I’m a doer, and to be a doer you need to know how to do things. I never stop learning. I’m an active member of AAF Buffalo (formerly Advertising Club of Buffalo) and liked it so much that I joined the board of directors in 2014 (following an unsuccessful campaign to join the board the previous year). After a year on the board, I liked it so much that I joined the club’s four-person executive board.
Since 2014 I’ve helped plan programming for AAF Buffalo to include guest speakers from other markets, panels of local professionals, networking nights, and hands-on workshops to provide professional development opportunities for marketing communications professionals across Western New York.
While some people binge-watch their Netflix queue, I try to soak up as much knowledge as possible. These are some of the events I have attended in an effort to stay on top of the latest topics and trends in marketing communications:
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Art School Confessional November 2017
Disrupting the Big Game October 2017
Nightmare Marketing: How to Create Great Content for “Boring,” Complex and Undifferentiated Products May 2017
Design for Sports with Todd Radom April 2017
Marketing Your Customers Want: The Alchemy of Content Marketing October 2016
Skillshop: Public Relations 101 January 2017
Marketing Your Customers Want: The Alchemy of Content Marketing October 2016
Hold Fast: Managing Design Teams When Sh!t Hits the Fan December 2016
Marketing Your Customers Want: The Alchemy of Content Marketing October 2016
Skillshop: Video Production September 2016
AdLab Skillshop: Digital Advertising May 2016
People Are The New Channel April 2016
AdLab Skillshop: WordPress November 2015
Power Your Pitch: The Tricks of Public Speaking November 2015
Inside the World’s Best Ad Agency (according to Google) October 2015
Branding the Bulls: Marketing Collegiate Athletics with Danny White October 2015
The Shift: What To Do When You Don’t Have It All Figured Out September 2015
Bring Home the Bling: The Process Behind Award-Winning Creative April 2015
Humor in Advertising: The Difference Between “ha.” and “HAHAHAHA” March 2015
Radio, Internet, TV…Oh My! Media Buying 101 November 2014
Beer & Buffalo: How Brewers Big and Small Advertise, Market and Sell Their Suds October 2014
1st and 140: Brand Management and PR in the Social Media Age September 2014
Social Media Marketing Beyond Facebook and Twitter April 2014
Free Beer & Flying Machines: Inside Experiential Marketing March 2014
Buffalo And Beyond: Is A Bigger Market Always Better? November 2013
Get Smart: Uncover the True Value of Market Research October 2013
Budgeting for Photography: What You Need to Know May 2013
Social Media Part III: Why Content Marketing Matters April 2013
Tight Budget? Earn Your Media March 2013
Evaluating Creative: It’s About the Idea February 2013
BYOB: Being Your Own Brand November 2012
It’s Time to Get Digital – Keep Up or Fall Behind October 2012
Real World Copyright with Jim Cavanaugh October 2012
Advertising, PR and Marketing: What’s the Difference? September 2012
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