Coming up for air

[Abey Mokgwatsane] I feel like I’ve just come up for air! Maybe that’s just a big city thing – whenever you ask a fellow Joburger how they are, the standard response is: “Fine, thanks, just very busy.” Anyhow, I really mean it.

[05 Nov 11:15]

The conscious brand is the future

[Louise Marsland] We’ve gone from ‘save the whales’ to ‘save our planet’ in a short space of time. We’ve been told most of our household cleaning products and the ingredients in much of our processed food are giving us cancer, and that our rampant consumerism is to blame for everything else. So where does this leave our industry?

Comments [6] [26 Oct 12:01]

Zakitumi, baby!

[Terry Levin] Thought you might want to share a few marketing lessons that I picked up from the Cape Times, when I went online to renew our subscription this week. What is a rather fab stroke of genius is the launch of the Zakumi cartoon exclusively on the web at IOL, by the Madam & Eve outfit – Stephen Francis and Rico. “The Adventures of Zakumi” is just the kind of saleable, added value, engagement thing we need.

Comments [2] [07 Sep 11:53]

[Loeries] Camps Bay to be Cannes'd

[Terry Levin] The activities kick off on Heritage Day with a Mayoral Welcome for the VIEs [Very Inflated Egos] at 5.30pm, the customary Industry Battle of the bands at 7.30pm and the 10.30pm Chairman's Party with none other than DJ and chairman of the Loerie Awards, Festus Masekwameng in the mix. The catch is this - with two nights of parties to go, you don't want to overdo it at this one. Yeah right.

Comments [2] [31 Jul 12:01]

[Leadership Summit] Catching a wave

[Louise Marsland] We’ve all heard – and mocked – the various leadership team builds and lectures involving lion prides, wild dogs, bush babies, the nomadic tribes of Albania… Inspirational, but often low on content. I’m expecting high content value and high impact at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Sandton today,Wednesday, 22 July 2009. First up is the ultimate surfer dude, Shaun Tomson, with 12 simple lessons for ‘riding through life’, drawn from his experience as world surfing champ.

[22 Jul 10:19]

Confed Cup mania hits SA

[Abey Mokgwatsane] If you’re a regular on Bizcommunity, you may have read that VWV Consortium was appointed by the LOC to produce the opening and closing ceremonies for the Confed Cup. On all accounts this has been an interesting experience for our business. Yes, VWV has done some big events in the past but none with a global audience such as this.

[24 Jun 12:27]