Idaho Ad Agencies

Judge the Judges.

Come rub elbows with the 2010 Rockie Awards Judges. Buy them a beer. Provoke a dialogue. Challenge their wisdom. Flirt with their egos. Influence their decision making. The judges are Brett Craig of TBWA/Chiat/Day; Victor Camozzi of GSD&M; and Joe Shands of Vendor, Inc.

This BAF Speaker Series event will be a moderator Question and Answer format with the four best questions winning prizes.* To qualify, submit your questions by February 23 to JudgesQ&A@nootgroup.com.

The judging begins at Ha Penny on February 25.
Beverages at 5:30.
Q&A from 6:30-7:30.

* Free entry into the 2010 Rockie Awards.

So you’ve got all of your materials in for the 2010 Rockie Awards, right?  Right?  Well, if not, stop what you’re doing right now and go get it all together.  You’re running out of time.

Now, for everyone else, here are the judges for this year’s show (after the jump): read more »

I received this recently from the folks responsible for putting together the 2010 Rockie Awards:

Idaho Ad Peeps,

In the year 2010, a noble few are called upon to lead worthy advertising mortals to the Valhallas of Valhallas—an Idaho Advertising Federation Rockie Award.

Woot!

So here’s the deal. Rather than having a few hired guns to host the IAF Rockie Awards, we’re turning to the community to take part in honoring itself. That’s kind of narcissistic and yet, cool.

We need hosts to announce the winners in the various categories. We’re looking for 30 people to be put into pairs of two. Each twosome will hand out the awards for 1 of the 15 different categories.

You can volunteer as a team or the Rockies crew can pair you up with another solo award giver-outer.

Your twosome can write your own witty repartee or you will be provided a script for your introduction with ample room for witty ad libs. The Rockies crew will need to approve submitted scripts for timing and content.

Please feel free to pass this on to others in your shops that you think may be interested as well. It’s open to anyone brave enough to take the stage and their 10-15 minutes of fame.

If you’re interested in being involved in the show and willing to pair up with someone to host a category or have further questions before you’d like to commit please E-mail damundson@drakecooper.com

For those who may have missed the first date, late entries are being accepted through Thursday, February 4th for the Capital City Communicators IMPACT Awards.

More details can be found on the original post.

Wow.  Almost feels like I’m selling cars or furniture with that headline… Nevertheless, the clock is ticking.  Entries for the Idaho Advertising Federation’s 2010 Rockie Awards are due by Friday, February 5th.

Or, if you’re feeling generous and would like to pay additional fees, the late submission deadline is Friday, February 12th.

Capital City Communicators, a Treasure Valley organization for professional communicators, has announced a Call for Entries for the inaugural IMPACT Awards.

The IMPACT Awards, which stands for Idaho Marketing, PR, and Communication Talent, “offer Idaho communicators a unique opportunity to showcase their work, receive expert feedback and gain peer and industry recognition,” said Jeff Reynolds, CCC president and owner of Rizen Creative.

From the CCC website:

We’re looking for the best and the brightest of 2009 – the marketing or communications project that made heads turn and people take notice. It’s time to show off your great work from the past year and earn recognition among your peers.

Entries will be accepted from Dec. 14, 2009 to Feb. 4, 2010. Award winners will be recognized at the IMPACT Award Recognition event in mid March 2010.

Early entries are due by January 28th, and late entries will be accepted (for an additional fee of course) through February 4th.

Take a moment to put this on your calendar.

Seriously, stop what you’re doing, pull up your calendar, grab your BlackBerry, iPhone, Droid or *gasp* piece of scratch paper and write this down.

The entry deadline for the 2010 Rockie Awards is February 5th, 2010.  Details should be available on the Rockie Awards website soon (if they aren’t already), but in the mean time, start getting your materials together and be ready to submit your entries.

You’ve done good work over the past year.  Now’s your chance to prove it.

Our friends at The Denver Egotist have a great opinion on the state of award shows:  Award Shows Need to Evolve or Die.

And just in case you were wondering what their opinion really was, here’s a short snippet from the piece:

The problem with award shows right now is that although they celebrate creativity, most of the time anyway, they rarely consider context or effectiveness. And often, it’s not possible to really know the effectiveness of a big-budget branding campaign. So at the end of the day, the judging criteria is wide-open.

Take the time to read the entire piece.  Then, whether you agree or disagree, leave a comment and let Felix know.

Or, more specifically, the Portland Advertising Federation’s Rosey Awards:

This year, the PAF decided to have a little fun with the Rosey Awards website, throwing in a little ‘Our City is Better Than Your City’ attitude.

And Boise was one of their targets.

Now, the question to you, dear readers in Boise and beyond: Are you going to put up with this type of verbal abuse?  Should we engage in a war of words with our colleagues in Portland and beyond?

I say no.  And here’s what I suggest you do:

Make it better.  The strategy, the creative, the plan, the placement.  All of it — make it better.

If it’s good, make it better.  If it’s great, make it better.

The year is half over.  Now’s your chance to step it up.

When it comes down to it, the best way to get back at our friends and Portland is through the work.  That’ll be the best way to bitch-slap those granola-loving bike-riding hippies back into their drizzle-dodging cubicle world.

Oh, and PDX folks, nothing but love for you, nothing but love

The Idaho Advertising Federation’s 2009 Rockies Awards Show came and went on Saturday, April 18th.  Amid all the celebration and revelry, awards were handed out in a variety of categories.

Curious to see who won where?  Follow the links below for winners and credits in each of the respective categories.

• Silver Medal Award Winner: Russ Stoddard 
• Public Service
• Newspaper
• Identity Programs
• Public Relations
• Out of Home
• Interactive / Multimedia
• Elements of Advertising
• Radio
• Sales Promotion
• Advertising Industry Self Promotion
• Magazines
• Direct Marketing
• Collateral
• Television
• Complete Campaign
• Best of Show

Congratulations to all of the winners.

UPDATE:  Photos from the festivities will soon be available here.