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DDBot is now one degree from #Kevinbacon #DDBdoesaustin #sxsw
Congratulations to our DDBot Photo Contest winner, @adplannergirl, Angela Rodriguez, Director of Strategic Insights at Alma DDB.
According to our judge, Chief Creative Officer of DDB New York, Matt Eastwood, "It’s funny, clever and shows how DDBot is now connected to the entire world."
See you at SXSW Interactive 2015, Angela!
While so many have come to SXSW Interactive to find out about the next big thing or to try out the latest in wearable technology, we’re all really just looking for ways to harness the extraordinary power of connection.
Read more: http://strategyonline.ca/2014/03/12/sxsw-blog-no-more-me-too-real-time-marketing/
DDBot certainly got around at SXSW Interactive. It found its self, with influential speakers, other SXSW bots, and even one degree from Kevin Bacon!
Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for the DDBot photo contest! You can view all DDBot photos here.
The photo submission period is over, as is SXSW Interactive. The winner of free SXSWI 2015 registration will be announced early next week.
Stay tuned!
DDB and Tribal delegates and clients from all over the globe gathered at TenOak Bourbon Lounge on Monday, March 10 in Austin during the SXSW Interactive Festival. There were several lively conversations about interesting sessions, new technologies and office updates. Here are some photos from the event.
Thanks to everyone who attended!
USTA installation participants were also able to generate their own version of the brand new “Tennis Makes You” online films. Using an iPad via a custom software solution the attendant aligned the participant in the proper location and selected which film to create - Stronger, Stress-Free and Invincible.
Videos were aggregated with the hashtag #TennisMakesYou
This is a video of Invincible. Click here to go to USTA’s Youtube to see all the videos created at the installation.
On Monday, March 10, DDB New York and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) hosted an interactive installation on the corner of Fifth Street and Colorado Street in Austin, Texas during SXSW Interactive Festival.
Festivalgoers and Austin locals participated in hitting tennis balls covered in colored chalk dust against a wall of graffiti artwork. It was a little messy but really fun!
Look what @DDBNewYork's @ScottMurphy found at Walmart!
Click here to see all the other shenanigans DDBot got into at #sxswi
DDB Chicago's digital leader, Azher Ahmed is featured in Adweek talking about creating ads for Instagram and what criteria he uses to determine whether a platform is worth pursuing as a marketer, and what type of content plays well in those new spaces.
Get the full article and videos here.
Tweet from Antoinette Hoes, Head of Strategy at Tribal DDB Amsterdam @amsterdamant
What fiction and advertising have in common: you have to suspend disbelief (with readers / clients/ consumers ) #sxswnl #ddbdoesaustin
Check out more insightful SXSW Tweets here
@juanisaza with @geekazine wearing Google Glass and DDBot.
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Failure is Freedom
By: Darwin Tomlinson, Executive Creative Director, DDB Sydney @dar1t
After several days of living in a frenzy of FOMO panic, I'm starting to gain some deep insight into my fear of failure. I appear to be taking the lean method's "Fail fast, fail often" ethos quite literally. Missed sessions, missed parties, missed taxi's... Fail. Fail. Fail.
Of course I'm not alone. It's the SXSW way to be constantly missing out on something. There's a strange liberation that comes with the notion that you are 100% guaranteed to fail at seeing everything. It seems clear that's the basis of the creative spirit that underpins all of this - the freedom to fail big is a necessary component for any monumental creative or inventive output.
Certainly that applies to the Lean methods discussed in Adobe's software prototyping session. Almost everything their product team makes fails. And I saw it in the conversation with Ralph Steadman as well. Gonzo journalism was nothing without its ability to completely screw up. In fact, screwing things up was pretty much Hunter S. Thompson's greatest creative ability. And then there's Steadman's work - a cacophony of splatters and mishaps that come together into these mad, genius drawings. Even the Pulp documentary was essentially a story about how a bunch of working class kids failed by becoming superstars (but sort of on purpose).
What I've found most interesting about it all is that the more you let go, the more you seem to find. For every session missed, I've happened upon a conversation even more interesting. The errant taxi became a brisk walk home and one last taco for the day. I can't say that these things are yet making me more creative, but surely they're adding to the arsenal.
Let's see how far astray I can go today.
Let's go Karting! Photo courtesy of @minjiaqiu from @DDBCalifornia.
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Addictive Storytelling
By: Juan Isaza, Strategic Planning/Social Media Director for DDB Latina @JuanIsaza
A good session was "Secrets Behind Addictive Storytelling" (#addictive). It made me think about the simplicity behind great stories: life, death, love, risk, etc. There is nothing “complicated” behind finding the topic. Very common subjects we talk about every day get really compelling in the hands of a good storyteller. What makes stories addictive is finding the hook that is able to connect with people’s life. The magic is in the way the story is told. A different perspective on a very common or well known issue. So, as one of the presenters said, “it is all about finding the angle." And, many times, further than the topic, what makes a story addictive is finding the right characters to tell the story and making the subject come to life. Good stories are recognized immediately. You won’t need more than 30 seconds to say “here is a great story."
DDBot does outer space at #SXSW2014 exhibit hall.
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DDB New Zealand's Digital Creative Director, Haydn Kerr shares five big take aways from SXSW 2014. Click here to check them out
From @Heydinker: Google glass are like the new segway. A Geek accessory that's impossible to pull off. #SXSW14 #ddbdoesaustin
Insights from Nicole Taylor, Managing Partner at DDB Sydney
I’m loving Austin and SXSW (beyond not being able to get a cab and the necessary lining up for almost everything). It’s diverse, certainly not “just for the kids,” as even my mum who is a child psychologist, would benefit greatly from a lot of the speakers and content. I’m about to hear a session about trends this year at SXSW but two things stand out for me so far...
1) We don’t truly understand the power of the Internet yet, so you can still expect plenty of exciting times ahead.
2) Social good is increasingly at the heart of where we are going with digital/Internet. It’s our chance to make things better and big brands are key in making that happen.
Finally, Tilda Swinton is an incredibly intelligent and amazing artist. She talked openly and freely about her incredible career and perspectives including love of cinema.