Archive for the 'Events' Category

Taking to the Runway, Cape Town, today, 29 May 2008, is the inaugural Fashion Exchange +27 - brainchild of Gavin Rajah and Tziona Aronson.
In his brief welcoming message, Rajah said that with this annual event, he hopes to create a platform for the industry to come together and interact freely with eachother, exchange ideas, and [...]

Tomorrow, Wednesday 21 May 2008, and Thursday 22 May is the second International Media Forum South Africa, being held at the forum | the campus in Bryanston, Johannesburg, and the Bizcommunity.com team will be out in full force, reporting and blogging on this important event which “brings together senior editors from the world’s most important [...]

I’m sitting at the Good Food and Wine Show, and (rather sadly) dodging wine tastings and shooters left, right and centre – lest I be rendered completely squiffy and they have to cart me out of here in a trolley. That, and of course it may not be totally kosher to be caught drinking on [...]

Go South Africa!!! Just in from Mark Forrester via twitter: BBDO Cape Town has won a Yellow Pencil in Radio Advertising for Drums for client Marshall Music! Listen to the radio ad here.
The other South African nomination, King James for kulula.com Credit Card “Hijax” in Broadcast Innovations, unfortunately did not place.
PS For more tweeting from [...]

A few weeks ago I was asked by Bizcommunity if i would attend the D&AD Awards 2008 and blog about the experience. That wasn’t a hard question to answer, seeing the D&AD Awards is just about the most internationally respected and prestigious creative awards for the design and advertising industries!
With about an hour to spare [...]

Tonight, Thursday, 15 May 2008, is the night! Creative minds everywhere are now spinning in anticipation of clutching that Black or Yellow Pencil in their sweaty palms and glowing with pride in front of the 1800 guests expected at the upcoming D&AD awards ceremony and Bizcommunity.com will be there in London, courtesy of our latest [...]

Great news! The organisers of the International Media Forum, running 21 - 22 May 2008, have extended its 15% discount for Bizcommunity.com readers who book before 20 May - a saving of over R1500 per ticket.
International editors of top world media and some of the world’s most experienced communicators and brand builders are in the [...]