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Devon Meerholz
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Doug Place
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Dr Carla Enslin
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Elouise Kelly
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Fareez Jouley
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Filip von Reiche
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Gareth Grant
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Gareth Leck
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Gareth Marshall
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Gayle Edmunds
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Gerhard Hope
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Gillian Rightford
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Ian Fuhr
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Ian Rheeder
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Jason Liebenberg
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Jennilee Oliver
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Jerome Cohen
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Jessica Tennant
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Johan Walters
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Johanna McDowell
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Juanita Pienaar
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Judith Middleton
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Karyn Strybos
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Putting productions of every shape and size together for over 20 years. Now CEO of TheSquad Creative Events and on a mission! Creating brilliantly planned, well executed and bodacious event experiences.
Keshia Patchiappen
With over 11 years of experience in both the communication and digital realms, Keshia has the learning required to give clients the edge in the highly competitive market of corporate communications. Keshia has worked for global communications agencies such as Ogilvy and GGi, and lists amongst the clients she has represented Engineering counsel of South Africa, SANOFI, Kellogg's, Ford Motors, TGR Attorneys.
Kevin Kruger
CEO at BMi Research.
Kevin Welman
Kevin is a co-founder and director of ByDesign Communications, with over twenty years' experience in corporate communication strategy, media strategy, social media strategy and crisis counselling....
Khangelani Dziba
Khangelani Dziba is a Marketing and Brand Communications enthusiast who has over 7 years of experience in the industry as an Account Director. He enjoys writing about contemporary topics and has contributed significantly to marketing platforms which further saw him being dubbed Bizcommunity's Top 10 Most Read Contributor in 2018 and 2019.
Khuthalani Khumalo
Khuthalani is a communications strategist, voice over artist, freelancer, proof reader, self-proclaimed CANVA-guru..
Kirk Gainsford
Kirk graduated from Stellenbosch University with a degree in Visual Arts and an Honours in Photography. His first job was in a design studio, but he wanted to be involved in an ideas agency.
Kirsty Dugmore
Kirsty Dugmore is the chief growth officer at SugaSpice..
Kyle Nel
Kyle Nel spent six years as SA Rugby's commercial manager and was responsible for developing and maximising the commercial model for the most successful sporting brand in South Africa. In 2009 he became the managing director of Treble Group - a sports marketing and events agency based in Newlands..
Lara Magnus
Lara Magnus is one of the founding members of Orange Ink. Having understood the need to establish a communications company that can demonstrate how companies engage in meaningful conversations with their public(s), she opened Orange Ink, together with Meggan Liebenberg, in June 2003.
Lauren Crooks
Lauren is a psychology graduate and qualified life coach with a passion for words, people and all things digital. Her love affair with all things advertising began in 2015, where she undertook the role of traffic manager in a digital agency.
Lauren Hartzenberg
Retail editor and lifestyle contributor at Bizcommunity.com. Cape Town apologist.
Laurent Marty
Laurent Marty is the group chief strategic officer at Joe Public United..
Leandri Janse Van Vuuren
Leandri Janse Van Vuuren is the MD of Social Media 101..
Leigh Andrews
Leigh Andrews AKA the #MilkshakeQueen, is former Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity.com, with a passion for issues of diversity, inclusion and equality, and of course, gourmet food and drinks! She can be reached on Twitter at @Leigh_Andrews..
Leigh Andrews is currently Content Marketing Manager in the Insights division at Kantar Africa & Middle East (AME). An award-winning left-handed Aquarian wordsmith, she thrives on creating and curating content, while isolating insights to weave together the storytelling of digital dreams.
Leigh Crymble
Leigh Crymble is a behavioural linguist and language practitioner and founded BreadCrumbs in 2019 - South Africa's first Behavioural Linguistics firm that is rooted in behavioural theory and combines sociolinguistics, psychology and marketing principles to create personalised and persuasive communication..
Leigh-Anne Acquisto
Leigh-Anne is a brand behaviour specialist who has spent the last 15 years developing brands within some of the biggest organisations across the continent. During this time she has been awarded a number of awards for communication effectiveness, most memorably for the world renowned Trillion Dollar Campaign which was accolade the most awarded campaign in the history of Cannes.
Leon Marinus
Managing Director at ATKASA - Digital.
Lerato Mokhethi
Lerato Mokhethi is a freelance journalist and creative content consultant with experience working with clients from research and development to international higher education..
Liesl Simpson
Liesl Simpson is the MD at Evolution PR..
Lisa Macleod
Lisa MacLeod is head of digital, Tiso Blackstar Group..
Lisa Steingold
Lisa Steingold is a marketer, wannabe cyclist and author of Cut the Crap; the Power of Authenticity for Brands..
Louisa Douwes Dekker
Louisa Douwes Dekker is a content specialist at Comoonicate Consulting. She is passionate about the power of content marketing and helping brands use the channel to make digital magic!.
Louisa Du Toit
Louisa du Toit is a marketing and communications specialist with over 10 years of experience. She founded Maidenand in 2018 and focuses on content marketing, inbound marketing, email marketing, brand-building and identity as well as user- and customer experience..
Louise Burgers
Louise Burgers (previously Marsland) is Founder/Content Director: SOURCE Content Marketing Agency. Louise is a Writer, Publisher, Editor, Content Strategist, Content/Media Trainer.
Louise Hefer
Louise Hefer has over a decade of media industry experience - currently Media Strategist and CCM (Chief Coffee Maker) at The MediaShop. She is a custodian of knowledge management, laughing, having fun and seeing the glass half full.
Louise Robinson
Louise Robinson is Sales Director at CG Consulting and Database360.
Luise Allemann
Luise Allemann is a communications specialist with more than 20 years experience in the media and marketing industries including her time as a newspaper and magazine journalist and editor. She founded MediaInk Communications in 2004 with a primary focus on content generation with a subsequent specialisation in PR & social media and has worked with iconic South African brands such as FNB, MTN and Hollard Insurance and most recently @NielsenAfrica and @Sassda_sa..
Lungile Mayindi
Lungile Mayindi is a seasoned expert in advertising and production with over 10 years of experience in film and TV and advertising industries..
Lyndy van den Barselaar
Lyndy van den Barselaar is the MD of Manpower Group South Africa..
Lynette Botha
South African magazine veteran Lynette Botha freelances as an editor and writer for both local and international magazines. She has freelanced extensively over the years for a range of titles both in South Africa and abroad. While she is comfortable writing about any topic, her expertise lies in travel, beauty and wellness and first-person columns..
Maja Smith
Maja is the Customer Experience Manager at Ford South Africa. While she doesn't care much for cars, she's passionate about leading change and transformation in the customer-facing business.
Makgotso Sekete
Makgotso Sekete is a Media Strategist at The MediaShop..
Malesela Maubane
Malesela Maubane (CPRP) is Managing Director of Oo Mokgatla Media and a former President of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA). His areas of specialisation include media relations, crisis communication and change management, a 17 years' career spanning the private and public sectors, mostly within the local government sphere..
Manqoba Zondi
Manqoba Zondi (aka Que) is a Senior Copywriter at Jupiter Drawing Room. Previously, Que worked as a Mid-weight writer for Ninety9cents communication.
Marc de la Querra
Marc de la Querra is a multi-award winning Creative and Business Unit Director at communications agency Clockwork in Johannesburg South Africa. He has lead various teams to create outstanding content for Netflix, Microsoft, E! Entertainment, LG, Microsoft, Comedy Central, Standard Bank and Jagermeister among others..
Marc Kornberger
Founder & Director at The Student Village..
Marian Salzman
Marian Salzman-known as one of the world's top five trendspotters - has a communications career that has spanned more than three decades, across multiple industries and the globe. She now heads up comms - , owned and paid - at Philip Morris International (PMI) as it embarks on its transformation to a smoke-free landscape....
Mark Botha
Having been in the industry for over 15 years, I have also built and managed award-winning teams and have been lucky enough to work with some of the best people in the industry. I am excited about the future of digital and to continuing my work in this exciting medium..
Mark Tomlinson
Mark started his digital career in 1997, navigating the likes of Netscape and Mosaic. Part of a small group of digital entrepreneurs in South Africa, he went on to start his first agency in 1999.
Maroefah Smith
Enthusiastic UCT graduate with a passion for fashion, film and words..
Martin Musasa
Martin Musasa is an anthropologist at Demographica with a demonstrated history of doing market research in multiple industries focused on business to business marketing. He has experience using quantitative and qualitative research through ethnography to gain human-driven insights that inform business or consumer decision-making processes..
Mary-Clare Tomes
Mary-Clare Tomes is the founder of TVinaCard Video Brochures, South Africa's leading creator of video brochures. We can offer advice and guidance on how to integrate video brochures into your campaigns..
Masego Motsogi
Masego Motsogi is the Managing Director at Grid Worldwide and her experience in the industry spans just over 16 years. She has worked with clients across various industries and has a keen interest in youth and women development and their advancement in the industry.
Mathe Okaba
Mathe Okaba is the CEO of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA). She is a consummate business professional and entrepreneur with over 23 years' experience spanning the advertising, media, sponsorship and events industries.
Matt Arnold
Matt has a strong media background centred around digital media strategy. At VML South Africa, Matthew looks after the media, social media and data departments ensuring clients' properties, brands and experiences reach engaged audiences with measurable success.
Matt is the CEO of Digital Kungfu - a purpose built lead generation company for technology businesses..
Matthew is the Chief Connections Officer at VMLY&R South Africa. He ensures clients' properties, brands and experiences connect with audiences delivering measurable success..
Matthys Esterhuysen
I have 16 years' experience in digital marketing, with an MBA somewhere along the way. I spent the last 8 years leading the digital strategy for some of South Africa's largest brands, including Toyota, Lexus, Cell C, South African Tourism, Barclays Africa, Absa and Fanta Global..
Maxine Ohayon
Maxine Ohayon is the B2B Business Engagement Lead at Demographica..
Melissa Baird
Melissa Baird is a multi-faceted communications strategist, workshop facilitator, public speaker and talented wordsmith whose career has spanned traditional advertising, interactive television, digital marketing and book and magazine publishing. Currently Baird is an independent sustainability communications strategist, writer and editor after a five-year tenure heading up strategy at Ogilvyearth..
Melissa Bender
Melissa Bender is the head of marketing and a senior executive at Messe Frankfurt South Africa, a subsidiary of the third-largest event company in the world. She is an event marketing specialist with experience in the trade and consumer shows in industries such as textiles, automotive and agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa..
Mia Morkel
Mia Morkel is the Managing Director of Retail Rewards at wiGroup, a South African provider of global mobile transacting solutions. Mia works with some of the world's leading retail and hospitality brands to develop technology solutions that enable richer brand experiences through mobile loyalty, rewards, and other value-added services..
Michael Baretta
Michael Baretta is an experienced creative thinker who is deeply committed to changing the world for the better through innovative marketing and communications. Baretta is the founder of [dot]GOOD, South Africa's first and foremost for-good marketing agency..
Michael Gullan
Michael Gullan is the Managing Director and founder of Gullan&Gullan Advertising. He has more than two decades experience at creating value for brands on client accounts from food and beverage, to cosmetics, mail order, medical, publishing and financial services.
Michael King is the managing director of Reprise Digital, an IPG Mediabrands company..
Michelle Beh
I play a dual role at The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town where I drive the existing and new business for the agency, as well as develop brand and communications strategies for our clients such as Burger King SA, Lewis Group, Sasko Bread and Flour, Virgin Group, and KWV Wines..
Michelle Marais
Michelle Marais is an experienced marketer with R-Squared Digital. She has over twenty years' experience in the marketing and advertising sectors, having made the shift from traditional to digital marketing.
Miguel De Gracia
Based in Miami, Miguel's focus is on managing client relationships and advising clients on their digital technology requirements and multi-channel marketing strategies to drive business performance. Additionally, Miguel oversees our partner relations with companies such as Salesforce, Google, Adobe and Selligent.
Mike Abel and Makosha Maja-Rasethaba
Mike Abel is one of the founding partners and chief executive of M&C Saatchi Abel Group, while Makosha Maja-Rasethaba (MK) is a partner and head of strategy for M&C Saatchi Abel, Johannesburg....
Mike Beukes
Since 2000, Mike's career has seen him working with agencies in London, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Dublin....
mike broom
I have been involved in marketing research for over 40 years, across all spheres. I started Marketing Science in 1992, Infosense (aka Infotools) in 1995 and Panel Services Africa in 2005.
Mike Sharman
Mike Sharman is the owner of Retroviral Digital Communications, an online communications consultancy specialising in communication strategy, social media and content creation..
Mike Silver
Mike Silver is the founder of Elevator, a brand experience agency now part of the Smollan Group. Mike has been working in the below-the-line and brand experience arena since 2000.
Mike van Eck
Mike van Eck is the founder and owner of Digital Khaki. Digital Khaki is a small, ambitious, specialist travel and destination digital marketing agency, providing content and social media marketing services. With over 30 years of experience in the business of media, Mike has been privileged to witness the media landscape evolve from a world dominated by traditional media to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where physical meets digital through world-changing innovation and technology..
Mikhaila Hunter
Mikhaila Hunter is a contributing writer for Bizcommunity..
Mimi Nicklin
Mimi Nicklin hosts Empathy for Breakfast, a weekly breakfast show, and a podcast, Secrets of the Gap. She is also a mom and an author, and you can pre-order her debut book, Softening the Edge here..
Minnie-lee Tagwirei
Minnie-lee Tagwirei is a Public Relations Strategist, Author and Founder of Minnie-lee Media World Pty Ltd a Public Relations Communications company based in Cape Town..
Mkhuseli Vangile
Mkhuseli Vangile is the managing director of the DCF, a vibrant PR and marketing agency..
Mogorosi Mashilo
Founder of TrendER 100% black owned insights driven advertising communication agency, with IDEAS-LOVE-INSIGHTS at its core..
Monare Matema
Monare Matema is an Associate Architect at Marketing and brand consultancy DNA Brand Architects. He describes himself as the voice of the millennial in the boardroom and has a passion for ideas that have the power to change the world.
Mongezi Mtati
Mongezi Mtati founded WordStart to help companies generate buzz around their products and services among South African influencers. He is passionate about helping brands to connect the dots from social media, digital data and human interactions outside the web. Mtati is also digital analyst, a speaker and a contributor on some of South Africa's leading platforms..
Monique Claassen
Taking the guess work out of marketing. Digital Junkie, Travel addict, bit of a data geek.
Mornay Roberts-Lombard
Professor at Department of Marketing Management University of J.
Moti Grauman
Moti Grauman is a digital media strategist at The MediaShop..
Nalene de Klerk
If you could put a percentage to your reputation, what would it be? I can help you do exactly that, to take your stakeholder relations to the next level..
Natalie McCrae
With a career in data analytics, CRM marketing and customer growth and retention that spans nearly two decades and two continents and multiple industries, Natalie is at the forefront of commercially driven customer strategy and marketing through the intelligent use of data. She is highly skilled at using relevant insights to engage with customers, across multiple channels..
Natascha Torres
Natascha Torres is the Digital Strategist at DataCore Media, which helps organisations to drive better results from their digital marketing investments by unlocking the full potential of campaign performance data. She has over 14 years of marketing experience working at agencies like FCB, Ogilvy and Publicis Groupe..
Natasha Fourie
Natasha Fourie is the head of marketing intelligence and insights of DCMN South Africa. For more information about the services offered by DCMN's Insights team, please click here or send an email to az.oc.nmcd@tizwoh..
Neo Mashigo
Neo Mashigo, chief creative officer for M&C Saatchi Abel, was crowned Industry Leader at the 2019 Adfocus awards held on 27 November 2019..
Niamh NicLiam
Niamh NicLiam, head of business partnerships at Incubeta and IAB agency council member.
Nicola Cooper
Nicola Cooper is a trend researcher, analyst and cultural strategist at Nicola Cooper & Associates (NC&A), as well as in-house trend research at 99c advertising and communications agency.
Nicola van Ast
Nicola van Ast is the Co-Founder and Head of Customer Acquisition Growth at Growthink. Nicola is an experienced CMO and Growth Practitioner having previously worked with leading brands in the digital, entertainment and telco industries inclusive of Showmax/ Multichoice, MTN, Capital International and Interbrand.
Nkgabiseng Motau
Nkgabiseng is co-founder and CCO of Think Creative Africa. Think is a through-the-line creative agency that combines truly African creativity and data-led insights to generate ideas that solve business problems and impact society..
Nonye Mpho Omotola
Passionate about African Brands and the growth of Africa's economy..
Nthabiseng Dube
Nthabiseng Dube is the CEO at New Heights Media..
Odette van der Haar
Odette van der Haar joined Publicis as the MD from 1 September 2019, before which, she was the CEO of JWT Jhb. She was also CEO of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) (www.acasa.co.za), the industry body of the SA advertising and communications sector, and previously headed up Sentech's Advertising, Events and Sponsorships portfolio....
Oresti Patricios
Oresti Patricios, CEO of the OrnicoGroup (www.ornico.co.za), has long been on the cutting edge of the media, advertising and branding industries. He has an MBA at GIBS and did his thesis on social media when Twitter was barely a twit.
Paul Beattie is responsible for the UK and European sales operation within BT's Global media and technology sector where he currently leads a dynamic team of business account directors. Working with an extensive network of highly qualified consultants and partners, this team provides global security, cloud and networking solutions for multi-national customers.
Paul Geary
Paul Geary is a Director at One Custom - a nimble and independent Customer Experience & Marketing Intelligence agency. Their mission is to help companies be more connected to their fans and customers, with the goal of creating and fostering long-term, predictable & profitable relationships that delivers business growth.
Paul Phillips
Following 16 years in working in agencies, Paul joined AAR in 1998, originally to set up the media consultancy. Paul now consults to clients across their creative agency requirements, commercial relationships and working practices with their agencies. Paul says it as he sees it, cutting through to the core issues quickly. He has a keen understanding of how the agency world operates and an intuitive grasp of the results clients want to achieve..
Paula Hulley
Paula is the IAB SA CEO, with a 20-year career commencing in brand marketing at Speedo, then marketing at Touchline Media, joining digital agency Gloo in its first year of inception, going on to become MD of the CT office, and then MD of the integrated business, Gloo@Ogilvy post the merger with Ogilvy in 2015..
With over 20 years' experience helping leading organisations overcome various business challenges, Paula understands the challenges that companies face in delivering a consistent brand experience and the impact this has on their bottom line. An analytical thinker that strives to solve business problems with innovative solutions, Paula believes that technology plays a major role in solving critical business and branding challenges.
Pepe Marais
Pepe Marais is the founding partner and group chief creative officer of brand and communications group Joe Public United. He lives for creativity that deeply connects with people.
Percy Shangase is the 1st Black person to win the Prestigious Alan Paton Literary Award. He runs a Marketing and Research Consultancy, despite living with a disability - below knee amputation, however he drives and flies wherever is necessary.
Pieter Geyser
Pieter Geyser is the Head of Digital PR & Marketing at Irvine Partners. He has more than a decade of experience as a digital marketing specialist.
Pieter Groenewald
CEO and founder of theSALT, (a Nfinity Media company) a micro influencer marketing platform..
Qondile Dlamini
Qondile Dlamini is a Mid-Weight graphic designer at VMLY&R. Originally trained in architecture and later visual communication, she has an understanding of design in both its theory and application.
Quinn Lubbe
Owner at 5:25 Productions specialising in video production and post-production including editing, motion graphics, sound and original music. Other services include digital conversions, DVD and Blu-Ray authoring..
Quinton Jones is director of TMI Media, TMI is future focused. Media of the future is predictive and data-led.
Rachel Thompson is the Insights Director at GfK South Africa. She has 16 years of experience in market research, working first for Research International and then moving to GfK South Africa in 2009.
Raymond Smit
Raymond Smit is head of Paid Search at Reprise Digital South Africa..
Rebone Masemola
Rebone Masemola is the founder of a digital Feminist platform called the WokeProject, she's a Marketer, and writer who advocates for equality and fair representation. She's a TEDx Speaker who currently works as a Digital Marketing Manager for an international TV Network..
Refiloe Khumalo
As one of the future leaders in the communication industry, Refiloe Khumalo was tasked to cover the UJ Marketing event as a means to bridge the gap between the working and academic world..
Regine le Roux
A Reputation-Superhero that goes to the ends of the earth to protect clients' reputations.
Richard Lord
Richard Lord is Media & Operations Director at Meta Media, South Africa's newest media agency, and part of the IPG global network and Nahana Communications Group of specialist agencies. At Meta Media we don't just look at the numbers, we dig deeper, we look for the story behind the story.
Rirhandzu Shingwenyana
Rirhandzu Shingwenyana is a BA Communication Studies graduate from the University of Limpopo. As well as certified Brand and Marketing.
Roan Mackintosh
Managing Director at Incubeta MEA.
Rob Anderson
Rob Anderson is the CEO and founder of Brand Hubb. Brand Hubb is at the forefront of rewards marketing, and although primarily an e-commerce store, the business was founded on the idea that ordinary people should be rewarded by brands for sharing and engaging with their content and surveys..
Robert Gentle
Robert runs the PR training company, www.robertgentle.com. He has some 25 years of experience in financial journalism, public relations and training.
Robin Fredericks
Editor at Bizcommunity..
Ron Stefanski
Ron Stefanski is an internet entrepreneur and marketing professor at National Louis University who has a passion for helping people create and market their own online business. You can learn more from him by visiting OneHourProfessor.com.
Ronelle Bester
Ronelle Bester, MD of Red Ribbon Communications, started her career in technology at Dimension Data as marketing manager of the Western Cape. She has a BTech degree in public relations from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and has lectured in public relations at both the University of South Africa and Varsity College.
Ronen Aires
Founder and CEO of Student Village (est 2001), Ronen Aires is a thought leading pioneer of Afrillennials ® and a long time scholar of the generation gap; Ronen has spent over two decades understanding and researching generational behaviour and statistics. His written works and motivational talks have led to transformative shifts within organisations globally and Student Village has created thousands of opportunities between companies and youth..
Russell Jarvis
A seasoned marketing and communications specialist, Russell Jarvis started his own consultancy in 2017 after eight years at online travel and FinTech companies. He is based in Cape Town..
Ruth Cooper
Ruth is the production manager at Bizcommunity, as well as a editor of the Lifestyle section. moc.ytinummoczib@htur.
Ryan Jamieson
Ryan Jamieson currently holds the position of Solutions Lead at Altron Karabina. This role is all about the alignment of technology to the company's strategy which involves thought leadership, leading technical leaders, innovation and R&D, as well as product development.
Ryan McFadyen
Co-Founder and Head of Strategy at HaveYouHeard.
Sabrina Andreucci
Sabrina Andreucci is the strategic director at Social Media 101. A big thinker with mental agility, she has cultivated over 15 years' experience in business.
Sam Swaine
Sam Swaine is a freelance consultant with over 20-year's experience in marketing and PR. She also specialises in social media and digital marketing trends.
Samantha Fletcher
Samantha Fletcher is a Partner and Client Service Director at G&G Digital www.gullanandgullan.com. Ambitious, enthusiastic and versatile, Samantha's strong operational background, relationship skills and drive to succeed inspires her to deliver exceptional work for clients.
Sarah Britten
Sarah Britten is Strategy Director at Brand Factor, and the de facto campaign manager of the ZACP, the Capitalist Party of South Africa. She has worked across various strategic disciplines in advertising for the past 19 years..
Sarah Dexter
Sarah is the CEO of MullenLowe South Africa. What she has learned about both knowledge and approach has put her in good stead when taking the MullenLowe challenger attitude into the market.
Sasha Kupritz
Sasha Kupritz is a public relations specialist at TenacityPR..
Sean Sullivan is an Associate Media Consultant at The MediaShop..
Selina Bieber
Selina Bieber is the regional director for Turkey and MENA at GoDaddy EMEA..
Semona Pillay
Semona Pillay is a lecturer and the Programme Coordinator for the Diploma Retail Business Management at the Department of Marketing Management at University of Johannesburg. She lectures Marketing Communications on the Bunting Road campus and Integrated Marketing Communications on the Kingsway campus.
Shamesh Padayachy
Shamesh Padayachy is head of design at Eclipse Communications..
Shaun Rosen
Shaun Rosen is managing director and founder of MobiClicks..
Shaun van Rooyen
Shaun van Rooyen is the strategic accounts and partnerships manager for Infobip Africa..
Shaune Jordaan
Shaune Jordaan is the CEO of Hoorah, a digital consultancy focused on digital media, people-based marketing, data, CRM, creative and technology..
Sheila Afari
Sheila Afari, managing director at Sheila Afari Public Relations, is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and has serviced clients in territories such as the UK, New York, Los Angeles, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Botswana, Mozambique, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and South Africa..
Sheila McGillivray
Sheila McGillivray's knowledge of the advertising industry spans four decades. Sheila's energy, enthusiasm and passion for her work has grown with every new position and challenge.
Shereesa Moodley
Shereesa is a passionate writer who often delves into the world of social media, online trends and all things photography. She is also a journalism graduate of Rhodes University and can be found frequenting YouTube and Instagram.
SheSays Cape Town founders
The SheSays Cape Town founders are brand strategist Marina Tokar, senior copywriter Johannie Van As and content strategy director Anelde Greeff....
Sindiswa Masuta
Sindiswa Masuta is the strategy business director at Grey Advertising Africa..
Siya Metane
Siya Metane is the CEO of SlikourOLife, a platform for sharing information on urban culture and music, featuring videos and interviews to give substance to the music and to musicians who may not have access to traditional platforms, and offering a more cohesive and accessible place for their videos than YouTube. As a former member of Skwatta Kamp, perhaps the most successful South African hiphop group ever with cross-over appeal, he knows what content is relevant to the diverse South African audience..
Sizakele Marutlulle
For this multi-nationally anchored citizen, strategist and brand building expert, creative problem solving is her raison d'etre....
Sizwe Dlamini
Head of Commercial at Idea Hive.
Stella Carter
Head of Client Services at Stratitude.
Stephanie Matterson
Stephanie Matterson is Managing Director at KLA. She took over the reins of market research agency KLA, which now forms part of Kagiso Media, in 2004.
Stuart Sims
Stuart Sims is the strategy director at Superunion Africa..
Stuart Walsh
Stuart is the Chief Strategy Officer at Grey Advertising Africa, a WPP company. He has 20 years of experience at many of the industry's leading agencies and on numerous blue-chip clients - first as Creative Director - Copywriting and, currently, as a strategist.
Sugeshni Subroyen
Sugeshni Subroyen brings more than 18 years of experience in marketing and communication disruption to her role as head of marketing for the Mint Group of Companies and also serves as a director for Mint Inland..
Suhana Gordhan
Suhana Gordhan is the Executive Creative Director of the DUKE Group and has over 15 years' experience in the advertising industry..
Sylvester Chauke
Chief Architect at DNA Brand Architects.
Sylvia Schutte
Sylvia Schutte is the MD of Stratitude..
Talitha Spykerman
Founder and proprietor of Pace Digital, Talitha Spykerman has been active in the marketing industry for many years. She was Marketing Manager for 6 leading travel brands in South Africa and Head of Sales & Marketing for Hard Rock Cafe Johannesburg, where she developed her passion for and cut her teeth on creating successful integrated marketing campaigns..
Taryn Gill
After 18 years in media and marketing, Taryn Gill began her natural haircare venture The Perfect Hair in 2015, expanding the product line into salons, Edgars and Clicks. Today she works with beauty distributor Sunpac to further grow and scale several haircare brands into retail channels across Southern Africa..
Tasmin Kingma
Tasmin is the COO at Hoorah digital. She is results-driven and one of Africa's brightest talents.
Terence T Chinyangare
I'm a technology nomad working as an associate brand manager. I travel around meeting clients and helping them navigate new territories through brand blueprinting and stewardship.
Terry Levin
Adding more zeros and heroes to brand value. Brand Turn Around and Brand Positioning specialists.
Thato Tshabalala
Entrepreneur first. Marketing professional second.
Thembi Sehloho
Thembi Sehloho is an Acting Managing Director & Marketing Director: Rice & Pasta at Tiger brands and throughout the years she has been the driving force in many amazing campaigns that have come out of the organisation..
Tiffany Markman
Tiffany Markman is a highly opinionated copywriter, writing trainer and speaker who has worked for over 350 clients worldwide over the last 15 years. She hates misplaced apostrophes, old-fashioned business writing and the word 'revert'.
Tiisetso Maloma
Author of 'The Anxious Entrepreneur,' 'Township Biz Fastrack' and 2 other business books. Creator of EBC Business Model and Business Me Young.
Topaz Booysen
Topaz heads up Marketing and Communications at Popimedia and is responsible for ensuring ROI on marketing spend. She takes care of digital, comms, PR, client retention and inbound marketing.
Tracy Jones is the founder and MD of Positive Dialogue, the full-service Public Relations and Influencer Marketing Agency in the DUKE Group of companies..
Travis Bussiahn
Travis Bussiahn is the Executive Creative Director of the Happy Media Video Agency. He solves creative and business problems for both Happy Media and its clients.
TT Ndhlovu
I am passionate about the world of brand marketing. I've had the honour of working on some of the biggest local and global brands in my professional career, executing bold and cutting-edge PR, marketing and influencer social media campaigns over this time. I've mainly worked for PR agencies, handling lifestyle accounts in the FMCG space..
I am passionate about the world of brands. I've had the honour of working on some of the biggest local and global brands in my professional career, executing bold and cutting-edge PR, marketing and influencer social media campaigns over this time.
Tyran De Beer
Tyran De Beer is a creative, out-of-the-box digital marketer making his mark on the world at Absa, where he looks after the technical aspects of digital change. Over the past six years, Tyran has honed his strategic and analytics skills, working with Traffic Brand, Base2 Digital, Gorilla Creative Media and IPG Mediabrands..
Tyrone Van Heerden
Tyrone Van Heerden (@tyronevh) is a South African strategist at the Iris Worldwide Munich office, and is responsible for steering the quality of the strategy product across B2B and B2C client partners. Encouraging brave work, Van Heerden has been responsible for creative, commercial and transformational strategies for brands such as Allianz, Samsung, BSH, Ab InBev and Harley-Davidson.
Uzoma Ukah
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So Far Away- String Theory
Date: July 20, 2019Author: mrhartlova 0 Comments
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String Theory's Felicia Lockhart says her songs aren't personal and that she only channels her songs' narratives, but since the success of last year's Goin' Back Someday she and her mates sound truly comfortable in their own skins for the first time. This batch of songs have an easy flow, each track gelling with the rest much like the ladies' voices, and they all share a genuine sense of camaraderie that translates well.
Production is straightforward this time out, allowing the harmony vocals of bassist Dineen Mann and guitarist Joy Kirts to shine. Both were members of Kansas City based a capella group The Inlaws while lead singer Lockhart led country funk act Lemon before the three formed String Theory with drummer Beth Faulkner of rock trio Sloppy, a relative newcomer who was making her mark as a capable singer who also played drums.
The band's fourth release for the Multiverse label finds them at turns pensive, insouciant, mournful and buoyant with an optimism built on confidence in their material. There's always been a creativity along with an alt-folk sensibility to the band's music, but on most of the first half of So Far Away, there's something sneaky about tracks like "Breaking And Entering" and "Please Drive Me Crazy." Sneaky because, while at first they seem so new and so perfect for this group, they're the kind of songs the band has been doing all along. It's just that they've never sounded so effortless before. And if you're susceptible to earworms, watch out.
While still introspective and lyrically biting, these new songs both embrace the listener and lead them by the ears with a deceptively simple-sounding directness, made even more effective by sturdy arrangements and plenty of hooks. Touring has sharpened the band, their subtle interplay adding a welcome dimension to the proceedings. It's this perfect blend of elements that give the album its most beautiful moments and an appealing replay value. "Faded" might have been maudlin in the wrong hands but here it's an affecting moodpiece evoking a range of emotions, Lockhart's keys especially haunting.
The band's debut, Last Chances, fairly oozed with potential, but a cluttered mix and some detrimental vocal processing dimmed an otherwise fine effort. On "Manifest," Lockhart sang "…unlike all the others that only last a day we're here to stay," declaring String Theory a band and not just a lead singer with backup. That album definitely showed their more folkrock roots yet still managed to surprise with some offbeat instrumentation. The band found a hit with "Skip This Part" after the song appeared in an indie film (absent from the official release soundtrack due to contract stipulations) but instead of trying to emulate its success they just kept on doing what they do. Extensive touring brought them to the attention of longtime manager Kip Black and a multi record deal with Multiverse soon followed.
Despite what felt like an eternity of well received concert dates and albums, Lockhart and her mates never showed any bitterness or frustration as they kept building on their gathering momentum. Ironically, the band points to a glammed up photo session they did "as a goof" that got them the visibility they were lacking, and while they're grateful for the exposure they're also quick to point out "that kind of stuff" is definitely not what they're about. "We're a band," Faulkner said in a 2016 interview for Pitchpork. "What we look like is irrelevant. Music is meant to be heard, not seen."
Guests Candace Mullin (from Iowa-based Shawl) and Pete Alistair (from Skwee and Genital Clarity) add color and atmosphere to "A Day Late" and "Tell Me," respectively, while producers Brad Carter and Jessica Grier wisely keep the emphasis on the vocals yet allow each instrument to shine. Their sure hands guide "Messed Up" and "In The Morning," making sure neither gets lost in its own self deprecation, but the band seems up to any task on So Far Away. It's easily their surest effort to date with loads of rich harmonies and memorable melodies.
Like the character in "Trust" sings, "you never know what you'll find 'til you open your eyes" so give this terrific latest from String Theory a listen.
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Discussion in 'Scenic, Architecture, and Travel' started by Chris5107, Mar 30, 2019.
Post your photos of the 2019 Cherry Blossoms. They should peak very soon. Today I walked around a bit and they were nearing the peak bloom.
Hello I love Cherry trees and their blossoms. Your photos are lovely. Nashville has been planting cherry trees the last 15 to 20 years. The NFL is going to have their draft here in Nashville and they wanted stages outdoors so they were going to cut down 21 of our mature Cherry trees so they could build these outdoor stages. The howl went up and instead of relocating the stages, the city is going to relocate the trees. At least they are not cutting them down. Wonder how many will be lost in the move?
I was on the mall today for the kite festival with family and friends. Not much time for photos, but this is my lame attempt at showing how many kites there were.
The crowds were very large for the blossoms and the kites. Agree it was hard to capture the kites to show how many were flying. Here are my two kite photos.
Thought about stopping by for some nice sunrise photos this morning on my way to work but the place was packed.
Here's a couple of 'drive-by' photos I took since there were NO parking spots available by 6:30am. I'll see if I can make it by 6 next time.
I stopped by this morning before work but the lighting was generally bad and I could not wait for ideal conditions. Surprising how many people were there to see the Cherry Blossoms before sunrise this morning.
Finally made it to the blossoms, lousy weather so I just made the most of it.
Definitely true. Tourists flock here from all over the country. The locals run and walk around the area more than usual this time of year, and there are tons of photographers and even news crews setup to get just the right shot.


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