ADDY Tickets Available Now
Early Bird Tickets Available Now!
Tickets are on sale now for the ADDY Awards Show. Get them early and save!
Early Bird Tickets:
1/9/12 - 1/27/12
$15 Students|
$30 Professionals
Regular Priced Tickets:
1/28/12 - 2/17/12
$25 Students | $45 Professionals
Order Tickets here and find out more about this years ADDYs
2012 ADDY Call For Entries
By now you should have received your 2012 ADDY Call For Entries poster in the mail. This years entries are due on January 20, 2012 and the ADDY Award ceremony will be on Friday, February 17, 2012 at Ritsche Auditorium, SCSU. Viewing of work, hors d'oeuvres & drinks at 6:30PM. Awards show and ceremony begin at 8PM.
The latest information and entry details are available here.
Silver Medal Award - Call for Nominations
Nominations are due Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The American Advertising Federation's Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. Each year, our AAF chapter bestows this honor upon an outstanding member of the local advertising community.
Calling All Artists! 2011 1x1 Art Gala
It's time for the 1x1 Art Gala &
being resourceful is your best resource for this year's show!
This year, things are getting a little shake up. Yes, you'll get a plank of wood like in years past, but in your 1x1 "kit" you'll find some other goodies to re-purpose into your creation. If random items can be used to disassemble a bomb, surely such items can lend that perfect amount of flair to your work of art.
TO PARTICPATE AS AN ARTIST
Entry kits containing rules and materials will be $10 a piece with all proceeds from the event going to SCSU & SCTCC National Student Advertising Competition teams and participating artists get free entry to the event.
Email Cory@meta13.com or call 320.492.0394 to arrange pick-up or drop off of your 1x1 materials kit.
Finished pieces will be due back no later than Monday November 28th.
Full details can be found here.
Millner Heritage Winery Wine Label Competition
AAF Central Minnesota is partnering with Millner Heritage Vineyard and Winery to offer a fantastic design opportunity for students and professionals alike. Each participant will be asked to create and design a new wine label that captures Millner's brand and the Hungarian/Austrian heritage it represents. This contest is a great way to showcase your talents and skills, with a friendly competitive edge thrown in. Think about it…what a great portfolio piece! The winner will be announced and honored at our Spring 2012 Social to be held at the Millner Heritage Winery in Kimball, MN.
Full project details and components can be downloaded here.
Adventure™ Opens New Office Location in Minneapolis, MN
November 15, 2011 – BRAINERD, MN – Adventure™, a full-service advertising agency with offices in Brainerd and St. Cloud, MN, will open a new office and photo studio in the Twin Cities on December 1st. The third office will reside at 4850 35th Street West, Minneapolis.
"The new office is a next step in growth towards the progressive Twin Cities advertising agency environment,” says Scott Mitchell, Principal at Adventure. “We have been very successful contributing to many national leadership brands, and enjoy relationships with clients located all over North America. So location has never limited our success. We do look forward to sharing the creative culture, people, and being closer to some of the companies we partner with as resources in the Twin Cities."
Adventure™ Attends Healthcare Social Media Summit at Mayo Clinic
October 31, 2011 – BRAINERD, MN – Adventure’s strategic planning team recently attended the Social Media Summit in Rochester. Areas of focus included social media marketing and PR, mobile healthcare communications and social media for medical professionals. Those attending include Scott Mitchell, Gina Nacey and Sam Voss. Presenters from all over the world and worldwide web shared social media practices and successful programs.
Adventure™ provides all-encompassing creative and marketing services to leading regional and national brands on a project basis. Senior-level experience and nationally recognized executions complement existing client resources for energized brand strength, growth and success. The production side of Adventure™, Adventure Studios, provides national award-winning still photography, video and graphics production. Adventure Studios complements the advertising agency’s capabilities, but operates independently. See their clients, samples of their award-winning work and photography at adventureadvertising.com.
Matt Jensen Joins the Team at Adventure™
October 27, 2011 – ST CLOUD, MN – Adventure™,
a full-service advertising agency with Minnesota
offices in Brainerd and St. Cloud, recently added
Matt Jensen to their expanding staff. Jensen will
focus on business development, public relations
and strategic planning for Adventure’s regional
and national client brands.
Prior to joining Adventure, Matt Jensen was Director of Creative Services at Tastefully Simple, a national brand specializing in gourmet food products. His background also includes several years of advertising agency experience.
Adventure™ provides all-encompassing creative and marketing services to leading regional and national brands on a project basis. Senior-level experience and nationally recognized executions complement existing client resources for energized brand strength, growth and success. The production side of Adventure™, Adventure Studios, provides national award-winning still photography, video and graphics production. Adventure Studios complements the advertising agency’s capabilities, but operates independently. See their clients, samples of their award-winning work and photography at Adventureadvertising.com.
2011 ADDY Photos by Adventure™
Thank you to everyone who came out to the ADDYs this year and made it a whiteout! Check out the photos that were taken in the Adventure photo booth.
Recent Events...
Josh Barsch, Inside Google's Battle For Your Brain
Nearly three years into the bleakest economic period in recent history and amid catastrophic change in the media industry at large, Google is still recording large profits. How? Why? The world's most powerful media company is in the middle of a long battle to own your mind, in ways you probably don't even notice. Josh gives a detailed analysis of Google's wide-ranging future plans and how the expansion of its ever-extending tentacles into all forms of communication can both work for and against your company.
Join us on Thursday, November 10th @ Creative Memories
Registration is now closed. See you at the event!
October Professional Development Luncheon - Bill Moran of Hamilton Wood Type and Blinc Publishing
BILL MORAN of Blinc Publishing is a 3rd-generation letterpress printer, graphic designer and professor of printing history at the University of Minnesota. His clients include Prince, Arianna Huffington, Wells Fargo, 3M and a host of other Twin Cities businesses. Since 2001 he has volunteered at the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum in a variety of roles including the writing and publishing of his book Hamilton Wood Type, A History in Headlines.
Registration is now closed. See you at the event!
AAFCM Re-brand Student Competition
Are you a student? Do you have what it takes to design the new AAFCM Logo?
Click here to learn all about the 2011 Student Competition.
AdMentor Panel Discussion
AdMentor is a mentorship program sponsored by the American Advertising Federation – Central Minnesota. A program aimed at partnering those preparing for a career in advertising and those already in the trenches. A way for professionals to lend a hand, a bit of advice or even help you land a dream job.
Join us on Thursday, October 13 at 6:00 pm at the St. Cloud Public Library - Mississippi Room.
Saint Cloud Agency Crawl
Ever wonder what goes on inside the creative agencies in Saint Cloud?! Well, here is your chance to get an inside look at some of the area's creative players!
AAF Central Minnesota will be hosting our first ever St. Cloud Area Agency Crawl on Tuesday, September 27th. This event will be a joint open house of agencies and businesses in the advertising, marketing and creative industries in the St. Cloud area. Students from the area colleges and universities are encouraged to check it out and stop by participating businesses to visit, tour, meet and mingle.
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2-5 pm - Social following at 5pm Johnson Group parking lot
Get all the details and register on Facebook!
