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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingHow will the cultural events of 2024 define your 2025?
Read more about "How will the cultural events of 2024 define your 2025?"2024 has been a whirlwind year of changes and challenges. WFA strategic partners, Creative Equals, share four key cultural opportunities for brands to strategically disrupt categories, create engaging, authentic and inclusive creative work in 2025.
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Advertising & policyBrand purposeCreativityInclusive marketingReflections on 2024: Inclusion, Innovation, and the Future of Marketing
Read more about "Reflections on 2024: Inclusion, Innovation, and the Future of Marketing"In this 60-minute session in partnership with Creative Equals we look back on an eventful year for brands and what it means for inclusive marketing.
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AIKnowledge Spotlight: 2024 Media trends in Asia Pacific
Read more about "Knowledge Spotlight: 2024 Media trends in Asia Pacific"This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.
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Inclusive marketingScared to speak up about DEI or sustainability in the current environment? Don’t be: fortune favours the bold
Read more about "Scared to speak up about DEI or sustainability in the current environment? Don’t be: fortune favours the bold"I’ve fumbled two big opportunities to get rich quick. The first was when I wrote a feature for the Guardian about Bitcoin when it cost a mere $32 and I DIDN’T BUY ANY. The second was in 2016 when I launched a satirical website called Rent-a-Minority. My “Uber for diversity” let companies hire a minority on-demand when they needed to look inclusive. It was a commentary on superficial corporate DEI efforts. Reader, I got genuine enquiries from big businesses about my service. I could have made tons of money if I’d turned my joke service into a real one.
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CreativityGlobal Marketer WeekMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyCMO, the impossible job?
Read more about "CMO, the impossible job?"Marketers at this year’s Global Marketer Week responded to the challenge that being CMO had turned into an impossible task.
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Brand purposeBrand reputationCreativityGlobal Marketer WeekMarketing technologyAIDigital media transformationMarketing technologyHow to build better brands?
Read more about "How to build better brands?"CMOs at Global Marketer Week provide key pointers on what will help build stronger, more resilient brands.
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Inclusive marketingFacing the Firestorm
Read more about "Facing the Firestorm"How can brands be resilient in polarised times? Sebastian Parker and Ishani Rege from Creative Equals, WFA's strategic partner for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, sum up the key lessons from a recent WFA webinar on campaign backlash.
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Inclusive marketingUnstereotype Alliance: ‘State of the Industry' report 2023
Read more about "Unstereotype Alliance: ‘State of the Industry' report 2023"The industry-led coalition convened by UN Women published the third iteration of its report examining the progress of DEI across the global advertising industry in 2023, including an assessment of progress within workplaces, advertising content and consumer sentiment.
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Inclusive marketingSix WFA partner predictions for 2024
Read more about "Six WFA partner predictions for 2024"Six of WFA's strategic partners of WFA share their global marketing predictions for 2024.
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingAll you need to know about the Global DEI Census 2023
Read more about "All you need to know about the Global DEI Census 2023"The Global DEI Census 2023 – which will investigate the state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the marketing industry – is due to go live around the world on 15 March at https://wfanet.org/census in 34 markets. Here is what you need to know about its objectives and how to get involved.
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingMaking the numbers count
Read more about "Making the numbers count"Talent is the lifeblood of marketing. Brands need to meet their needs for a better lived experience if they want to attract and retain the very best. Ranjay Radhakrishnan, Chief Human Resources Officer at Reckitt, explains how the company is championing diversity and inclusion to make Reckitt a great place to work.
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingPutting wages on an equal footing
Read more about "Putting wages on an equal footing"Knowing that you are paid fairly is a critical part of the inclusion equation, says Michele Prota, Global Chief Talent Officer at Forsman & Bodenfors.
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingDon’t be disingenuous on inclusion: brands must ensure behaviour and messaging align
Read more about "Don’t be disingenuous on inclusion: brands must ensure behaviour and messaging align"Nathalie Lam, Philips Global Head of Sponsorship and Marketing Transformation Lead, explains how Philips wants its creative content to match the diversity of its audience. This is the first article in a series by WFA Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce members ahead of its 2023 inclusion census.
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingGlobal marketing industry rallies behind second Global DEI Census in March 2023
Read more about "Global marketing industry rallies behind second Global DEI Census in March 2023"The results will provide a check on progress in people’s perceptions of diversity, equity and inclusion in their organisations and the industry more broadly. The global research will include 33 markets and run alongside UK’s All In.
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Inclusive marketingInclusive marketing is just better marketing
Read more about "Inclusive marketing is just better marketing"Inclusive marketing isn’t just a sideline or a charity project, it’s just better marketing, says Jerry Daykin, Vice-President, Global Media at Beam Suntory, and WFA’s Global Diversity Ambassador.
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Inclusive marketingInclusive Marketing - Why representation matters to your customers and your brand
Read more about "Inclusive Marketing - Why representation matters to your customers and your brand"A WFA session around how to embed true representation across the entire marketing process
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingInsight & Strategy | Ford: Very Gay Raptor
Read more about "Insight & Strategy | Ford: Very Gay Raptor"How a car brand stood up against discrimination on social media and earned 184 million impressions in the process.
This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 16 June 2022
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingWFA launches Charter for Change at Cannes to drive global action on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Read more about "WFA launches Charter for Change at Cannes to drive global action on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion"Charter defines set of universal requirements for global organisations to improve their employees’ lived experiences
Resource provides “ideas to steal” from successful initiatives that companies can adopt
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingWebinar: Diversity & Representation - Ensuring media & advertising supports inclusion
Read more about "Webinar: Diversity & Representation - Ensuring media & advertising supports inclusion"Deep dive on diversity & representation in media, following the launch of a new WFA guide to addressing DEI issues in the media planning & buying process
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingNew guide addressing Diversity & Inclusion in brand safety
Read more about "New guide addressing Diversity & Inclusion in brand safety"The guide has been developed by the European Association of Communication Agencies (EACA)
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Advertising & policyInclusive marketingIs it an advantage to be a woman in marketing?
Read more about "Is it an advantage to be a woman in marketing?"Absolutely—but not in the way some people seem to think, says Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi
