Tag: DMA Scotland

Worldwide Wikipedia edit-a-thon writes unsung women heroes into history

Stuart Mitchell

Less than 20% of Wikipedia biographies feature women Hundreds of online activists from more than 20 countries will edit and fill the “glaring gap” of women human rights defenders on the global encyclopaedia People across the world took to the internet on the 19 and 20 May to write women human rights defenders into history as part of Amnesty International’s first worldwide Wikipedia edit-a-thon. BRAVE:Edit, in collaboration with Wikimedia (Wikipedia’s non-profit organisation), will see hundreds of activists from more than 20 countries take to the global encyclopaedia to upload biographies…

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New Chair of DMA Scotland calls for brands to be brave in the face of GDPR

Stuart Mitchell

Firas Khnaisser, Head of Decisioning at Standard Life, has been named as the new Chair of DMA Scotland, with Kerrie Hull, Senior account director at LIDA, named as Deputy Chair. Khnaisser succeeds Lynsey Fusco, Head of Marketing and communications at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, who took up the role four years ago and helped guide DMA Scotland during a significant period of change and growth for the organisation. The new leadership team aim to ensure that DMA Scotland continues to represent the vibrant, energetic and creative data-driven marketing industry…

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