NEW 2010 NDAC COMMITTEES:
Membership Recruitment and Retention
Advertising is a creative, innovative business that values ideas and the people who create them. This committee communicates the many benefits of the New Denver Ad Club, both professional and social, to individuals, advertising agencies and companies, creates recruitment materials, meets and greets current and prospective members, and throws a mean party at the end of our membership drive.
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Programs/Events
Programs/events are the life’s blood of the club, bringing you the most sought-after speakers, thinkers, creators and innovators in the marketing and advertising world today, and helping our young professionals learn and advance. This committee designs and promotes our events and programs, and raises professional development to a whole new level.
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NDAC Major Programs:
Outside Voices brings the best names in advertising right to your doorstep. During our first year, we had world-class ad legends such as Steve Hayden, Allen Rosenshine, Keith Reinhard, Gareth Kay, Steffan Postaer and MT Carney.
Outside Voices Speaker Series leader: Gregg Bergan gbergan@pure-brand.com
NEXT trains young ad professionals with one to three years experience, and brings them to the next level of better and prouder work. Taught by the best creative directors in Denver.
NEXT Committee leader: Patrick Cowan peotrick@gmail.com
3rd3rsday Interactive Roundtables bring the Denver/Boulder marketing communications community together with guest experts to share ideas, ask questions and offer insights and cutting-edge experiences to improve our industry and continue to elevate the work done in our community. Roundtables are the 3rd Thursday of each month, at your computer, and free.
3rdThursdays Interactive Roundtable leader: Steve Miller SMiller@NetNewsdesk.com
Connect 2010 is an event at which Denver/Boulder area employers from advertising, design, public relations and marketing departments take the opportunity to meet, advise, review portfolios and resumes, and screen potential employees from local colleges, universities and technical institutes. The committee recruits the companies and the schools, promotes the event, and strives to achieve media coverage.
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Awards & Recognition
The Denver 50 is our annual competition to find the most inventive ideas, created in Denver, selected by nationally respected judges, not by category but for their sheer creativity, impact, ingenuity, and even courage. This committee creates the theme, promotes the call for entries, finds the judges, designs and produces the Denver 50 Book, advertises the Denver 50 Awards Show, and has a blowout party in December to celebrate the winners.
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The AAF Silver Medal Award is one of the AAF’s most prestigious national honors recognizing outstanding contributions to advertising and furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. This committee chooses the nominee, and works to develop this high profile event and guest list.
AAF Silver Medal Committee leader: Lorelle Burke lburkelaw@msn.com
Communications
It’s all about getting the word out. With impact, style and savvy. This committee creates and executes all Club communications, event invitations via Cvent, PR, website, social marketing and newsletter. Writers, art directors, designers, social marketers, web and digital designers, public relations professionals and coordinators welcome!
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Sponsorships/Alliances
Sponsorships are critical to the club. They are a potent way for us to develop a viable source of income, enable us to afford to have blockbuster events and services, while still maintaining affordable event fees for our membership. This committee works to identify and develop mutually beneficial relationships between companies and organizations and our club.
Sponsorships Committee leader: Lorelle Burke lburkelaw@msn.com
Financial
The financial committee is probably the most important committee because the club assets are your responsibility. Headed by our Treasurer, the financial committee keeps the books, tracks profit and loss by accrual and cash reporting, and analyzes and recommends how we can best manage and grow our money. CPAs, and all financial management skills wanted here.
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Education
The AAF National Student Advertising Competition is the premier college advertising competition. It provides more than 3,000 college students with real-world experience by requiring a strategic advertising/marketing/media campaign for a corporate sponsor. Schools from each district are selected to present their campaigns to a panel of industry executives at the AAF National Conference. The NDAC is a
member of AAF District 12. This committee is responsible to promote the competition to Denver area colleges and universities, and promote participation in this invaluable experience. In 2011, the NDAC will host the competition in Denver.
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Members are encouraged to contact us to help us promote our industry by volunteering for these committees.
