Event reviews

Rethinking the role of plastic, and marketing

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Plastic is fantastic, because it is indestructible. Think again.

Young Marketing Leader of the Year: McDonald's Hannah Pain

Since joining McDonald’s in 2015 as brand manager, Hannah Pain’s approach to marketing has been exemplary

Marketing Leader of the Year 2018: Direct Line's Mark Evans

Mark Evans is a marketing leader who relishes a challenge.

Excellence Awards 2018: winners and highly commended

Our Excellence Awards have been going since 1985, with one of the first winners being Sir James Espey. 

And Marketing

BLOG: My time on the Marketing Leaders Programme

Andrew Au reports back on what he took away from the six day programme

Industry Insights with Deloitte Digital Reviewed

On a sunny Thursday evening, Marketing Society Scotland Members were welcomed to Deliotte Digital’s sleek offices in central Edinburgh

Vivatech: better than Cannes?

When the powerful Publicis Groupe dramatically pulled out of the Cannes Lions advertising festival last year, they announced they would

Media 360 review - TV, takeaways, talent and trust

Sarah Warsaw reviews this year's Media 360

Young people: genetically wired to trendspot?

Trendspotting Speakers

Last Tuesday, we enjoyed soaking up nuggets of wisdom over beers on the boat at Leith Barge. The theme of

Festival of Media Global 2018 – My 5 top takeaways

A hectic 48 hours in Rome – the presenters did a brilliant job covering the biggest questions

Dubai's growing buzz

James Welch reviews our leadership breakfast in Dubai with Calvin Hart, Partner, IBM iX

How to apply design-led thinking

IBM’s Calvin Heart, on how turning flying cars into something your mum could take you to school in, became the underpinning for a career in design thinking.  

10 takeouts from Under The Spotlight with Dawe and Jakubenko

It can get lonely at the top, writes ITV's commercial audiences manager

50/50 is equal yes? Turns out not to be equal at all.

Omobono's chairman and founder shares her thoughts on becoming a more meritocratic industry

Gender equality: brave and uncomfortable

MediaCom's chief transformation officer shares her key thoughts and takeaways following our Uncomfortable Breakfast on Gender

From bicycles in boardrooms, to believing in yourself

'Being brave is when the data says no, but your gut says yes'

What does it mean to be brave?

These women were asked questions on the #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter and Data Privacy, reports Alexa Caldicott from our New York Under The Spotlight event

The three c's of marketing: Customers, consciousness and connectivity

Purpose doesn’t just drive good marketing, purpose makes better organisations - and great marketing can only happen within great organisations

Who makes the best marketers?

Did you know, the best leaders in marketing teams are often introverts? writes Pakt's CEO and founder.

What makes us uniquely human?

In a world experiencing rapid technological change – where do artificial intelligence and human empathy collide?

Five themes from Under the Spotlight with David Wheldon

The highlights captured which stood out from the two hours of spirited engagement.