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Welcome!NO!SPEC

The NO!SPEC campaign: Serves as a vehicle to unite those who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of design and ultimately does a disservice to the client.

Our mission: To educate the public about speculative, or 'spec' work.

Our target: Those who use creative services, as well as creative professionals (designers, photographers, illustrators, typographers, translators, writers and those in marketing, branding, advertising, and broadcast media).

What you can do: Read NO!SPEC’s Protocols. Place a ‘NO!SPEC logo on your site. Sign the NO!SPEC petition. Distribute the ‘NO!SPEC’ posters.

Requirements: The only requirement for participation is putting the appropriate value on your profession.

SPEC!FREE: ihaveanidea Portfolio Night

ihaveanidea Portfolio Night

From the press release: students enrolled in advertising programs, graduates, and up-and-coming creatives will have the opportunity to spend valuable face-to-face time with North America’s most prestigious creative directors and leading industry professionals.

US agencies taking a lead role include, New York’s StrawberryFrog, San Francisco’s Butler Shine & Stern, Chicago’s Ogilvy & Mather and Modernista! in Boston. DDB Worldwide and Canadian agencies TAXI, WAX, Change Advertising, Bos and Rethink are also partnering with ihaveanidea and more than 100 of North America’s top creative directors to ensure the industry’s future creatives are the best of breed.

Young creatives are encouraged to attend this event in one of the nine cities across North America where they will have the opportunity to speak with a minimum of three world class creative directors.

Cost to participate is $35. All aspiring creatives or juniors with an advertising portfolio must register on-line at ihaveanidea’s Portfolio Night website that launched April 12th

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