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The shape of my perfect keynote?

I presented 108 keynotes in 2015 when I worked at Salesforce.
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‘All progress depends on the unreasonable man’

Over the festive break I attended a very good production of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan (The Donmar Warehouse
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2016 review of the year: Part 2

Its time to complete our look back at our favourite posts from 2016. Here are our top posts of 2016 from July to December, following the earlier post on the 1st half of the year.
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What's in a name? The global translating challenge

The people of Quebec have been swamped by Americanisms in advertising – and they are not happy
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Welcome to Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World

Buzzing, was definitely the word, with standing room only at the book launch earlier this month, and guests stating that they found it ‘inspiring’ and that ‘they came away with so many ideas.’
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2016 review of the year: part 1

As we approach the end of the year, its time to look back and do a review of our favourite posts from 2016. We've done another 102 blog posts this year, two a week, every week, like we have since the blog started back in 2006. Phew.
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Unilever: Advertising and gender stereotypes

Compelled by a recent purge of stereotypes from its own advertising, Unilever conducted a global study that found the industry is preventing progress around gender stereotypes that hold women and men back.
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Five awkward questions before you wake up in 2017

Sadly it is beyond the power of the British and American people to reverse the Brexit and Trump votes.
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The Marketing Society New Delhi launch

We're expanding, with a hub of the Society in New Delhi launching in 2017.
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Flux and convergence in the connected age

Recently, Accenture announced its acquisition of Karmarama, one of the UK’s largest independent advertising agencies.
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