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  1.    Rory Sutherland on fat-tailed marketing and why creativity outperforms efficiency
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    Rory Sutherland on fat-tailed marketing and why creativity outperforms efficiency

    The biggest wins in marketing rarely fit into neat dashboards. Marketing guru Rory Sutherland joins us to unpack why creativity is “fat-tailed,” how a few outlier ideas create the lion’s share of value, and why short-term incentives push teams to optimise what’s easy to count rather than what actually compounds.

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  2.    How brands are unlocking insights with mature knowledge management systems
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    How brands are unlocking insights with mature knowledge management systems

    WFA research reveals that many of the world’s biggest brands are still struggling to access full value from the knowledge they hold within their organisations.

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  3.    Knowledge Spotlight: Marketing Mix Modelling 101
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    Knowledge Spotlight: Marketing Mix Modelling 101

    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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  4.    The building blocks of effectiveness
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    The building blocks of effectiveness

    Defining marketing effectiveness is key if marketers are to justify investment and deliver on the profession’s promise of brand growth. Silas Lewis-Meilus, Global Head of Media Operations at Haleon, explains.

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  5.    Media and creative: together for superior effectiveness and ROAS (Google)
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    Media and creative: together for superior effectiveness and ROAS (Google)

    On the 21st of January 2025, the WFA community was invited to the Google offices in Singapore for an evening of insights and networking drinks. A session hosted by Goole demonstrated how media and creative are two essential sides of the same coin. Materials shared by the team at Google are now available for download.

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  6.    Knowledge Spotlight: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) 101
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    Knowledge Spotlight: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) 101

    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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  7.    Knowledge Spotlight: Trends in the APAC New Business Landscape
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    Knowledge Spotlight: Trends in the APAC New Business Landscape

    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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  8.    Knowledge Spotlight – Sponsorship Strategy 101
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    Knowledge Spotlight – Sponsorship Strategy 101

    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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  9.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Dr. Marcus Collins: ‘Cultural Catalyst'
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Dr. Marcus Collins: ‘Cultural Catalyst'

    Few external forces are more influential to human behaviour than culture, which makes cracking the culture code critical for marketers. With culture driving consumption & ushering brands' futures, Dr. Marcus Collins his presentation is a must see.

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  10.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Jonathan Adashek: ‘Putting Your Trust in AI?'
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Jonathan Adashek: ‘Putting Your Trust in AI?'

    40% of companies have not yet deployed AI, underscoring a dramatic gap between hype and use. 2024 will be the year of overcoming barriers of entry to AI; including the skills gap, data complexity and, crucially, trust. Jonathan shares on how marketers and communicators can move to build trust in technology and help companies get out of the AI sandbox. 

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  11.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'

    Uncertainty and volatility are on the rise, whilst globalization is perceived to be in retreat. Yet marketers, no matter where they’re based in the world, face a very similar set of challenges. And that creates opportunities.

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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | The Better Marketing Debate: ‘CMO, The Impossible Job?'

    The CMO brief has never been so complex. Against a backdrop of polarised politics, a 24/7 newsreel and endless changes in consumer habits and technology, CMOs are tasked to drive business growth through purposeful and inclusive brands that appeal to new, more diverse audiences. Has CMO become the impossible job? The host of the Better Marketing podcast, David Wheldon, asks practising CMOs and an AI infused version of marketing guru Mark Ritson.

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  13.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Solitaire Townsend: ‘Selling Sustainability’
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Solitaire Townsend: ‘Selling Sustainability’

    Why are so many companies having a hard time selling sustainability in Canada, the USA, the world? Solitaire Townsend, Futerra Co-Founder and Chief Solutionist, explains that ego-green marketing is dead and why that could be great news for your business.

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  14.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Allyson Witherspoon: ‘Innovation Driving Sustainable Growth’
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Allyson Witherspoon: ‘Innovation Driving Sustainable Growth’

    From Nashville to Yokahama. Allyson's journey within Nissan is unique: a female marketing leader in a traditionally male-dominated industry. As Corporate VP & CMO at Nissan, Allyson tells us about the company’s world-leading innovative marketing helping to drive Nissan’s global success.

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  15.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Raja Rajamannar & Stephan Pretorius: ‘The Impact of GenAI on Brand Growth’
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Raja Rajamannar & Stephan Pretorius: ‘The Impact of GenAI on Brand Growth’

    Raja Rajamannar, WFA President & CMO at Mastercard, and Stephan Pretorius, Chief Technology Officer at WPP, give you a glimpse into the future of marketing: harnessing the transformative power of generative AI to help build brands and drive sustainable growth. 

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  16.    WFA Media Forum March 2024: Forum Connect Amsterdam
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    WFA Media Forum March 2024: Forum Connect Amsterdam

    Forum Connect in Amsterdam brought together four peer groups (Media, CMO, Insights, Sourcing) around the common theme of ‘integration’.

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  17.    Marketing Capability Forum Meeting Overview (March 2024)
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    Marketing Capability Forum Meeting Overview (March 2024)

    Overview of Marketing Capability Forum held remotely on 21st March 2024.

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  18.    Measuring Marketing Capability Impact
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    Measuring Marketing Capability Impact

    WFA report on marketing capability impact measurement, conducted in partnership with Oxford.

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  19.    WFA Media Forum April 2024: AI and Retail Media
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    WFA Media Forum April 2024: AI and Retail Media

    Introduction to WFA AI Community & Retail Media deep dive.

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  20.    Brands are trailing on data transformation
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    Brands are trailing on data transformation

    If there’s one key learning from the latest WFA research on data transformation, it’s that too few companies have yet taken the right actions to cope with the loss of cookies. Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services at WFA, explains.

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  21.    WFA Media Forum January 2024: Community Priorities, Accessibility, Sustainability
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    WFA Media Forum January 2024: Community Priorities, Accessibility, Sustainability

    The first meeting of the WFA Media Community in 2024.

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