2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
As I write these words, José María Figueres is in Madrid on a topic of interest to all of us, because there is no doubt that the network innovates every day and its course is close to that of our lives. I [...]
On some rare occasions I refer to the trips I make for business or personal reasons, however, as I take flight this Thursday I am ready to share the experiences of the next few days in the open sky, both here in [...]
Just a simple preview: in 2010 the first Effie will be held in the country, represented and organized by ASCAP. We do not have definite dates yet, but we anticipate that it will be in the third quarter of the year. So [...]
The word is out and I confirm it: the Volcano is moving to February. The Board of Directors of Ascap, the Costa Rican Association of Advertising Agencies, decided in the last session to migrate the Volcano to the beautiful days of February [...]
And it is now on YouTube, complete and free for everyone. Yann Arthus-Bertrand has done it again and now in a dimension typical of his global style and his content sensitive to the world we live in. Don’t miss the one hour [...]
For more than a decade, Soy Palacio has been a consistently powerful campaign, reflecting intimate emotions and deep understanding of women. Terán TBWA has done it consistently and proves that for retail there are no formulas, only brave ones, and for this [...]
The remarkable and competent government authorities have reported that the new country brand, Esencial Costa Rica, was achieved with a process that began in 2008 and whose cost amounted to $650,000 dollars. Therefore, the first thing I must say is that by [...]
The creative advertising world applauded “ The Most Popular Song” at Cannes 2012, awarding it Lions and a Grand Prix. Because a simple idea can be powerful enough to influence a country, make a difference and contribute to making it a better [...]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
