It's Advertising Week!

Here in NYC, it's Advertising Week. What does this mean? Many events and seminars are taking place all over the city - and many are related to advertising. What does this mean to me personally? I don't quite have the resources to pay to attend these lectures and events, but I'll try really hard to get into wherever I can for free.

On Tuesday, September 22nd, I attended the AAF's MAFA (Mosaic Alumni & Friends Association) Networking Reception. As an alumni of the Most Promising Minority Student Program, Mosaic Career Fair attendee for the last two years, and a newly inducted member of the Alpha Delta Sigma Honor Society, I wanted to go to a MAFA event and meet new people. The reception was hosted by the New York Times, and I met and reconnected with some wonderful people from MPMS and previous networking opportunities. A couple of the MPMS 2009 people that I ran into were Brad Muramoto, Melissa Chen, and Kelly Clark. I was also able to reconnect with a handful of people from different agencies including BBDO and Deutsch.

Networking for me is something that I don't think I'm all that great at. It's fun to meet new people and reconnect with others, but my brain seems to lack the photographic facial memory that other people seem to grasp quickly. Maybe I need more ginkgo in my diet to clear the cobwebs out of my head. Now that's REALLY pushing the connection to the showcased portfolio piece, but it's my blog, so I can finagle that, right? Below is a direct mail piece I completed for Molly Maid, a household cleaning service.