The ADCOLOR Awards are the best time ever and this year we are hoping to have the best nominees ever. Submit your nominations to http://adcolor.org/awards/index.html. Deadline is Friday, July 17.
Go to www.adcolor.org to purchase tickets and download 2009 ADCOLOR® AWARDS sponsorship information!
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WHO: The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition – a collective comprised of the The Ad Club of New York, Association of National Advertisers (ANA), American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA),American Advertising Federation (AAF), Arnold and Omnicom Group which launched in 2005.
WHAT: THE ADCOLOR® AWARDS – an initiative launched by the ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition in 2007 to highlight the accomplishments of outstanding diverse professionals in the advertising, marketing, media and PR industries.
2009 ADCOLOR® AWARDS SPONSORS: Arnold, CNN, Google, Microsoft Advertising, Omnicom Group, Home Depot, Casa Cristina, RAPP, McCann NY, Pepsi, Creative Printing Services, NBA, Akande Inc., Red Carpet Runway, JWT, Hispanicad.com, VIBE Media Group, Sonicbids.com
2009 ADCOLOR AWARDS PREFERRED SUPPLIERS + VENDORS: Onederland Events LLC, DAV Productions, Akande Music + Publishing Inc., 135th Street Agency, Creative Printing ServicesWHEN: Sunday, October 4, 2009
WHERE: Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa – Phoenix, AZ
2009 ADCOLOR® AWARDS HOST: Soledad O’Brien - CNN
2009 ADCOLOR® AWARDS ALL-STAR: Cristina Saralegui, The Cristina Show
WHY:
Our mission is to:
• Celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding diverse professionals
• Leverage their stories as a road map for others to follow
• Mine new data to shine a light on key challenges
• Uncover new ways of spurring diversity in our collective industries
Approaching
its third year, THE ADCOLOR® AWARDS --- which kicks off the Association
of National Advertisers’ Masters of Multicultural Marketing and
Diversity Conference --- so far has honored 35 individuals and
2
companies in six specific categories – Rising Star, Change Agent,
Innovator, Legend, All-Star and MVP (Most Valuable Partnership), has
drawn close to 1000 attendees and has enjoyed broad financial support
from
the marketing, advertising and media communities. Last year’s
presenting sponsors included Arnold Worldwide, Diageo, Yahoo!,
Microsoft Advertising, Google and CNN. Past “All-Star Honorees” include
Russell Simmons of RUSH World Synergies and Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Jr. of Magic Johnson Enterprises.
THE ADCOLOR® AWARDS has also garnered a significant grassroots following with a volunteer Steering Committee made up of over 50 people from companies such as CNN, Pepsi, The New York Times, ThomsonReuters, NBA, GTM Inc., Carat, McCann NY, Deutsch, Saatchi & Saatchi, Disney ESPN, Akande Inc. and many more. Advertising Age supports the effort as our exclusive trade media partner by delivering 22,000 hard copies of the commemorative program journal to its readers on Monday, October 5 as well as an e-journal sent to 180,000 on-line subscribers.
IMPORTANT DATES:
July 17, 2009 – Nominations Deadline
Oct 4, 2009 – THE ADCOLOR® AWARDS
Oct 5, 2009 – THE 2009 ADCOLOR® AWARDS Commemorative Journal appears in Advertising Age
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.adcolor.org or contact Michelle Newson at michelle@adcolor.org
FOR PR INQUIRIES: Contact Saptosa Foster at Saptosa@135stagency.com
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