tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post2486528497674958531..comments2024-03-17T03:15:14.033-04:00Comments on View From Madison Avenue: Training Programs Don't Teach AdvertisingView From Madison Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-39040173664685354802013-07-14T17:42:09.027-04:002013-07-14T17:42:09.027-04:00@John Harris: First, sadly, I have to agree with ...@John Harris: First, sadly, I have to agree with you completely. And I cannot believe we don't know each other - I worked at K&E and Richard Manoff and am still in touch with many fellow alums. I hope we have a chance to meet someday. View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-25222858170371812572013-07-13T12:02:05.916-04:002013-07-13T12:02:05.916-04:00Paul, really great post. Bottom line is that
its ...Paul, really great post. Bottom line is that <br />its a totally different world today. <br /><br />The concept of start at the bottom and work your way up has, for all intents and purposes, been lost. <br /><br />As such, most AE's back in the day were better advertising people than most of the Account Supervisors of today. <br /><br />Training and "supervised experience" was costaricankidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310623161117984472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-52159990663668533722013-07-13T11:59:16.159-04:002013-07-13T11:59:16.159-04:00Paul, really great post. Bottom line is that
its ...Paul, really great post. Bottom line is that <br />its a totally different world today. <br /><br />The concept of start at the bottom and work your way up has, for all intents and purposes, been lost. <br /><br />As such, most AE's back in the day were better advertising people than most of the Account Supervisors of today. <br /><br />Training and "supervised experience" was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-26649929775926980102013-02-21T09:55:43.902-05:002013-02-21T09:55:43.902-05:00Please do not use this website to promote your age...Please do not use this website to promote your agency.View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-19971592486438645462013-02-21T09:53:10.064-05:002013-02-21T09:53:10.064-05:00Do you need Top Advertising Agency in San Francisc...Do you need <a href="http://www.hotstonecommunications.com/" rel="nofollow">Top Advertising Agency</a> in San Francisco? We are HotStoneCommunications.Com, a unique marketing and PR agency located in the San Francisco Bay Area.We are in here to help you.You can just contact with us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497044027863630767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-43097418298274749152013-02-19T13:56:27.182-05:002013-02-19T13:56:27.182-05:00As I’ve understood it, this is a case wherein a pe...As I’ve understood it, this is a case wherein a person was hired but wasn’t properly oriented as to the exact job that he’s going to do. Am I right? If it is the case, I think businesses must take control of this situation, since the function and performance of their employees will also affect their overall business operations. The job must be explained to employees properly so that they can be Jeremiah Hickshttp://www.perthtrainingbookings.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-7304669054530146092013-01-23T19:36:28.926-05:002013-01-23T19:36:28.926-05:00Sometimes, when you first meet someone, using SMS ...Sometimes, when you first meet someone, using SMS talk with get to understand them better is a bit <br />more comfortable. This is how real change occurs. Making certain that the <br />individual you're dating has the exact same kinds of ambitions and possibilities you need to do is vital, mainly because usually there may be an incredibly massive electricity gap between the two of you. This Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-2056811534017469362012-09-24T20:19:40.746-04:002012-09-24T20:19:40.746-04:00@Kate:
I am not sure I understand your question...@Kate: <br /><br />I am not sure I understand your question. Once upon a time, I knew the San Francisco market pretty well, but not so much today. For instance, I do not know what training programs exist there. <br /><br />However, there is no reason why you cannot ask people you are interviewing with to explain their training programs. You can and should ask specific questions to insure thatView From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-29068042070581748592012-09-24T19:44:17.354-04:002012-09-24T19:44:17.354-04:00I am in San Francisco right now and would really l...I am in San Francisco right now and would really like to be in a training program (like the idealized one you described). Does it exist? Would an informational interview (in which you meet a professional in the business and ask them specific questions about their work) be beneficial in exchange?<br /><br />Thanks!<br />KateAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09052334858667096914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-73981500055953376352011-03-22T11:59:27.765-04:002011-03-22T11:59:27.765-04:00I am both loving and hating all of the agency trai...I am both loving and hating all of the agency training debate that's happening right now. Love it because it's clearly a subject that needs to be addressed and hating it because I'm so frustrated that the assumption is that there simply is no good training out there for agencies AND that agencies don't need it!!<br /><br />I left my role as an agency CD 5 years ago because my Leslie Ehmhttp://www.threetraining.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-85906394626293283542011-03-10T16:41:02.262-05:002011-03-10T16:41:02.262-05:00Dear Intern: The Anonymous comment posted at 4:18...Dear Intern: The Anonymous comment posted at 4:18pm said it perfectly. You have to figure out how to make your internship work. Grab work from people. Don't wait for them to give it to you. If your supervisor isn't around, all the better. Also, maybe you can go to human resources. They might be able to help you. However, do not be afraid. Fear is paralyzing. The one thing I knowView From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-13514445089771475552011-03-10T16:18:54.931-05:002011-03-10T16:18:54.931-05:00Dear "Blind Luck",
Here is my 2 cents on...Dear "Blind Luck",<br />Here is my 2 cents on your plight having been an intern, as well later having interviewed, hired, mentored, waved good-bye-to-after-a six/eight week-tour, heard they graduated, then hired a few to be my full time AAE.<br />1) You would really have to screw something up to lose your internship and the $... and guess what, chances are they won't let you close Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-92082115524185218482011-03-10T13:49:27.840-05:002011-03-10T13:49:27.840-05:00I am currently working as an intern for, what I am...I am currently working as an intern for, what I am sure, is one of the largest branding and design firms in the world. I've been here for 5 months. My direct supervisor is often gone to meetings or press checks or recently, on vacation.<br /><br />I'm losing the tenuous grasp on things I learned in school. I spend most of my time acting as her office assistant and arranging her files. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-80783309202176609942011-03-09T11:51:32.402-05:002011-03-09T11:51:32.402-05:00Paul, I admit my typing needs improvement. Off to ...Paul, I admit my typing needs improvement. Off to training. LOL. Charlie Mac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-29080594150039712332011-03-09T11:44:14.126-05:002011-03-09T11:44:14.126-05:00Great column! Broavo! (SFX: Hand Clapping). After ...Great column! Broavo! (SFX: Hand Clapping). After reading through the first draft of my comments, I realized that in today's ADD world my message would probably have been lost. So here is the distillation of my thoughts (note: I began working in advertising as an AAE in 1984):<br />-Where are the 'students' of advertising these days? And I mean AFTER they graduate from Communications/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-68173837370051453192011-03-08T18:54:08.383-05:002011-03-08T18:54:08.383-05:00Great post Paul. It's truly sad that training ...Great post Paul. It's truly sad that training has been cut at agencies. It's understandable given the margin pressure but no less a problem. <br /><br />I started in Advertising in 1988 at the newly merged DMB&B. Given that there were deep cuts as a result of the merger, it impressive that they not only kept all their graduate recruits but maintained an excellent training program.<br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-13204564292791960102011-03-08T14:42:27.810-05:002011-03-08T14:42:27.810-05:00Standing up and applauding.
That is all.Standing up and applauding. <br /><br />That is all.Mom101https://www.blogger.com/profile/15468524489744839899noreply@blogger.com