The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

Good luck Robert. I’m not talking about the presentation because I know you’ll be fantastic (it looks your usual greatness but with a few extra barbs thrown in for good humiliating measure) I’m talking about surviving the multinational agency snipers. 🙂

Excellent.

Does this mean you’ve moved to HK? Make sure you’re still there when I move there. One day.

Wish I could be there. Can you please email me this preso when you get a chance?

Have fun!

Campbell AND Hill – they don’t stand a chance.

Just seen your facebook status (Rob is about to be 2 Jerry’s…Maguire and Springer) that’s a double bill I would kill to see. It would be better if that London business school guy was there though. LOL

Best of luck chap. What does the pig Latin stand for?

Excellent stuff. If only I could get it to go full screen and read some of that tiny text.

i hate the feeling of finishing a presentation and feeling like it was nothing at all how you wanted it to appear. but it doesn’t mean that you didn’t inspire at least 1 person out there. i’m sure you were fantastic.. xx

As you can tell, I DIDN’T miss my flight – but I don’t advise anyone to get to an international flight 15 minutes before take off … or if you do … at least know someone quite high up at the airline that can tell them to wait as long as is physically possible 🙂

Your comment is very kind Lee but I am not happy with how I presented – the content was fine, it’s how I expressed it that bothers me.

Too quick, too many ‘off tangent’, too many badly phrased comments, too many insults for the defenceless … but people were kind enough to lie to my face and say it was good which made me feel better even though their eyes said a different story, ha!

The worst bit is that as soon as I sat down after presenting, I was [1] pissed with myself and [2] desperate to do it again because I knew I’d be able to do it as I intended – but alas – wishes and reality rarely meet.

On the plus side, the conference was really pretty good with really great speakers [and the young local guys – especially the design community – were a joy to see/hear] though the amount of guys working with Virgin was mad – it was like our own private conference at some points, ha!

Saying that, special mention for great presos goes to Nick Barham, the China planning director of WK, Mark Dytham the founder of brilliant architectual firm Klein-Dytham, Andrew Hoppin of NASA and Jeff Staple of Staple Design [though Jeff in person seemed quite different to Jeff on stage!]

Excluding my bit – I had a great time and met some great and interesting people who I really hope I can keep in touch with – so I’d definitely pay my cash next time it was on – though I’d hope for better food at $1000 a ticket, ha!

Right that’s it – I’m tired and exhausted and about to present again [is this all I do?] however I will leave you with something that may or may not fill you with pride …

Apart from using the quote I mentioned a day or so ago [“Authors and painters don’t say they work in the ‘creative industry’, only sad people in adland does”, ha] I also publically stated Fallon’s ‘Gorilla’ ad was just and ad and not a moment of idea genius as they state because [and I quote myself here] “If there ads represent a moment of personal happiness, why don’t they sponsor a good wank”

I don’t think I’ll be invited back 🙂

That’s quite enough wankery.

You’re very kind Kajal – but given I complain when we won a pitch I don’t think we deserved, you will start to know I am only pleased when I feel we have done well rather than what others think.

In other words, I’m a pain in the arse! 🙂

And Lauren I know what you’re saying – but I’ve been doing this long enough that when I feel I’ve not done my best, it generally means that I’ve not because more often than not, I leave a conference feeling pretty chuffed with myself though that may be more to do with the standard of people I find myself talking to than my personal performance skills, haha!

Aim low and you’ll always be good – the Jerry Springer syndrome, hahaha!

Bloody hell – that is so nice of you, I’m very touched though slightly confused.

I don’t know if I would make a good mentor, but I’m very good at buying people coffee and hearing what they think and want to do – so if you’re interested, let me know at rob at cynical-world dot com and when I’m back in town, we can catch up.

Thanks again …

Rob, there were a lot of fantastic presentations that day, but yours was easily among the best, both in content and style. Hard to imagine what it’ll be like if you’re actually happy with your own presentation! Your presentation gave me quite a lot to think about, and I hope to write about them in the near future.

2/1 you were better than you are making us believe you were.

fuck the bollocks preso you said cadburys and fallon should sponsor wanks so you did good by me. makes a fucking change doesnt it

Thanks Jenni, however I think it’s actually more than that, it’s about BRAND BELIEF … ie: people will know the brand is willing to put it’s money where it’s mouth is, which inturn builds trust as well as customer brand experiences.

Come back soon … you might be able to keep blog topics on track. Maybe. 🙂