Category Archives: General

Leadership lessons on Desert Island Discs by Chris

Careers advice at school. It really did fail to inspire, didn’t it? You used to answer a long list of questions & were informed by the “mystic Meg” of computers what profession you should take up. Things have moved on … Continue reading

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Merlin Lecture with Robert Senior- by Masha Voskresenskaia

Yesterday I attended my first Merlin lecture for 2011 where Robert Senior, European CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon Group, addressed a full auditorium of young professionals in the marketing arena working for customer and client side. The afternoon was … Continue reading

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Two juniors, one Senior & a Noho basement by Chris Dodson

Over 150 Concept Cupboard student creatives sent me tweets & emails hoping to win a ticket to the Robert Senior Merlin lecture that took place this week. Sadly I only had two to give away but Alice & Carl (see … Continue reading

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Life after the Scholarship

Hello, I went for lunch with fellow-Alumni Naomi Dunne the other day.  It was the first time I’d seen her since the closing event of our year, and we were both fairly reflective.  Plus I was starving, so the whole … Continue reading

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Josh Connell, learning to lead from the front…

It’s been a little over a week since the first boot camp. I’ve just about recovered from an intense (in a good way) 3 days of learning, listening and generally being inspired by the people around us! The leadership course … Continue reading

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Reflecting on the first 2011 bootcamp by Chris Dodson et al

Wow! Our first 2011 bootcamp is over and what an action packed 3 days it turned out to be. We had an awesome line-up of speakers, got to know each other better than we know most of our friends/family and … Continue reading

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The How-to Guide for a Successful Marketing Academy Year

Hello, The inaugural year of the Marketing Academy is finally at an end.  I can no longer say I’m a ‘Scholar’, and instead am a member of the ‘Alumni’ group.  The Class of 2010 celebrated this fact with quite the … Continue reading

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And the real superstars are…

Another blog I know but I can’t help myself. I have to admit it.  I’m starting to feel a little weird…..The last twelve months have been wonderful but soon the 2010 scholars will graduate and make way for the 2011 … Continue reading

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Thank you, thank you, thank you….

Life has been a bit of a roller coaster lately.  Married in December, promotion at work to Head of Business Airline Marketing at Manchester Airport in January plus many fab mentoring sessions to name a few! It has been hectic … Continue reading

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Carla takes stock

When I started the Academy, I started with the best of intentions I meant to write more blogs than this … I meant to apply my academy learning’s daily … I meant to fill out my mentor feedback forms on time … Continue reading

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