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IHAVEANIDEA
BRINGS THE WORLD'S MOST AWARDED CREATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA July 6, 2005: Toronto – ihaveanidea, Advertising’s Intellectual Archive is announcing its most ambitious event ever, “A Night With Neil French”, a one-time only in depth live interview with the world’s most award-winning creative in the history of advertising, Neil French the Worldwide Creative Director of WPP, one the world’s largest communications networks. Introducing and interviewing Mr. French will be all-stars Rick Boyko, current Managing Director of VCU Adcenter and the former North American Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, and American advertising icon Mark Fenske whose creative glories include directing MTV’s Video of the Year for Van Halen. “ Neil is the rock star of the advertising industry. He has made his own rules from day one, saying and doing whatever he has pleased, and while at it, has changed the advertising industry and single-handedly changed the way we make ads. He not only has won more advertising awards than any other human being, he has risen to the highest-ranking advertising job in the world at WPP,” says ihaveanidea's founder & director Ignacio Oreamuno. “The night is going to be fantastic because we have two creative giants and friends of Neil dissecting his work and his thoughts live for the audience. Everyone who comes will receive a massive injection of inspiration.” “ First Light is thrilled to be a partner in “A Night With Neil French”, proclaims Lisa Dempsey, CEO of First Light. “Although I have to admit it, we’re really proud to be able to offer our support to the entire creative community in such a meaningful way as this, that ihaveanidea is even able to make this outstanding event possible.” “ Ogilvy is pleased to partner with ihaveanidea to create "A Night With Neil French". One of the most heavily awarded copywriters of all time, this outspoken Clio Hall of Fame member has done it all and lived to tell. Our favourite ad legend will share his eye-opening perspective during an evening not to be missed. Between Neil, Rick Boyko and Mark Fenske, the stage may spontaneously combust,” warns Nancy Vonk, Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy in Toronto. A Night with Neil will take
place at 6:00 in Toronto on October 6, 2005 at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre’s John
Bassett Theatre. ABOUT NEIL FRENCH Neil French has been a rent collector, account executive, advertising manager, waiter, singer, matador, beach-bum, pornographer, bouncer, debt-collector, concert promoter, nightclub owner, Judas Priests' rock-band manager, copywriter, art-director, creative director, film director, actor, television station owner, Worldwide Creative Director of Ogilvy and most recently, Godfather and Worldwide Creative Director of WPP. Overseeing one of the world’s largest communication networks and parent company to companies that include Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam, JWT, Grey Worldwide, Hill & Knowlton, Bates, Red Cell, Mindshare and Wunderman, Neil is internationally recognized as the best copywriter that ever lived. Reputed to have won more creative awards than anyone in the world, his ads and leadership have shaped and influenced advertising in every corner of the world. ABOUT MARK FENSKE Mark
Fenske is
currently Associate Professor at the VCU Ad Center in Richmond,
Virginia. Previously,
he was the founder and creative
director of the Bomb Factory advertising agency. He is also well
known for his creative work at Wieden & Kennedy and N.W.
Ayer & Partners. Fenske has provided voice-over talent for
Apple, Coca-Cola, Nissan, American Express and Sears. ABOUT RICK BOYKO Rick Boyko is the former North American Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. He joined VCU Adcenter as Managing Director on July 1, 2003. A long-time advocate of advertising education, Rick also sits on the Steering Committee for Art Center College of Design. While Rick has won almost every advertising award there is, he is most proud of an accomplishment outside of advertising: In October 2001, following the September 11 tragedy, Rick conceived of and was the driving force behind “Brotherhood”, a tabletop book honouring the 343 firemen who perished. It sold more than 200,000 copies and the proceeds of $1.5 million went to the families of the firemen. Rick currently sits on the boards of Napster, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Butler Shine Stern & Partners, the Art Directors Club and The One Club for Art & Copy. For more information on “A Night With Neil French”, please visit www.ihaveanidea.org. ABOUT IHAVEANIDEA ihaveanidea is Advertising's Intellectual Archive. It is a project with the mission of serving the advertising industry as a centre of self-analysis, intellectual growth and communications portal. The foundations of the project are based on the idea that disseminating and sharing creative knowledge will benefit all in the industry. ihaveanidea is sponsored by The Clio Awards , the globe’s most recognized international advertising awards competition, adbeast, whose online studios are used by more than 60 blue chip companies in advertising, communications and commercial production, First Light which is Canada's premier source for stock photography and film footage and also by VCU Adcenter, a two-year graduate program providing an intensive, real-world education for future advertising leaders in Richmond Virginia.
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