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Friday Forum Series

Weekly inspiration from creative minds. Speakers include
agencies, clients, musicians, comedians, artists, authors and more.


Spring 2013 Schedule

Apr. 5th
PJ Pereira / Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder / Pereira & O'Dell

Apr. 12th
Erik Hanson / Director of Planning / TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Apr. 19th (Final Friday Forum)
Jim Ferguson / Plunger / Fire in the Hole


Past speakers

  • Friday ForumApr. 12, 2013

    Erik Hanson

    Director of Planning / TBWA\Media Arts Lab

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  • Friday ForumApr. 5, 2013

    PJ Pereira

    Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder / Pereira & O'Dell

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumMar. 15, 2013

    Marta Larock

    Chief Strategic Officer / mcgarrybowen

    + See More

  • Friday ForumMar. 1, 2013

    Jay Benjamin

    Chief Creative Officer / Leo Burnett NY

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFeb. 22nd, 2013

    Juan Carlos Pagan

    Head of Design / DDB New York

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 15th, 2013

    Rick Webb

    Writer, Entrepreneur and Investor / Tumblr and Secret Playhouse

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 8th, 2013

    Ignacio Oreamuno

     Executive Director / The Art Directors Club

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 1st, 2013

    Rob Strasberg

     Co-CEO and Chief Creative Officer / Doner

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumJan. 25th, 2013

    Richmond Comedy Coalition

     Featuring Katie Holcomb, Matt Newman

    and David Pijor

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumJanuary 18th, 2013

    Dave Schiff

    Partner and Chief Creative Officer / Made Movement

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumDec. 7th, 2012

    Jorge Calleja

     Group Creative Director / The Martin Agency

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumNov. 30th, 2012

    Andy Stefanovich

     Chief Curator & Provocateur / Prophet

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumNov. 16th, 2012

    Jeff Jones

    EVP/Chief Marketing Officer / Target

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumNov. 9th, 2012

    Bart Cleveland

     Founder / Job Propulsion Labs

    + See Video

  • Friday ForumOct. 26th, 2012

    Tony Vengrove

    President & CEO / Miles Finch Innovation

    + See More

  • Friday ForumOctober 12th, 2012

    David Muhlenfeld

     VP/Creative Director / The Martin Agency

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumOct. 5th, 2012

    5Q with Kristen Cavallo and Kelsey Hodgkin

     Chief Strategy Officer & VP Group Strategy Director / Mullen

    + See Video

  • Friday ForumSept. 28th, 2012

    Augusta Duffey

     Executive Creative Director / Gannett

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 21st, 2012

    Otis D. Gibson

     Founder & CCO / GERTRUDE, inc.

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 14th, 2012

    Stephen Fischer

    Freelance Strategic Consultant / Archetypal Branding

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 7th, 2012

    Carolyn Hadlock

    Principal & Executive Creative Director / Young & Laramore

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumAug. 24th, 2012

    Mike Hughes

     President & Creative Director / The Martin Agency

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumMay 4th, 2012

    Lance Jensen

    Chief Creative Officer / Hill Holliday

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumApr. 13th, 2012

    Rob Reillly

    Chief Creative Officer
    Crispin, Porter + Bogusky

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumMar. 30th, 2012

    Jonathan Cude

     Chief Creative Officer / McKinney

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumMar. 9th, 2012

    Joe Alexander

     Executive Creative Director / The Martin Agency

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumMar. 2nd, 2012

    Mike Lescarbeau

     CEO / Carmichael Lynch

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFeb. 24th, 2012

    Bud Caddell

    Invention Strategist / Deutsch LA

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFeb. 17th, 2012

    Bob Robinson

     Executive Creative Director / Rockfish Interactive

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFeb. 10th, 2012

    Mike Karnjanaprakorn

     Co-Founder / Skillshare

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumFeb. 3rd, 2012

    Steve Simpson

     Chief Creative Officer / Ogilvy North America

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumJan. 27th, 2012

    Classified Moto and Big River

    + See More

  • Friday ForumJan. 20th, 2012

    Bobby Hershfield

    Creative Director / Mother NY

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumDec.2, 2011

    Alan Snitow

     Director of Strategy & Innovation / Gotham

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumNov. 18th, 2011

    Jonathan Mildenhall

     VP Global Advertising Strategy & Content Excellence / The Coca-Cola Company

    + See More

  • Friday ForumNov. 11th, 2011

    Stan Chin

     Senior Creative / Anomaly

    + See More

  • Friday ForumNov. 4th, 2011

    Andrew Benett

     CEO / Arnold Worldwide

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumOct. 28th, 2011

    Jonathan Rosen

     Co-Founder & Director / Lucky Branded Entertainment

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumOct. 14th, 2011

    Bob Moore

    Chief Creative Officer / Publicis 

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumOct. 7th, 2011

    Natalie Minor

     Global Agency Marketing Manager / Facebook

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 30th, 2011

    Marc LaFountain

     Vice President of Support / Tumblr

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 23rd, 2011

    Liron Reznik & Jonas Hallberg

     Founders & Chief Creative Officers / Skinny NYC

    + See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 16th, 2011

    Ann Mack

     Trendspotter / JWT

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumSept. 9th, 2011

    Grant McCracken

     Author of Chief Culture Officer

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumAug. 26th, 2011

    James Gibson

     Founder & Creative Director / Negativespace

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumMay 6th, 2011

    Robbie Vitrano

     Co-Founder & Chairman / Trumpet

    + See More

  • Friday ForumApril 29, 2011

    Adam Wohl

     Co-Founder, Partner & Group Creative Director / MIR

    + See More

  • Friday ForumMarch 25, 2011

    Casey Rand & Tim Gordon

    Copywriter / Amalgamated

    Copywriter / Droga5

    + See More

  • Friday ForumMarch 11, 2011

    Phil Meunier & Helene Godin

    Chief Creative Officer / Sid Lee

    Creative Director / Sid Lee

    + See More

  • Friday ForumMarch 4, 2011

    Camm Rowland

     Executive Creative Director / Digital Kitchen

    + See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 25, 2011

    Adam Creeger

     Technical Architect / AKQA

    + See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 18, 2011

    Davi Liu, Xavier Teo & Lorelei Bandrovschi

    Creative Director, Creative Director, & Copywriter / Modernista!

    + See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 11, 2011

    Teressa Iezzi

     Editor / Creativity Magazine & Creativityonline.com

    + See More

  • Friday ForumFebruary 4, 2011

    Jeff Steinhour & Tiffany Rolfe

    Crispin Porter + Bogusky

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumJanuary 28, 2011

    Antonio Garcia

     Director of Jazz Studies / VCU

    + See More

  • Friday ForumJanuary 21, 2011

    Martin Weigel

     Head of Planning / Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumDecember 3, 2010

    Jesse Coulter & Todd Hunter

     Creative Artists Agency

    + See More

  • Friday ForumNovember 19, 2010

    Josh Bletterman

    Creative Director / TBWA\Chiat\Day

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumNovember 12, 2010

    Matt Miller & Brian Carmody

     Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP)

    + See More

  • Friday ForumNovember 5, 2010

    Kevin Proudfoot

    Executive Creative Director / Wieden + Kennedy

    + See More

  • Friday ForumOctober 29, 2010

    Mike Hughes

    President & Creative Director / The Martin Agency

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumOctober 15, 2010

    Jason Menkes & Ravi Krishnaswami

    COPILOT Strategic Music + Sound

    + See Video+ See More

  • Friday ForumOctober 8, 2010

    Susan Credle

    US Chief Creative Officer / Leo Burnett

    + See More

  • Friday ForumOctober 1, 2010

    Andrea Edmunds & Pam O'Halloran

    Posh Tots

    + See More

  • Friday ForumSeptember 24, 2010

    Nick Ludlum

    Vice President / Ogilvy Public Relations

    + See More

  • Friday ForumSeptember 17, 2010

    Peter Yesawich Jr.

    Head of Digital / Exopolis

    + See Video+ See More

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