Advertising Research Foundation – David Ogilvy Awards


I went to the Advertising Research Foundation‘s David Ogilvy Awards Gala last night at Cipriani Wall Street (a great venue), and my group (Nielsen BuzzMetrics peeps) were guests at Paul Donato’s table. Paul is a reserved guy, super-smart and has one of the most interesting jobs in market research — as chief research officer of Nielsen Media Research, the standard in television ratings.… Read the rest

Secret To Great Panel Presentations: Lose The PPT

Guy Kawasaki in his common-sense post about how to be a great conference panel moderator:

Never let panelists use PowerPoint. Even if the panelists are CEOs and Nobel Prize winners, never let them give a “brief” PowerPoint presentation. If one panelist uses PowerPoint, everyone else will want to.

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Edd Kalehoff Makes Love To The Moog Synthesizer

You should check out the recent documentary about the late Bob Moog, humble visionary and inventor of the synthesizer. This was a milestone invention, which had a massive influence on music over the past 40 years. Edd Kalehoff – my father and one of the most prolific television music composers of the last 30+ years – was friends with Moog and one of his earliest beta customers.… Read the rest

New Yorkers Stampede Trader Joe’s

 

I admit I love Trader Joe’s, so much that I drive fifteen miles out of Brooklyn, NY once a month to the Larchmont, NY store to stock up on kitchen essentials. (It’s conveniently located near my father’s house in bordering New Rochelle, so a visit to one implies a visit to the other.)… Read the rest