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Way back in the day, when there were just three major networks, Fall TV premier party season was a big, big deal. Stations went all out, wineing and dining agencies and advertisers with private riverboat trips, casino nights, and celebrity appearances. At one NBC affiliate party, you could go shake hands with Golden Girls Estelle Getty (when she was still alive) and Betty White (when she was merely old). 
Our May non-profit organization to recognize is FISH, which actually is a series of groups focused on ending hunger.
In fact, the organization is so efficient that a simple $5 donation can feed a family of four for three days.
The FISH organization is divided into several segments. Simply stated, there's the "delivery" part (FISH) and the "come get it" part (FISH Hospitality Pantries).
In addition, there is a group for young people to learn and assist in any way they see fit (Schools of FISH). And there is the Friends of FISH, made of people who conduct fundraising and special events.
FISH is a 100% volunteer organization. There are no paid employees. Every cent donated goes directly to purchase food or pay for the transportation to get food to
To learn more, visit these websites:
www.schoolsoffish.org
www.fishpantry.org/index.php
www.discoveret.org/fishkc/websites.htm
Our topic for the AAF-Knoxville luncheon this Thursday is "Media Revolution." Guy Jacobssen, VP of Media Services at The Tombras Group will lead a discussion of change in the media marketplace, and cover issues that anyone involved with media--sales reps, media buyers and planners, business owners--need to understand to adapt to changes.
Congratulations to Hornsby Brand Design, Pellissippi State student Cordelia Norris and The Tombras Group for winning 2010 American Advertising Federation District 7 ADDY® Awards. AAF-Knoxville received the most District Gold ADDY® Awards of any chapter in our five-state region, which includes Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee! All of the Gold winners will now move up to the final national tier of the competition – winners will be announced on June 12. With more than 60,000 entries from 200 chapters, the ADDY® Awards are the nation's largest recognition of creative excellence.
Each month, AAF-Knoxville features a local non-profit organization as part of its lunch meetings. For April, we're delighted to welcome Melissa Nance, Executive Director for Friends of Literacy.Since 1991 Friends of Literacy has been the voice of the illiterate.
Friends of Literacy is:
We support programs that offer year-round daytime and evening adult education classes.
Our Goal: To provide funding and volunteers that support basic education and life-skill training to adult students, helping them to become better workers, parents, and citizens.
What is Literacy? "Literacy means an individual's ability to read, write, and speak English, and to compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one's goals and develop one's knowledge and potential." - National Literacy Act 1991
Benefits of Literacy:
AAF-Knoxville has begun a program whereby we invited area non-profit organizations to our lunch meetings for a brief presentation on their services and efforts. For March, we're featuring Laurel High School.
Since 1971, Laurel High School has offered an option for students with curiosity, energy, and independence of spirit. Students are prepared to make sound decisions after graduation because they have had ample opportunity to make decisions while at Laurel. They help shape school policies, pursue their individual interests, and help determine their own class schedules.
Students come to Laurel for a variety of reasons:
Congrats again to all of the 45th Annual Knoxville ADDY® Awards winners. We got some nice ink (and pixels) today in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Click here to view it.
Follow this link to check out a nice recap of the past weekend's AAF-Knoxville ADDY® Awards: http://aafknoxville.com/addys.
Congrats to the following Greater Knoxville companies who entered the nation's largest creative competition and are ADDY® winners. We hope to see you at the celebration on Saturday, February 20, where we honor the creative produced in East Tennessee during 2009 - we're also going to honor four local industry icons. Did we mention it's the biggest party of the year? Click here for event details.
Please join the American Advertising Federation of Knoxville as we honor and celebrate the creative produced in East Tennessee during 2009.
AAF-Knoxville has begun a program whereby we invited area non-profit organizations to our lunch meetings for a brief presentation on their services and efforts. For September, we're featuring The United Way of Greater Knoxville.
We knew Ad Fed In The Gutter Would Be Fun. But Nothing Like This.
Thursday, June 25th
Peerless Steak House
11:30 Networking
12:00 Installation of 2009-2010 AAF-Knoxville Board of Directors
12:15 Lunch and Presentation
$20 AAF Members with RSVP
$25 Non-member with RSVP
$30 At the door with no RSVP
(Visa & MasterCard accepted with $1.25 fee)
RSVP by June 22nd to Karen Taylor: email or 742-4838.
If you do not RSVP, you'll be forced to pay more moola.
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Congratulations to Knoxville's Tombras Group for winning two National ADDY® Awards! A Gold ADDY® Award was given to Tombras for the Festival Events Microsite produced for the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau. A Silver ADDY® Award was given to Tombras for its own Portfolio Website. The event took place this past weekend in Washington DC.
Congratulations to these Knoxville-area business who received District 7 ADDY® Awards! Our market was one of the most winning of all 25 AAF chapters located in our five-state region of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Results from the National ADDY® Awards will be posted soon.
Join AAF-Knoxville for a panel discussion on how traditional media are adapting to new competition from non-traditional sources, and how they're finding new revenue streams, new ways of communicating - and new audiences. Panelists include:
Ed Brantley
Bruce Hartmann
David Jernigan
Jeff Lee
Moderator Katie Granju
Knoxville Social Media Association
Thursday, May 28
11:30-12:00 Networking - 12:00-1:00 Panel Discussion
$20 for AAF members - $25 for non-members
RSVP by May 25 to Karen Taylor: email or 742-4838
We can't promise a pillow fight or a night in jail, but the AAF-Knoxville Flash Mobs offer some great networking for those of us in the marketing-communications-advertising-interactive-media-production-type worlds. We usually gather on a Thursday night at the Aubrey's at the Landmark Center. We've found it to be a pretty good central location for folks to pop in on their way home. Our next one is slated for Thursday, May 14. Unless the weather's crappy, you'll find us on the patio from 4:30 until 7:30 or 8. Not sure how to find us? Just gravitate toward the noisiest, most obnoxious crowd - it's just what happens when you combine extroverts with alcohol.
