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January 14, 2009

AdVentures in Multicultural Marketing in the Topeka Market
J.P. James, Brand Planning Director for GlobalHue New York
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Upstairs meeting room at HyVee
2951 SW Wanamaker Rd
$12 in advance/$16 at the door
$8 for students 

About our speaker... 

J.P. James is the Brand Planning Director for the African-American Consumer Market in GlobalHue's New York City office. James is responsible for leading strategy for Verizon
(Telecom and Wireless) and the U.S. Census. He has over 13+ years of experience, with last 7 years spent on addressing the needs of the African-American consumer. James is also versed in the automotive, packaged goods and retail categories. In his prior experiences, he worked to uncover the unique African-American insights for Alberto-Culver, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Colgate-Palmolive HSBC, Kraft Foods, The Home Depot and United Healthcare. James has done strategic work for AstraZeneca , Mars, Inc.'s 3 MUSKETEERS and Toyota Motor Sales.

His work for 3 MUSKETEERS was a 2007 Effie Awards Finalist. James is also an author of The Multicultural Paradigm and an industry speaker on the subject of multicultural marketing at industry events. James is an Adjunct Professor teaching a class on multicultural marketing at Westchester Community College in New York. J.P. holds a Master of Science Degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern  University. He also holds a Marketing/Advertising Bachelor's degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona- Pomona, California.
 
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Mark Your Calendars!
AAFT's ADDY Awards 
Saturday, February 7th
Sixth Avenue Ballroom - 117 SW 6th Ave, Downtown Topeka
Join us in recognizing area talent!

 

December 5, 2008
ADDYs Turn-in Party
5-7pm
At Gizmo Pictures (3100 SW Huntoon, Suite 103)
Turn in early entries, enjoy some snacks, beers and lively company. Have your ADDY questions answered!
Get in on the ADDY’s action and be part of an action-packed video to be aired at the ADDY’s event!

October 30, 2008
Hallo-venture Party, Bullfrog's Live, 7:30pm: Live Band, Costume Contest for prizes 
9/11/08
AAFTopeka's ADVenturous year is starting with our RED CARPET event.

Check out all that Topeka Area media has to offer and enjoy cocktails and appetizers.
7pm, Thursday, September 11, 2008
Jul's Cocktail Club'
5/14/08
AAFTopeka 2008 Hall of Fame Luncheon
2008 TAF Hall of Fame Inductees
Max Falkenstien – former voice of the Kansas Jayhawks and original charter member of the American Advertising Federation Topeka (formerly Topeka Advertising Federation)
Roger Franzke (posthumo
us) – former senior vice president in charge of marketing and public relations for First National Bank of Topeka
4/16/08
Get acquainted (or re-acquainted) with the new Executive Director of the KAB: Kent Cornish