The 4th APG BATTLE OF BIG THINKING, in association with Campaign.  
A year's thinking in one day - 26th November 2009

A year's thinking in one day.  Here's how it's done.... 

More than 20 Big Thinkers from seven specialist areas - marketing, planning, innovation, the free space, global thinking, social media - will explain the newest and the biggest things going on in their worlds ... how their Big Thinking leads to Big Ideas.  They get 15 minutes each to battle it out, and you decide who wins.  The supreme champion is chosen from the winners of the seven rounds.  More details and book online at  www.battleofbigthinking.com  Or contact Celia Miranda at   celia.miranda@haymarket.com

Social networking evening meeting -- presentation available to download ... click here (then go down the page)

Two more APGs established:  Congratulations to APG Romania and APG Norway. We wish the planning communities in those two countries all success.   http://www.apgromania.ro/    http://www.apgnorway.no/  

2007 APG Creative Strategy Awards - who won what? ....  more details click here

A Masterclass in Brand Planning: the timeless works of Stephen King   Marketing and advertising books come and go.... but only a few can be said to be genuinely important: this book is one of that rare breed. Price 20pounds plus postage  .... more details and order form click here   There's a review in Market Leader click here; and in Admap click here

"Planner v planner"  A Campaign article looks at whether comms planners and account planners can do each other's job. Or are two heads better than one?  click here