Tag: Ad Council

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to be Honored at The Ad Council’s 68th Annual Public Service Award Dinner

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council has announced that Walmart CEO Doug McMillon will be recognized for his outstanding corporate citizenship at the organization’s 68th Annual Public Service Award Dinner on December 1, 2022. The event will be held at the Glasshouse in New York City. “Under Doug’s leadership, Walmart has continued its longstanding commitment to building a better world,” said Lisa Sherman, President and CEO of the Ad Council. “From sustainability to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and bringing communities closer together, Doug has truly demonstrated how corporate brands can be catalysts…

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Ad Council Announces dentsu Americas’ Jacki Kelley as Board Chair

Stuart Mitchell

Jacki Kelley, CEO of dentsu Americas, has been named Chair of the Ad Council’s Board of Directors. She succeeds Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Global Advertising and Partnerships of NBCUniversal, and will serve in the role until June 30, 2023. Tara Walpert Levy, VP, Americas YouTube has also been elected to Vice Chair of the Ad Council’s Board of Directors alongside Diego Scotti, current Vice Chair, who will serve as Chair after Kelley. For more than 80 years, the Ad Council has been at the forefront of driving the communications industry’s social…

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Ad Council Research Institute Finds Healthcare Affordability, Crime, Climate Change, and Women’s Health as the Top Issues Americans Care Most About

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI), the research arm of the Ad Council, has revealed the findings of their new quarterly issue pulse study in partnership with Morning Consult, examining the most important social, economic and political issues of our current day. Revisiting what Americans care about across various demographics, including their values, attitudes and behaviors relating to these issues – and if or how they change over time – the survey will continue each quarter to provide a pulse check on what matters most to people throughout the country…

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New films from Love Has No Labels Inspire Acts of Love that Address Bias, Hate and Discrimination

Stuart Mitchell

Premiering last month at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Ad Council and R/GA launched a series of powerful new films from the iconic Love Has No Labels campaign using real stories to showcase how acts of love can drive inclusion, equity and justice. Building on the campaign’s longstanding effort to address bias, hate, and discrimination, the “Love Lives On” films show how individuals acted with love following instances of hate and injustice, including the murder of George Floyd, alarming rise in violence and harassment toward the Asian…

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Opportunity@Work and the Ad Council Call on Companies to Join New, Rapidly Expanding Collaboration to Remove Barriers to Economic Mobility for 50% of U.S. Workers

Stuart Mitchell

Nonprofits Opportunity@Work and the Ad Council have announced a new collaborative effort that will inspire employers to remove hiring barriers that block the majority of workers in the U.S. from earning higher wages commensurate with their skills. The multiyear effort will focus on creating upward mobility for the more than 70 million workers in the U.S. who are Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs), such as community college, workforce training, bootcamps, certificate programs, military service, or on-the-job learning, rather than through a bachelor’s degree. Leveraging Opportunity@Work’s labor market insights and support…

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