Hi All!
Ad2 Tampa Bay has a great year planned ahead and it all started to come together at our Annual Leadership Retreat. Waking up bright and early on a Saturday morning is sometimes a hard thing to do; unless ofcourse you are scheduled to meet your fellow board members in Dunedin at Sea Sea Rider’s Restaurant to talk about the future success of Ad 2 Tampa Bay that is. The newly elected board met at 10am on July 28th to discuss our plans for the year including Ad 2’s history, our relationship with the 4th District as well as our connection to the National Ad 2. We chatted over appetizers and lunch about our current search for the ’07 -’08 Public Service Campaign. We received a breakdown of the organization’s leadership responsibilities as well as an in-depth look at our events and programs for the upcoming year -- and boy do we have some exciting ideas so definitely keep a look out!
The board exchanged Ideas until 3pm about how to improve each board position as well as the organization as a whole while staying rooted to our Public Service Campaign and helping out our local community. Although it was hard to get up so early Saturday morning, it was more than worth it because of the exceptional progress our board made at the retreat, not to mention it created a stronger bond between everyone that'll prove to play a big part in what we can accomplish as a team this year!
Look out Tampa Bay -- Ad2 ready to get this year started!!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
AdCast: Episode X
Big, big show on AdCast tonight. I think I was sort of floating in the surreality of it all; it was quite a lineup of big-name guests...
• Boxing champion. Movie star. Entrepreneur. Tonight, Antonio Tarver, the "Magic Man" himself, added the sought-after role of "AdCast guest" to his resume. Tarver, former light-heavyweight champion of the world and co-star of Rocky Balboa, joined us for a lengthy segment to discuss his recent accomplishments and goals both inside and outside the ring, including a possible big-name fight in Tampa Bay.
• A man with a hand in one of the most sacred events in America joined us as well tonight. Reid Sigmon is the Executive Director of the 2009 Super Bowl Tampa Bay Host Committee. Reid joined us to discuss how he got to such a great responsibility, and talked about some of the events that he will be involved in planning around the event.
• Go Rays! Darcy "D-Ray" Raymond, the man with what may be the most convenient nickname of all time, is the VP of Branding and Fan Experience for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Darcy spoke of the various thematic, event-based, and other marketing efforts the organization has made to "put butts in the seats" at The Trop'.
• Jimmy Mela, Owner of Vintage Wine & Cellars, also fulfills a spot on the committee of one of "the top ten beer festivals in the country." Now twelve years in the making, Mela's involvement with Lowry Park Zoo's WaZoo event brings over $125,000 to the (non-profit) zoo annually. He talked with us about how it all started, what to expect, and where to get tickets to the August 4 event.
• Mike Compton came on the show with big news. Tampa Digital Studios is moving to Centro Ybor, and he filled us in on all the details of the big move. Tampa Digital is our gracious host and collaborator in putting on AdCast, so this move is really exciting to us as hosts and as an organization. Can't wait for the new digs!
As always, thanks to everyone who helps make AdCast possible, from the sponsors to the many people in Ad 2 and TDS that make it happen. We're already busily working at putting together next month's show; this one is going to be a tough act to follow!
• Boxing champion. Movie star. Entrepreneur. Tonight, Antonio Tarver, the "Magic Man" himself, added the sought-after role of "AdCast guest" to his resume. Tarver, former light-heavyweight champion of the world and co-star of Rocky Balboa, joined us for a lengthy segment to discuss his recent accomplishments and goals both inside and outside the ring, including a possible big-name fight in Tampa Bay.
• A man with a hand in one of the most sacred events in America joined us as well tonight. Reid Sigmon is the Executive Director of the 2009 Super Bowl Tampa Bay Host Committee. Reid joined us to discuss how he got to such a great responsibility, and talked about some of the events that he will be involved in planning around the event.
• Go Rays! Darcy "D-Ray" Raymond, the man with what may be the most convenient nickname of all time, is the VP of Branding and Fan Experience for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Darcy spoke of the various thematic, event-based, and other marketing efforts the organization has made to "put butts in the seats" at The Trop'.
• Jimmy Mela, Owner of Vintage Wine & Cellars, also fulfills a spot on the committee of one of "the top ten beer festivals in the country." Now twelve years in the making, Mela's involvement with Lowry Park Zoo's WaZoo event brings over $125,000 to the (non-profit) zoo annually. He talked with us about how it all started, what to expect, and where to get tickets to the August 4 event.
• Mike Compton came on the show with big news. Tampa Digital Studios is moving to Centro Ybor, and he filled us in on all the details of the big move. Tampa Digital is our gracious host and collaborator in putting on AdCast, so this move is really exciting to us as hosts and as an organization. Can't wait for the new digs!
As always, thanks to everyone who helps make AdCast possible, from the sponsors to the many people in Ad 2 and TDS that make it happen. We're already busily working at putting together next month's show; this one is going to be a tough act to follow!
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