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Welcome to AAF Chattanooga!

Upcoming Events:

May MadWomen_JaneMaas.jpgLuncheon | Mark your calendar!

We are so excited to announce that Jane Maas is coming to town!

In May, we will welcome nationally-acclaimed writer and advertising pundit Jane Maas to Chattanooga. Maas will present her new book, Mad Women, a tell-all based on her own experiences with gender roles in advertising agencies in the 1960s and 70s. Mad Women is the funny true story of what it was really like to work in the sexist and sexy Mad Men era of advertising.

Read more about this highly-aniticpated event here: Jane Maas - Mad Women

Tickets are $15 for AAF Members and $20 for non-members.

 

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Hot off the presses!

2012 ADDY Awards ResultsGet your copy of the commemorative 2012 ADDY Awards Honorees Book today!

If you were a winner you will receive complimentary copies soon.

For additional copies, email our ADDY Chair, Shannon York - syork@timesfreepress.com. $15.00 each plus shipping.

This book is available for a limited time! Offer ends May 31, so get your copy now! Proceeds support your local AAF club.

You know you want a copy for your grandmother. She would be so proud.

Preview the digital copy here: 2012 ADDY Awards Honoree Flipbook


 

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Member Highlight

Dr. Megan Moe
Assistant Professor of Communication
Lee University

How many years in your current position/employer: 6 years

Prior position: Prior to teaching at Lee University, Moe taught communication courses at Cleveland State Community College. Before moving to Cleveland, Tenn., she taught at a number of colleges, including Niagara University and Daemon College in New York and West Chester University and Wilmington College in the Philadelphia area. Before settling on teaching as a career, she worked and volunteered in a variety of media. She has been a reporter in New Jersey; a market researcher in Delaware; a floor director and camera operator for "Personal Testimony," a Christian TV show in Buffalo, NY; a Public Service Announcement writer for the PBS station in San Francisco; and a drama coordinator for her New York church, writing, directing, and acting.

How many years involved in the advertising industry? 21 years

What was your first taste of real advertising (internship, first job, college class)? She has a love of advertising that bloomed when she watched her father handle marketing and sales for Maytag in Southern California.  She became more enamored with it as he rose through the company and was thrilled when he won a Gold Effie for Advertising Effectiveness for the “Maytag Year 2000 Guarantee”.  Although she once dreamed of working in advertising herself, and perhaps winning an award, now Dr. Moe is motivated to teach students about advertising and giving them the tools so that they can win advertising awards someday. 

Why do you participate in AAF? She has been involved with AAF-Chattanooga for four years, has served as a Director for two years, and is presently serving as Secretary.  She believes that AAF-Chattanooga is a dynamic organization that links professionals together in a mutually beneficial relationship.
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Upcoming Events

AAF Chattanooga May Luncheon - Jane Maas

May Luncheon | Mark your calendar!

Stand aside Mad Men -- Jane Maas is coming to town!

JaneMaas_headshot.jpgIn May, we will welcome nationally-acclaimed writer and advertising pundit Jane Maas to Chattanooga. Maas will present her new book, Mad Women, a tell-all based on her own experiences with gender roles in advertising agencies in the 1960s and 70s. Mad Women is the funny true story of what it was really like to work in the sexist and sexy Mad Men era of advertising.MadWomen_JaneMaas.jpg

Maas, who turned 80 earlier this year, is one of the most respected names in the industry. Her creative endeavors include work with Ogilvy & Mather – where she served as Creative Director for General Foods, Lever Brothers, S.C. Johnson, American Express, and Cunard Lines advertising. In 1989, she became president of the New York office of Earle Palmer Brown, where she is still Chairman Emeritus. 

Maas is best known for her direction of the “I Love New York” program, which changed the image of New York City and revitalized its tourism economy. She also co-authored How to Advertise, which has sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into 17 languages. She has made several television and online appearances, and has dozens of interviews in newspapers and magazines. She is listed among Who’s Who in America.

Maas currently serves as a strategic and creative consultant to a number of international corporations, and travels across the country and around the world conducting seminars on more effective advertising for the Association of National Advertisers.

Tickets are $15 for AAF Members and $20 for non-members.

 

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**Photo courtesy Michael Leu

  • Date: May 24th - 2012, 11:30 am
  • Venue: The Chattanoogan Hotel
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AAF District 7 Leadership Conference 2012 - The Cruise

AAF District 7 Leadership  Conference 2012 - The Cruise

Reservation Discount extended to August 31, 2011.

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Carnival_Cruise_Ship_Elation.jpgThe Leadership Conference in 2012 is being hosted by the former district governors and will be held on the Carnival Cruise Ship Elation which will sail out of the Port of New Orleans Thursday August 16 and return on Monday August 20.

We will have a great gathering on Thursday evening and get down to business on Friday.  Workshops will probably  be held on Friday and our Board Meeting and other meetings will be on Sunday.  In any event, we will spend Saturday in Cozumel, Mexico with our big bash and Mouth of the South on Sunday night.

We plan on giving you a lot of free time to enjoy your cruise.

When we book the cruise we will have 30 days to put up $25. per person deposit to guarantee the rate.  We do not need the names of the attendees at this time just the number you want to reserve but will need names and SS numbers when the first installment of $150. per person is due on April 1, 2012, with the balance due June 1, 2012. 

Aug. 16 - 20, 2012  (Current Pricing):
    Category 4B -Inside stateroom located on Riviera and Main Deck $ 463.37 per person
    Category 6B -Outside stateroom located on Riviera and Main Decks $503.37 per person
    Category 4C -Inside stateroom on Main and Upper Decks $468.37 per person     Category 6C -Outside stateroom on Main and upper Decks $513.37 per person
This excludes individual cost to get to the Port of New Orleans.  

 
Rates are based on double occupancy and include cruise, port charges, government fees and taxes. Prepaid gratuities at $40 pp would be additional and Travel protection plan is optional at $65 pp

THIS IS A TOTAL CHARGE WHICH INCLUDES REGISTRATION.

To make a deposit and reserve your spot before the August 31st, 2011 deadline, go to http://www.springdaletravel.com/aaf