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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

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

As the company’s lead marketer, the marketing manager will strive to dramatically increase user engagement, shaping the first-time user experience, converting casual visitors into daily users, and daily users into multiple product & premium service customers. To succeed in the role, the successful candidate will need to be an expert at devising and executing high-return campaigns that leverage social networks and communities, on-site marketing, and grassroots communication. This manager will be responsible for creating an understanding of user & usage metrics across organization, establishing and tracking communication channels, and oversee marketing partner relationships and ad sponsor programs. The candidate will work closely with business development, product management, integration partners, and our community management teams to these achieve goals.

An entrepreneurial and well-rounded marketer will do best in this role. The successful candidate must have an open and honest communications style and be effective at building consensus. This person should demonstrate credibility, exercise good judgment, and have strength of conviction to act decisively when necessary.

Skills: Candidates should have demonstrated success planning and executing marketing programs that drive audience growth for community-oriented businesses.  The candidate needs a proven ability to identify, prioritize and deliver programs that make an impact on the businesses, with a particular emphasis on consumer engagement.  Solid project management, analytical skills, and interactive direct marketing experience a must. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of related work experience.

Competitive package, salary, bonus, plus benefits.  Please submit CVs to jobs@livejournalinc.com

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:

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

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

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