Learning from the Best

I'm a couple days behind on this blog, so I was just looking through my notes so I could remember everything we did on Wednesday. I was shocked at first, because it looked like I hadn't attended a single seminar. How could that be possible?? But then I remembered that we had spent most of the day listening to speakers instead.

Jennifer Frommer was the first woman who spoke to us. She is the SVP of Client Relations/Branding for Interscope Records and pretty much has the coolest job ever. She works with artists such as Lady GaGa and Eminem (her personal fave) and matches them up with companies who want to do sponsorships or commercials. Remember that Superbowl ad for Brisk with Eminem? Yep, all her. I think all of us walked out of that discussion thinking we would love to have that job.

My other favorite speaker of the day was Allison Arden from Ad Age. She was an amazingly eloquent and articulate speaker, and seemed like she really wanted to hear about us and about our experiences thus far. She spoke some about the IPG women's seminar from the day before and was also very encouraging of the girls in our group. She engaged us in conversation and made us feel worth her time, and I probably could have sat there and listened to her all day! She is an excellent role model for us as a successful yet good hearted person in advertising.

We ended up leaving Cannes a little early Wednesday so we could go home and get ready for the Microsoft Party that night. I think everyone had a lot of fun and felt very appreciative of Claude and Eric for inviting us to the event for a second year. One notable aspect of this party that stood out from the others were the performances by two Cirque du Soliel acrobats (I guess that's what they were!) I can't describe the acts in anyway that would do them justice so I'll leave it at this: I literally stood with my mouth hanging open at the stunts they performed. What a cool job they have! I seriously might have to find youtube videos to post on here...