FFWD AdWeek Survival Guide for Young Professionals

You’ve taken the first step and are here at FFWD AdWeek with a coffee in hand and pocket full of business cards. But there’s no point in being here if you don’t do it right, so you better be prepared. Below you’ll find our 2014 FFWD AdWeek Survival Guide for everything you need to know – you can thank us later.

What You Need to Tweet During AdWeek
Twitter plays a huge role in advertising and communications, and if you’re on your phone, you best be tweeting. In addition to highlights of the speakers series, here is what you should be spending your 140 characters on during the week…

Hot Conversation Starters to Sound Like a Pro
If you find yourself in the company of that key contact you’ve been dying to meet, you need to at least sound like you know what you’re talking about. Lucky for you, we have done the research for you, in everything from industry trends like the creative newsroom to new social platforms like Jelly and thought-provoking advertising campaigns… 

Notable Networking Tips That Work
You have to make your conversations count at this week’s FFWD Advertising and Marketing Week. Not the social butterfly type? Here are five networking tips that work; because if there was ever a time to network, it is right now…

Who You Need to Inroduce Yourself to
If you get the chance and appropriate opportunity (key word: appropriate), AdWeek events offer a chance to introduce yourself to some notable professionals who are doing big things. Our Notable picks are Jian Ghomeshi, Gunnard Johnson, Steve Irvine, Chris Hadfield and Robert Bridge, and here’s why…

5 Notable Pre/Post Event Cocktail Spots
If there was ever the perfect time to mix business with play, it’s during FFWD Advertising and Marketing Week. Here are five pre/post-event cocktail locations in Toronto to impress your client/boss/colleague…

#LYNL | (Live Your Notable Life)

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