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| | CHRIS MOERDYK, ISSUED BY CHRIS MOERDYK | ISSUED BY LEVERGY |  | HOWARD FELDMAN When people speak so that others can understand, we are able to reach "amazing heights". Without it, we will destroy what we have tried to build and render all our efforts useless... Read | ISSUED BY MELTWATER |  | JOHN DAVENPORT WFH also seems to work better for people who are more orgazised. People who don't suffer from ADHD. People who don't rely on social interactions as much. And people who don't need much new sensory input. All of which means that this new way of working is particularly tricky for one group of people: creatives... Read |
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| | ISSUED BY FCB JOBURG |  | JUANITA PIENAAR Patience Stevens, producer of The Insider SA tells us how the show was conceived, how they managed to shoot during lockdown and the importance of it launching during the pandemic... Read |
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 | ASHLIN PERUMALL New technologies are providing marketers with the ability to receive sensory feedback, which could be used to interpret emotional responses to marketing stimuli. Such systems broadly fall into private and public systems, both of which influence their legal interpretation... Read |
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 | JUANITA PIENAAR Keleabetsoe Rammopo was recently appointed as strategy consultant at Thinkerneur, working alongside founder and strategy director, Bogosi Motshegwa... Read |
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 | HEIDI CUSTERS Digital transformation, at its core, has always been about future-proofing businesses for survival in increasingly digital economies. Unlike most of life, which has been turned on its head during the COVID-19 crisis, digital transformation remains the same, only with the future businesses were preparing for, much closer... Read |
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 | More documentaries have been added to the 2020 Encounters Documentary Film Festival lineup. This year's festival programme will make almost all films on the programme free-of-charge to view on virtual platforms from 20 to 30 August 2020... Read |
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 | Tony Elliott, the founder of the events listings magazine Time Out, has died after a long illness... Read |
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 | HOWARD FELDMAN The Covid pandemic has resulted in loss on many levels, and there is little doubt that our emotional stability is more at risk than ever before... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT Master of ceremonies Pepe Marais, co-founder and group CCO of Joe Public United, welcomed a virtual audience of Nedbank IMC 2020 delegates on behalf of Dale Hefer, CEO of the Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC) and Khensani Nobanda, group executive: Marketing at Nedbank... Read |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR Verusha Maharaj, advertising and marketing lead at Deloitte Consulting unpacks how marketers can retain their existing customer base and embrace the new and also elaborates on how they can start building trust and get consumers to fall in love with their brands during the pandemic... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT The first speaker at the Nedbank IMC 2020 conference was none other than long-time industry veteran and brand strategy consultant Andy Rice, sharing learnings for establishing a successful, sustainable, change-resistant brand... Read |
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 | BRITTA REID As South Africa seeks to rebuild itself, advertisers should partner with news brands which are trustworthy and which play a constructive role in our society... Read |
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 | REGINE LE ROUX Can you fluently describe what your business' unique selling proposition (USP) is? What makes you stand out from your competitors? If you say it's the quality of your service or product, or your quick turnaround time, isn't that exactly what they are also saying?... Read |
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 | Prior to the pandemic, Africa was identified as one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, with household consumption growing even faster than GDP... Read |
 | Facebook has published the Global State of Small Business Report. Compiled in partnership with the World Bank and the OECD. It surveyed over 30,000 small business owners and employees from around the world in over 50 countries... Read |
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 | Pamro (Pan African Media Research Organisation) in association with Borderless Access presented a webinar on 21 July, where African research and the digital evolution of the continent's consumers was unpacked... Read |
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 | JESSICA VREDENBURG AND MEGAN PHILLIPS So you finally hit the shops and cafes after weeks of lockdown. After disinfecting your hands, following the arrows around the shop or to your table, taking care to avoid others where possible... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Amazon veteran Paul Misener shared insight into how the e-commerce giant approaches innovation and the profound role a diverse workforce plays in this process... Read |
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 | LAURA DENARDIS In case 2020 wasn't dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among others... Read |
 | TT NDHLOVU They are connected to the beat of the online world; to friends, businesses and have access to a plethora of information instantaneously. They are tech-savvy, know exactly what they want and are changing the rules of engagement. They are Generation-Z!... Read |
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 | The Lego YouTube channel has hit a record of over 10 billion views, making it the most popular brand on YouTube... Read |
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 | BABALWA NYEMBEZI How collaborating with young black people and opening up a seat at the table changed the perception of a brand... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT We go behind the selfie with Nthabiseng Matshekga, executive head: Group Marketing at Nedbank and #NedbankIMC2020 speaker... Read |
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 | D&AD has announced the programme for the 2020 New Blood Academy, a creative bootcamp for New Blood-awarded emerging creatives hosted in partnership with WPP... Read |
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 | The Pendoring Awards have released key dates for the 2020 year. Deadline for entries on www.pendoring.co.za is Friday, 25 September... Read |
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 | MILLS SOKO The remarkable economic transformation of Asia in recent decades has attracted global attention. It has ignited scholarly and policy debates about the region's development models and strategies... Read |
 | SAM KINYANJUI & SHARON FONN The Covid-19 pandemic has put global emergency preparedness under sharp scrutiny. It's also placed national health systems' capacity to predict and respond to major emergencies under the microscope... Read |
 | GRACE C WU & RANJIT DESHMUKH Seven years ago the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) proposed the Inga 3 - a 4.8GW hydropower project on the Congo River - with great fanfare... Read |
 | JESSICA JC KING It has become increasingly apparent that the spread of Covid19 infection within healthcare settings has played a large role in some of the worst affected countries... Read |
 | The distributed renewable energy sector in Africa has grown rapidly since 2013, but it has so far failed to include locally-owned companies and initiatives... Read |
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 | SOROMFE UZOMAH The global impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had not only on public health, but on business, cannot be underestimated... Read |
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 | ANNA COLLARD If you use the internet, you are not immune to cybercrime... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE With gyms being forced to close due to the coronavirus, fitness trainers are battling. Until gyms are allowed to operate under strict measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, there are alternatives for digital-savvy fitness entrepreneurs... Read |
 | Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Booi says the Covid-19 Temporary Employers/ Employee Relief Fund, set up to help those who found themselves out of work due to lockdown, will be extended to August... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The Covid-19 pandemic has had a swift and severe impact on the globally integrated automotive industry. The global economy is currently in some form of lockdown and knocks to economic activity continue across the globe... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE South African entrepreneur Andile Mathobela has launched TheJournalistDJ.com, a digital video magazine documenting the dance culture in South Africa... Read |
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