APG 'How To' Events

Speaker: Oli Feldwick

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Oli Feldwick, Head of Innovation at The&Partnership and seer to the strategy community unpacked how to think about AI, strategy and creativity. 

 

His talk included models for thinking about it, how to integrate into your practice, practical guides to prompting and some inspiration on the potential for working with AI in the future.

Speaker: Will Richardson

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We covered the nature of the business you are working on and how that drives the big strategic objective. What metrics are important to help achieve your objective? For example, do you need reach or response? Then we covered how a media planning audience is created: what does a media planner need to know about their audience, and where do they find this information? Then we looked at choosing the right channel mix for your objectives and audience. We used real life examples to demonstrate how useful tools like Media Mix Navigator can be.

Speaker: Sam Fowler

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This session focused on equipping you with a toolbox of tips and tricks Sam has picked up during his time in the industry, so you can quickly focus on what matters, feel confident in handling data and begin a journey to making numbers work for you.

Speaker: Matt Holt

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The session focused on equipping you with a range of pragmatic tools and principles that Matt has picked up over the years so you can become better at diagnosing problems and master the art and science of problem-solving.

Speaker: Martin Beverley

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Martin covered a series of principles for writing the best and most effective briefs and creating the most inspirational briefings. 

Speaker: Will Richardson

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Having established your foundations, how do you craft your approach to get the most out of your media? It’s about making your assets work hard, even on a small budget; shaping your campaign to maximise impact; putting yourself in your audience's shoes and adding colour to quantitative data. This is where different parts of the multi-agency team can work together, and you can bring some magic to the party as a non-media planner charged with the creative strategy.

Speakers: Alaina Crystal and Toby Allen

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In this session, we covered how planners can best work with creatives, that age-old partnership that can lead to some of the biggest bust-ups and the biggest breakthroughs.

Speaker: Martin Beverley

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Martin covered principles for writing the best and most effective briefs and creating the most inspirational briefings.

Speaker: Michael Lee - APG Chair

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Michael covered off a number of well-known case studies and provided some practical advice on how to craft your proposition to increase the chances of stimulating a creative leap of genius.

Speakers: Alaina Crystal and Toby Allen

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In this session, we covered how planners can best work with creatives, that age-old partnership that can lead to some of the biggest bust-ups and the biggest breakthroughs.

 

The session was led by Alaina Crystal, Global Head of Strategy at Purpose and Toby Allen, Executive Creative Director at The&Partnership, who collaborated closely in their time at AMV BBDO on campaigns for Bodyform, Snickers and Plan International UK.

Speaker: Matt Holt

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In this session Matt Holt, CSO at Digitas UK, explained what critical thinking is, why it’s important, and why human beings aren’t natural critical thinkers. The aim of the session was to equip you with a range of pragmatic tips, tools and techniques that Matt has picked up over the years so that you can become better at critical thinking.

Speaker: Matt Holt

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The session focused on equipping you with a range of pragmatic tools and principles that Matt has picked up over the years so you can become better at diagnosing problems and master the art and science of problem-solving.

Speakers: Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear

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Craig and Bridget gave a clear and insightful view on how to set up and run your own creative strategy business. They demystified the process of setting up and prospering outside the conventional paths.

Speaker: Sam Fowler

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This session focused on equipping you with a toolbox of tips and tricks Sam has picked up during his time in the industry, so you can quickly focus on what matters, feel confident in handling data and begin a journey to making numbers work for you.