• 23rd February, 2009

    GUEST SPEAKER REWIND: COLTRANE CURTIS; FOUNDER, EPIPHANY

    AT 32 YEARS OLD, FEW HAVE EVEN ATTEMPTED TO ACHIEVE WHAT "TRANE" HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.

    A 2 time winner of the NAACP ACT-SO award for Photography, former manager of Ralph Lauren's Atlanta Polo Store, Graduate of Morehouse College, former VP of Marketing for Marc Ecko Enterprises for 8 years, co-founder of G-Unit Apparel, former Complex Magazine Editor @ X-Large, 2 time participant in the  Vibe Style Council, Paper Magazine's 50 most beautiful people, Paper Magazine's Black is Beautiful editorial selectee, NYCVisit Campaign selectee, MTV's only Fashion VJ and host of the VMA and Movie Awards Red Carpet and now owner/partner of Epiphany Media; few in the "game" possess his expertise in fashion marketing, brand development, promotion advertising, publicity, special event execution and  product seeding.

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  • 22nd February, 2009

    THE SCHOOL OF POP CULTURE ENGINEERING: A MANIFESTO

    IF EVERYBODY AGREES THAT TYPICAL BLOWS, WHY IS TYPICAL SO TYPICAL?

    When it came time to define Miami Ad School as The School of Pop Culture Engineering, a manifesto of sorts was definitely in order. Here it is, for your reading pleasure.On the glorious battlefield known as the "advertising industry," where we the troops are charged with shaping culture by wielding that which breaks through and reinvents, you'll be hard pressed to find a single soul who'll argue with the fact that Typical just doesn't cut it.

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    The School of Pop Culture Engineering: A Manifesto
  • 19th February, 2009

    DIGITAL IN RESIDENCE: A WEEK TEACHING AT MIAMI AD SCHOOL

    WHY I'M HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE

    Mat Zucker, VP-ECD at Agency.com, recently spent a week at our Miami location. This is his post about the experience as featured on DigitalNext Blog from AdAge.AMC cinemas pioneered stadium-style seating and cup holders at your seat. Trojan condoms are electronically tested for reliability.

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  • 18th February, 2009

    UPDATED: READING THE NEW YORK TIMES? HOW ABOUT WORKING ON THE NEW YORK TIMES!

    THE NEW YORK TIMES IS THE CLIENT FOR THE WINTER 2009 BOOT CAMP FOR ACCOUNT PLANNERS IN MIAMI

    See the video recap!

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    UPDATED: Reading the New York Times? How About Working On the New York Times!
  • 17th February, 2009

    FIRST RULE OF MEMORABILITY: BE MEMORABLE

    COMMUNICATION MUST BE REMEMBERED IF IT'S EVER GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.

    At Miami Ad School a great deal of time is spent getting across a very simple yet incredibly crucial bit of information: that communication has to be memorable in order to be effective. The genesis of this seems simple enough to grasp--that a message not remembered has no power over time.

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    First Rule of Memorability: Be Memorable
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