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How to Apply Strategy to Solving Client Problems with Frank Durden
The course will equip you with the tools to see beyond the client brief and get to the ‘question behind the question’. You will develop more powerful and robust strategies as a result that demonstrate to clients the value creative strategy can bring to their business.
APG's Latest Top Talk:
Rob Scotland
In this Top Talk, Rob Scotland, Modern Cultural Anthrpologist, talks about 'Extreme Democracy, Nordic Cultural Cool, Design Thinking and more..’ This is one of the many talks available to APG members if you get a membership and have access to Think Tank.
The Fundamentals of Strategy
We have designed a brand new course for anyone who uses planning and strategic thinking in their work, be it for an agency or client or consultancy. The course tutor is Charlie Snow, one of the most inspired and brilliant strategic thinkers. It runs online so it's open to overseas delegates and actually works brilliantly on zoom. The next iteration is 25th to 28th August so get in touch with Alison@apg.org.uk to book your place.
The Hustler’s Tool Kit:
"How to survive as a first-time freelancer"
by: Jon Leach
So, as a big-time planner, you have suddenly found yourself independent, solo, freelance, free as a bird (or laid off, unemployed, let go and chucked out of the nest, just to bracket off some other ways of describing the situation).
Podcast Recommendations
Top podcast recommendations from the APG community on advertising, digital, leadership, culture and more... Take a look, have a listen and let us know what you think.
Jim Carroll's Blog:
‘A Face in the Crowd’: The Dark Journey from Popularity to Populism
Each week we will be featuring a new piece written by Jim Carroll, a long serving strategist and former UK Chairman at BBH. Click through to read more and subscribe.
Think Tank: APG Creative Strategy Case Studies & Top Talks Library for APG members
All the Top Talks will be available on Think Tank, the APG members' part of our site. Most are a video with deck. This should all be working. Let us know if you have any problems accessing it.
Content for a great CV
by: Denise Williams
Did you know that the maximum time generally taken to read a CV is 30 seconds, and in most instances is more like 7 seconds? That’s the time it takes to make a cup of coffee, or the length of a Tik Tok video.
APG Top Talks
Over the coming weeks we will be putting on a host of Top Talks by top strategists. We've asked them to choose topics that they are passionate about or think will be of most use to the APG community. Some will have specific relevance to the times we are in, and others will have more general interest and applicability. They will all be good! They will be about 30 minutes long.
They are an APG member benefit and therefore for members only. You can get your free ticket for each event on Eventbrite.
EVENTS
APG Top Talks
'The messy middle and sharp edges: how ideas really happen' with Sandie Dilger
19th August, 4pm - 4.45pm
(Online)
Age of Rage and the Battle for Trust
26th August, 3.30pm - 6.30pm
(Online)
'The Joy of Pitching' with Nick Hirst and Ollie Gilmore
30th September, 4pm - 5pm
(Online)
WORKSHOPS
Insightful Every Time: with Sam Knowles
22nd September (Online)
Telling Stories with Data: with Sam Knowles
13th October (Online)
TRAINING COURSES
Starts 25th August 2020
How to write and deliver persuasive strategy presentations (esp on video) 7th & 9th September 2020
September & October 2020
How to Apply Strategy to Solving Client Problems
Starts September 22nd 2020
5th & 6th October 2020
Holding Your Own with Senior Clients
24th November & 1st December 2020
Latest Articles & Tweets
June 25, 2020
We have designed a brand new course for anyone who uses planning and strategic thinking in their work, be it for an agency or client or consultancy
May 28, 2020
At the APG, we are very aware that this is a tricky time for many strategists. Some are rushed off their feet. Others are on furlough. And some have been made redundant. Whilst we can all be thinking about our next move all the time, for that last group it will have be...
May 27, 2020
Did you know that the maximum time generally taken to read a CV is 30 seconds, and in most instances is more like 7 seconds? That’s the time it takes to make a cup of coffee, or the length of a Tik Tok video.
Therefore, your CV needs to work hard for you, and quickly –...
May 26, 2020
So, as a big-time planner, you have suddenly found yourself independent, solo, freelance, free as a bird (or laid off, unemployed, let go and chucked out of the nest, just to bracket off some other ways of describing the situation).
Suddenly you are responsible for brin...
May 20, 2020
The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to shape it, not predict it.
Covid-19 is a tragedy, not an opportunity or a brief. But it’s a tragedy that we can learn and grow from, and one that forces us to question how we do business to adapt to people’s needs and make th...
May 4, 2020
What is the role of a planner in planning and a strategist in strategy? It can be such an ambiguous role you can spend half your job figuring what to do when your actual job should be helping brands figure out what to do. If you embrace the ambiguity it means you get t...
May 4, 2020
THINK: Aim for Zero.
World renowned astronaut, Chris Hadfield wrote an incredible book entitled 'An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'. If you haven't read it yet, I'd highly recommend.
One of the many points that he makes is that the best astronauts are the ultimate...
April 27, 2020
I have never heard the word unprecedented spoken so many times as I have in the past month or so. So often, in fact, that I sometimes find myself running it around in my head over and over until it loses meaning. There’s a name for this, I looked it up – it’s called se...