It’s that time again. The IAA Board would like to invite you to put together a foursome for our Sixth Annual Golf and Wine Tasting Event at Meadowood Resort & Spa for Friday, September 25, 2009.
Schedule:

10:15 - Arrival and Warm-up
11:00 - 2:00: Golf Tournament
2:00 - 3:00: Catered Buffet Lunch & Wine Tasting

Location:

Meadowood Napa Valley
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, CA 94574
800-458-8080
www.Meadowood.com

We’ll be sending formal invitations in the next few weeks and hope you will plan on joining us - individual or foursome reservations should be made as soon as possible….as we always sell out!

For reservations contact:
Bill Criswell
Criswell Associates
58 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 398-2220 v.
(415) 834-3192 f.
billcris@pacbell.net

Please join us at the offices of Geary Interactive to hear how CEO, Andreas Roell got his start in advertising and the online world.  Geary Interactive is an award-winning digital agency and was just listed as one of the best places to work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times.

Complimentary lunch will be provided.

Date: Thursday, June 11th
Location: Geary Interactive, 720 Market Street, San Francisco, CA (415)655-8200
Time: 12:00 - 1:30PM

Please RSVP to Schandra Hope: Schandra.Hope@draftfcb.com

All are invited to Pier 23 for a Happy Hour to share a cocktail. Just because times are tough, doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a drink with us!
What: Spring Mixer
Who: International Advertising Association
Where: Pier 23 On the Embarcadero (between Battery St & Green St) San Francisco, CA 94111
When: Wednesday, May 20th, 5pm-8pm
Cost: 1/10,000th of your liver
RSVP: Schandra Hope, Schandra.Hope@draftfcb.com
Young Professionals under 35 may join the IAA for $20 only for the
rest of the year.  Special membership rate offered up to and on 5/20 only.

For Young Professionals Lunch and Learn Series
“How I got started in advertising”

• Learn from the experiences of eminent local advertisingexecutives while visiting the City’s leading agencies
• Network with advertising, media & marketing professionals
• Attend our FREE Lunch & Learn Series

When: Wednesday, May 6th
12N-1:30PM

Speaker: Erick Betancourt, Executive Producer
Eleven, 445 Bush Street

RSVP NOW! Schandra.Hope@draftfcb.com

For Young Professionals Lunch and Learn Series
“How I got started in advertising”

• Learn from the experiences of eminent local advertisingexecutives while visiting the City’s leading agencies
• Network with advertising, media & marketing professionals
• Attend our FREE Lunch & Learn Series

When: Tuesday, April 7th
12N-1:30PM

Speaker: Adam Kleinberg, CEO/Creative Director
Traction, 1349 Larkin Street
RSVP NOW! Schandra.Hope@draftfcb.com

For Young Professionals Lunch and Learn Series
“How I got started in advertising”

• Exclusively for 35 year-olds and under
• Learn from the experiences of eminent local  advertisingexecutives while visiting the City’s leading agencies
• Network with advertising, media & marketing professionals
• Attend our FREE Lunch & Learn Series

When: Thursday, March 12th
12N-1:30PM

Speaker: Garrett Lawrence, EVP/General Manager
Doremus SF, 555 Market Street

RSVP NOW! Schandra.Hope@draftfcb.com

Yesterday’s consumers are today’s participants. What have you heard them say about your brand lately?

Moderator:
Daina Middleton - SVP Director of Sunao - Moxie Interactive

Panelist:
Chris Tolles
CEO - Topix
Hashem Bajwa
Director of Digital Strategy - Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Jane Price - Director of Global Online Resources
Intel Corporation

WHERE:
Sir Francis Drake Hotel - 450 Powell St.  San Francisco

WHEN:
Wednesday, Feb 18th
8:00-10:00 AM

COST:
Members: $40
Non-Members: $50
Table of 10: $400

RSVP:
schandra.hope@draftfcb.com
Due to limited seating, we recommend early registration.

Please join us in supporting the Firefighters ‘Toys for Tots’ program.

Friday, December 7th, 2007 12-1pm drinks followed by lunch.

It will be at the Ana Mandara, 891 Beach Street (www.anamandara.com). Tables of 10 $850/Individual tickets $90.

Please RSVP to alex.burton@turner.com or 415.782.5323

Guests are invited to bring new unwrapped toys to be collected at the event. For each toy donated you will receive a free raffle ticket. Raffle tickets will also be on sale at the event.

Friday December 5th
12-1p Drinks followed by lunch

Please join us for the IAA West Annual Holiday Luncheon supporting the San Francisco Fire Fighters ‘TOYS FOR TOTS’ program.

Tables: $900  Individual tickets:   $95
Venue: Ana Mandara, 891 Beach Street (www.anamandara.com)
RSVP: alex.burton@turner.com

Guests are invited to  bring new unwrapped toys to be collected at the event. For each toy donated you will receive a raffle ticket. Raffle tickets will also be on sale at the event.

Book Now! This event is a sell out!

Eat, Drink and Be Judgmental

Come see and be seen at the Best of San Francisco Show!

Please join AKQA, BuderEngle, Butler Shine Stern & Partners, DRAFTFCB, Duncan/Channon, Eleven, Inc., Godfrey Q and Partners, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Heat, Mccan Worldgroup, Venables Bell & Partners, Swirl, Oracle…and others!

The Best of San Francisco Show is an event created by IAA West to give Bay Area advertising and design agencies an opportunity to show off their best creative among their peers. Join us on October 29, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at Adobe Systems Incorporated, located at the corner of Townsend and 7th Street. Review the best creative in town, rub elbows with other ad folk, and enjoy the open bar and delicious food.

Why Should You Join the Show?

• Be among the “Best of the Best” the Bay Area has to offer in groundbreaking creative work – Show off!
• Support your local advertising community
• Participating agencies receive admission passes in accordance with their agency size-fee ($500 = 2 passes, $1000 = 4 passes, $2,000 = 6 passes, $3,000 = 10 passes)
• Agencies are promoted on event website, invitations and other promotional materials, including event signage
• Socialize, boast, admire, network and promote your best work at Adobe’s super-cool lobby space, featuring state-of-the-art audio/visual and presentation technology
• If all that isn’t enough, the “Best of San Francisco Show” will be a fun evening spent admiring great work among colleagues and peers while enjoying an open bar, delicious food, and live entertainment

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, The Baker & Hamilton Building
601 Townsend Street, SF

WHEN: October 29, 2008 - 6-9 pm

COST FOR INDIVIDUALS: $25 members/$35 non-members/$10 students with ID
Individuals Click here to Register

Agency Registration Form     Company Sponsorship Form     Media Sponsorship Form

Please contact Event Director, John Belcher at jabelcher@mac.com or 415.608.0303

It’s that time again. The IAA Board would like to invite you to put together a foursome for our Fifth Annual Golf and Wine Tasting Event at Meadowood Resort & Spa for Friday September 12, 2008.

Schedule:

10:15 - Arrival and Warm-up
11:00 - 2:00: Golf Tournament
2:00 - 2:30: Wine Tasting
2:30 - 3:30: Catered Buffet Lunch
3:30 - More Wine Tasting

Location:

Meadowood Napa Valley
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, CA 94574
800-458-8080
www.Meadowood.com

We’ll be sending formal invitations in the next few weeks and hope you will plan on joining us - individual or foursome reservations should be made as soon as possible….as we always sell out!

For reservations contact:
Bill Criswell
Criswell Associates
58 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 398-2220 v.
(415) 834-3192 f.
billcris@pacbell.net

WHEN:
Wednesday, June 11, Breakfast 8:30-10 a.m.
Discussion begins promptly at 9 a.m.

WHAT:
You are welcome to join in a revealing IAA West panel discussion on Green Marketing. Become enlightened to the successes, strategies and challenges behind this prevalent wave that’s sweeping through the country. Learn from industry experts and leaders who’ve been instrumental in achieving great strides in the Corporate Social Responsibility and Green arena and communicating this aspect of their brand to others.

Respected and renowned Business Journalist and Bureau Chief of the Financial Times, Richard Waters, will moderate this panel discussion.

WHO:
Panelists include:
Eric Ryan, Co-Founder of Method—a highly innovative and successful consumer packaged goods firm.
Susanne Sonderhoff, HP Marketing Manager responsible for driving HP’s Corporate, Social and Environmental Responsibility programs and initiatives.
Michelle Kovac, Corporate Marketing Lead for Sun Microsystems, a company committed to designing eco-responsible products.
Kelly Konis, Brand Strategist for Citizen Group, a marketing firm that artfully and appropriately supports companies and organizations that aspire to do well by doing good.

WHERE:
Hotel Vitale - The Amalfi Room
Embarcadero & Mission Street, San Francisco. Parking easily available one block away at the garage on Howard Street, just west of Steuart.

COST:
No charge for IAA Members, and $35 for non-Members. IAA West is a non-profit, serving the Bay Area Community of Advertising and Marketing Professionals.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local environmental concern, Lights Out SF. Visit: www.lightsoutsf.com

RSVP:
Please contact Schandra Hope at schandra.hope@draftfcb.com prior to the event to reserve and purchase a ticket. NOTE: capacity is limited, so reserve early.

This event is proudly sponsored by:

Do you aspire to a career in advertising?
See your future job as a leader in creative thinking and communications?
Do you want a free lunch?

Then please join us at 12PM noon, April 8th at the offices of McCann-Erickson, one of the top agencies in San Francisco, to hear from advertising veteran Jeanine Woodyear how she got started in advertising. As the director for international media at Microsoft and a prestigious career working for clients like IBM, Intel and Proctor and Gamble, will share her thinking on how media can drive creative idea.

When: April 8th, 12PM Noon
What: “How to get started in advertising and how media can drive creative ideas”
Who: Jeannine Woodyear, Microsoft International Media Director
Where: McCann-Erickson, 600 Battery, San Francisco, CA, 415-262-5600

PS. The FREE lunch is for real.
Please RSVP by 4/2  Schandra.Hope@draftfcb.com

Join the IAA for a night of mixing and networking with colleagues at the hip bar MR. on Sacramento street in the Financial District!

The IAA is the non-profit group bringing together the advertising community -
clients, agencies and media. We are celebrating the new members and
you can join through our new Young Professional membership program.
There will be given a 10% DISCOUNT on membership fee for attending.

MR. is San Francisco’s newest retail concept that fuses a contemporary barbershop with a
chic wine bar and lounge.

There will be a PRIZE given during the event for a FREE haircut or razor shave.
Come watch the results.

Date:
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Place:
MR.
560 Sacramento Street
Cross streets/Montgomery and Sansome
www.mrthebarbershop.com

Time:
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Fee:
$15 for members, $20 for non-members
Appetizers provided and ONE Free drink.

Please RSVP prior to the event:
schandra.hope@draftfcb.com
Guests are still welcome at the door

EVENT:

2nd Annual Advertising Industry Diversity Job Fair at the Academy of Art University

DATE:
February 12, 2008

INFO:
For more information please go to event’s website at www.bdionline.com/diversitysf08

Eat, Drink and Be Judgmental

Come see and be seen at the Best of Show San Francisco!

WHEN: October 18, 2007
6pm-9pm

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, The Baker & Hamilton Building
601 Townsend Street, SF

HOW MUCH: $25 members/$30 non-members

Download Submission Form

It’s that time again. The IAA Board would like to invite you to put together a foursome for our Fourth Annual Golf and Wine Tasting Event at Meadowood Resort & Spa for Friday September 14, 2007.Schedule for Friday morning, Sept. 14th:

10:15 - Arrival and Warm-up
11:00 - 2:00: Golf Tournament
2:00 - 2:30: Wine Tasting
2:30 - 3:30: Catered Buffet Lunch on the Glen
3:30 - More Wine Tasting

Location:

Meadowood Resort & Spa
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, CA 94574
800-458-8080
www.Meadowood.com

I’ll be sending formal invitations in the next few weeks and hope you will plan on joining us — individual or foursome reservations should be made as soon as possible thereafter as we always sell out!
Thanks,

Bill Criswell
Criswell Associates
58 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 398-2220 v.
(415) 834-3192 f.
billcris@pacbell.net

Join the IAA for an evening of America’s favorite pastime! Watch your San Francisco Giants take on the Houston Astros On May 23rd. The event starts at 5:30 and will include a presentation from a Giants representative on Sports Marketing, along with drinks and pre-game snacks. Then it’s down to the game to cheer on the Giants! Feel Free to invite clients and staff to this fun event.

Date: May 23rd
Location: AT&T Ball Park

Event Schedule:
5:30- Cocktails in the Executive Dining Room (Luxury Suite Level)
6:15- “Your Name vs. Your Brand” A sports marketing overview
7:15- Baseball Game—Giants vs. Astros!

Formal invitations will be sent out, but space is limited so RSVP as early as possible!

The IAA West Presents:

INTEL ENTERPRISE: SMART THINKING IN THE BOX

FEATURING: JAN McDANIEL, Director Business Marketing, Intel

When: MONDAY, April 30th — 6 - 8pm

Where:
McCann-Erickson
600 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

$35 Non-Members / $25 Members

Cocktail reception followed by talk and Q&A

IAA West and BIG Present:
“Think Locally. Act Globally”
Harnessing Online’s International Audience

Sponsored by:

The Panel:

Satjiv Chahil, SVP Global Marketing HP PSG
Mary Bermel, Director, Global Interactive, HP
Hari Abhyankar, VP/Director, Market Development Modem Media
Paul Rossi, NA Publisher The EconomistModerated by: Evan Hansen, On-Line Editor, Wired
IAA West and Bay Area Interactive Group (BIG) presents a timely panel discussion titled,
“”Think Locally. Act Globally” Harnessing Online’s International Audience!”
Come learn from global media and marketing pros about the state of the art of leveraging a truly global advertising medium
WHEN:
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007
6:30p.m - 10:00p.m.

WHERE:
Merchants Exchange Club
465 California Street
San Francisco

COST:
Entrance to the event is free to members of IAA West, $75/non-members. Seats are limited.

RESERVATIONS:
Schandra Hope: email: (schandra.hope@draftfcb.com) Phone: 415-820-8623.
Join the IAA West (www.iaaglobal.org/uswest) prior to the Jan. 25th event and receive free admission!

It’s that time again. The IAA Board would like to invite you to put together a foursome for our Third Annual Golf and Wine Tasting Event at Meadowood Resort & Spa for Friday September 29, 2006.

Schedule for Friday, Sept. 29th:

10:15 AM :: Arrival and Warm-up
11:00 - 2:00 :: Golf Tournament
2:00 - 2:30 :: Wine Tasting
2:30 - 3:30 :: Catered Buffet Lunch on the Glen
3:30 :: More Wine Tasting

Location:

Meadowood Resort & Spa
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, CA 94574
800-458-8080
www.Meadowood.com

Please send me your individual or foursome reservations soon as we always sell out.

Cost: $600. per foursome

Thanks,

Bill Criswell
Criswell Associates
58 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 398-2220 v.
(415) 834-3192 f.
billcris@pacbell.net

The International Advertising Association, West Coast Chapter, is proud to host breakfast with:

Todd Forsythe, VP Marketing at Oracle Corp.

Todd will give a talk on:

“How Oracle is implementing new research to measure ROI on the Marketing Budget.”

July 18th
8am –9:30 am Breakfast

Todd’s’ talk will begin at 8:30 am.
Sir Francis Drake Hotel
The Franciscan Room
450 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

We expect this event to be a sellout, so please RSVP ASAP!

Admission is
$35
Please RSVP to
shope@fcb.com