January Meeting Recap

Our January meeting was held on Monday the 8th and featured Kari Goetz, Audience Development Manager for the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Kari spoke to the group about the marketing and re-branding efforts of the TBPAC and the celebration of the organization's 20th anniversary.

We also announced our upcoming Ad 2 does Wicked event on March 6, 2007 sponsored by Tri-Dimensional Studios.

UPDATE 1/24/07: We've also hosted Kari on our January AdCast, so if you'ld like the 411 on Wicked you can view the video here.

UPDATE 2/1/07: The Ad 2 Wicked event is a sell out and promised to be a Wickedly fun event with 35 in our group attending the Tuesday performance. If you want to buy your own ticket for the evening you may still do so through the TBPAC box office on your own.

Public Service planning meeting

We are having a Public Service planning meeting on 1/4/07 at Chipotle on Westshore, at 7 pm. Please stop by if you are interested in helping with year's campaign or just want to learn more about it. Plus, Chipotle will be providing FREE FOOD!

December Meeting Recap

Our December meeting was everything and anything ADDY related... our speaker for the evening was Michael Andersen, President of the Tampa Bay Advertising Federation and knowlegable on all things ADDY.

Iportant dates are listed below and you can click here for complete information on the TBAF website.

• January 5th: Entry Drop Off Day at the RK Bailey Gallery at the University of Tampa
• January 10th:Gallery Night at the RK Bailey Gallery at the University of Tampa
• February 17th: http://www.addybooty.org

Remember that directly following the ADDY's you can join us all at Bar Loui in International Plaza for the Ad 2 Tampa Bay - ADDY's After Party.

UPDATE 1/24/07: Watch the ADCast interview with Joel Barbosa of Roberts Communications as he discusses the Addy Booty campaign they put together for the 2007 AAF Addys with hosts Carl Vervisch and Jessica McDonald.

AdCast: Episode III

Attack of the Clones it was not. Attack of the mass amounts of wonderful food (provided by our wonderful sponsors La Casa Dolce :) and pertinent information, it was. It so very was. This month's episode of AdCast was our third and perhaps our smoothest yet.

• First we had on our Public Service Director Jeff Morrow and Student Addy Chair Mai Tran. They caught us up on their respective departments.

• Melanie from our EXCELLENT 2006 Public Service Client, Suncoast Voices for Children, came on the show for a bit to discuss the organization and what we might do for them.

• Next we had Robin Adkins on behalf of La Casa Dolce come out to talk about their restaurant and upcoming events (and feed us... mmmm)

• Later in the show, we had Ben Dachepelli from 13 Ugly Men was on to let us in on the scoop for the big New Years party the Uglies are throwing.

• The Insight Segment, as usual, was my favorite. I love guests and all, but arguing with Jess and making a fool of myself are far more pressing to me.

• Our AdCast Survey for November is up! Click on the link to be taken directly to the survey.

Great show, everyone!! Episode 4 will be broadcast live from Tampa Digital Studios on January 24. Be there!

Public Serivce Candidate Presentations

Each year Ad 2 Tampa Bay selects a local charity to be our public service client. We work with our client each yeat to build a pro-bono advertising campaign and then present that campaign at the national AAF conference.

This coming Monday, November 27th we will be interviewing our top three charities from the list of over 75 applications that were recieved. Each group will be given 15 minutes to describe themesleves and what our campaign could help them with.

After the presnetations each member in attendance will be able to vote on the group we decide to work with.

Presentations will be at the Art Institue of Tampa, 7 p.m. on 11/27.

4401 N Himes Ave
#150Tampa, FL 33614
Click here for map

November Meeting Recap

Novembers meeting was a great look at some of the Television spot work that is done by Tampa Bay agencies. On hand we had Jim Ruyle, Tampa Digital Studios, Charlie Bregg, Producer and Hal Vincent, WestWayne.

Student ADDY Award Information

The AAF Student ADDY Awards Competition is a unique national awards program designed specially for college students. Work entered at your local level can move up to the regional and national judging, just like the work entered by professionals across the country. Applicants must be enrolled full- or part-time in an accredited U.S. educational institution. Student interns are eligible to enter. Submit work developed specifically for this competition or from previous projects or student contests (work must be created while the entrant is a student not employed in the advertising industry).

National winning entries may receive the following:

• Finalist certificate—great for résumés and portfolios
• Prestigious Student ADDY Award for first-place winners
• $1,000 cash prize for National Best of Show winner
• For more information visit, www.studentaddys.com.