead prioritizing rest and relaxation through their furniture or color choice. But as we consider wellness in all of its quirky and unconventional forms, it’s important that wellness remains accessible to all, not just those who have the luxury to afford it. Read more in this months #BITES https://medium.com//bites-02-06-20-wealth-of-wellness-8f36