

Think like a CSO (with Matt Willifer)
Matt’s career combines classic brand planning with cutting edge digital expertise. Matt joined BMP DBB from Oxford University in 1995 on...
APG
Jan 22, 20164 min read


Think like a CSO (with Dom Boyd)
Mintel’s ‘Think like a CSO’ offers something all-too-rare in today’s #instaculture: an opportunity for the speaker to distill...
APG
Jan 21, 20162 min read


New Skills-Based Training Programme for 2016
During the latter part of 2015 we did a review of our training to make sure that it’s giving you what you need. We asked all of our...
APG
Jan 20, 20162 min read


The Year Ahead for Planning
Legend has it that George W. Bush once dismissed French business culture, by saying: “They don’t even have their own word for...
APG
Jan 11, 20164 min read


Happy New Year to all our members, followers and supporters
We’re back with a new Chair, a packed agenda of events and new ideas for training as the year progresses. First it’s a great big welcome...
APG
Jan 4, 20162 min read


Top 10 Tips To Fast Track Your Career As A Junior Planner | A view from Charles Oben
Staying true to my promise of attending more APG events after really enjoying the APG's Noisy Thinking About Planning In A...
APG
Dec 10, 20154 min read


The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye
The time has come to say Goodbye. It's been a privilege and an honour to be able to serve as Chair of the APG for the last two years....
APG
Dec 4, 20154 min read


How Not to Write a Creative Proposition
Having one year of planning experience is like being 15 and given the keys to a Ferrari. There’s an adventure under that bonnet, and...
APG
Nov 30, 20152 min read


How to get your career on track (An audience with Craig Mawdsley)
Do join us for our last APG Young Planner evening of the year on Thursday 26th November at 6.30pm. The theme is careers and networking...
APG
Nov 27, 20151 min read


Planning in a Post-Capitalist World
Last week I attended my first APG Noisy Thinking event. Soon after, I thought to myself, “Why haven’t you come to more of these?”...
APG
Nov 26, 20153 min read


Models I have found useful
The semiotician Virginia Valentine used to talk about ‘Not-ness’. It’s an incredibly useful concept to use when thinking about brands....
APG
Nov 9, 20151 min read


If I could tell you one thing...
Resist the temptation to think that you can get everything you need or want online. It’s only half the story.
Lucy Banister
Nov 9, 20152 min read


APG 2015 Creative Strategy Awards: The Winners!
On Friday night the planning world glittered and sparkled with wit, strategic brilliance (and some fabulous outfits). 225 people packed...
APG
Oct 22, 20151 min read


10 GOLDEN RULES for a Strategy of Influence
On Friday we announced the winners of the 2015 APG Creative Strategy Awards. Congratulations to all of the worthy winners! As this year's...
APG
Oct 21, 20151 min read


Think like a CSO (with Craig Mawdsley)
Preparing for the APG ‘think like a CSO’ event, hosted and made possible by Mintel, made me think about how I think. Which may be a...
APG
Oct 2, 20152 min read
