Month: December 2017

Cannes Lions Announces 2018 Festival of Creativity Including Changes to How Charity & NGO Marketing Are Handled

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions has today launched the 2018 Festival of Creativity, with important changes to the delegate experience and awards structure. The 65th edition of the Festival will run for five days, from Monday 18 – Friday 22 June. A streamlined Festival and a simplified award structure will bring much greater focus to each Lion, truly recognise the best work and delivers it to the biggest audience and ensure that delegates can benefit from the highest quality content programme and make the most of their time in Cannes. As a result…

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Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® Launches Festive Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

As friends and families across the country gather to celebrate the holiday season, Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® campaign invites holiday shoppers to remember the one in six hungry children in the U.S. by purchasing gifts that support work to end childhood hunger in America. National brands like Williams Sonoma, Tovolo, Ayesha Curry Cookware and more, will offer products and promotions that support No Kid Hungry this holiday season. Every $1 donated to No Kid Hungry this holiday season connects a child in need to 10 meals. The holidays…

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Manchester United support Rainbow Laces campaign

Stuart Mitchell

As part of Manchester United’s ongoing commitment to equality under its #allredallequal campaign, the club is taking part in Stonewall’s fortnight of action and is supporting the Rainbow Laces initiative. United are the only football club to work directly with the charity as part of TeamPride; a coalition of organisations committed to LGBT inclusion in sport and strengthening equality and inclusion within society.  The relationship with Stonewall continues to grow with the club hosting the Rainbow Laces Summit at Old Trafford in recent months, along with continued support and idea…

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Campaign empowers the public to act to prevent suicide on the railways

Stuart Mitchell

A new suicide prevention campaign Small Talk Saves Lives aims to give travellers the confidence to act if they notice someone who may be at risk of suicide on or around the rail network. Launched by Samaritans, British Transport Police (BTP) and the rail industry, including Network Rail and the train operating companies, the campaign hopes to save many lives a year. Small Talk Saves Lives is asking the public to trust their instincts and look out for fellow passengers who might need help, as illustrated in a new film…

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Weber Shandwick Introduces New Offering to Counsel Organizations on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s leading global communications and engagement firms, announced the creation of a new offering today to advise clients on communications that build and drive organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies. The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion specialty will be led by Tai Wingfield, who joins Weber Shandwick as senior vice president in New York from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), a diversity think tank where she led corporate communications and worked closely with Fortune 500 companies to advance their DEI efforts. Under Wingfield’s leadership,…

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