Tweet Follow @S_kotnala Stretch yourself and don’t give in to constraints, even if it is always under the shadow of losing clients. The idea is to do something unexpected, writes Sanjeev Kotnala about his learnings from the recently-held Adfest in Thailand Adfest 2015, held recently in Pattaya, Thailand, was a like well-choreographed dance sequence. As… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 61st Episode. I am taking you all back to late eighties. This one is a story I have heard and don’t know if this one is factually true. But the people who told me that, I would want to believe it is true. Or it is one of the stories you create… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala An agency withdrawing an award entry is neither something new nor a regular occurrence. There can be many reasons for it including the official one. But one has every reason to believe that the right reason normally remains uncovered. At AdFest 2015 last week, JWT India withdrew its entry of Nutribic Biscuits… Read More »
Tweet Follow @twitter ‘Seamless Storytelling’, ‘You Are The Hero’ and ‘Jury Crossfire’ were the central thought pieces theme that ran through Day 2 and 3 at ADFEST 2015 Pattaya. Amply demonstrated with engaging presentations that ran like clockwork. Hats off to the team behind the scene. The thoughts that kept echoing long after the… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 60TH EPISODE. We lost the semi-final to Australia on 26th March. So, thought I could bring back the episode that involved another semi final; this time on 5TH November 1987, Cricket World Cup. India Vs. England. That was Thursday too. It was important enough a game for few of us to… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala I am told that ‘Talking to self’ is a great tool for establishing a normalising behaviour. It is a definitive process used by coaches to trigger change and to make the subject understand the scenario in a new view. It is always about self-actualisation and self-realisation. I bring this subject in reference to… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 59th EPISODE. It was the MOOLA workshop. A whole day spent at a five-star discussion ways and means to tighten the spending. Manage finds. MOOLA stood for MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATIONS LIQUID ASSETS. Some real creative spark has been at work at HTA, 35 Rani Jhansi Road, Jhandewalan. Ajit Kohli and Kamal Oberoi… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala As you read this, I should be on way to Pattaya answering the Adfest war cry ‘BE BAD’. With Pattaya that sounds just great. On deeper thoughts it is asking you to be bad in a good way. Quoting from the fest site ‘Take up the rallying cry and take your clients… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala After what looked like a dull fest what with hardly any energy and vibrancy, Adfest 2015 seems to be warming up and that is because the speakers are making relevant practical points. The audience is usual a tad laidback and there are hardly any questions and that helps the show go on… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala With the deepest sense of gratitude all I can say to our elected Government is ‘THANK YOU for banning India’s Daughter the documentary, the real daughters you had banned a long time back’. And if it was not for you I would be deprived of many things in life, mainly… Read More »
