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MVAF Event: Workshop 11 – How to Build Your Brand Through Social Media

The next Magic Valley Advertising Federation event, Workshop 11 – How to Build Your Brand Through Social Media, is scheduled for Thursday, January 13th.

From the MVAF:

In this workshop, hear the latest on Social Media trends—for individuals and small/medium-sized businesses, what’s coming, what works and what doesn’t—and discover how Charles J. Orlando—relationship expert, Facebook Personality, and author of the highly-acclaimed book The Problem with Women… is Men: The Evolution of a Man’s Man to a Man of Higher Consciousness—embraced these challenges and leveraged Social Engagement to achieve awareness, mainstream TV and radio interviews, and to crack the code of Social Media—growing his Facebook Fan Page from 300 fans in February 2010 to over 52,000 in July 2010 —with zero dollars spent on marketing.

This workshop will be held at the Shilo Inn in Twin Falls.  Check in is at 1:30 p.m. and the workshop starts at 2:00 p.m.  Cost is $35 for members and $50 for non-members.

Fore more details and RSVP information, see the event’s listing on the MVAF website.

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Impact Awards Call for Entries

Capital City Communicators is accepting entries for the 2011 IMPACT Awards, which recognize the best work over the past year in marketing, PR and communications.  The awards recognize work in a variety of categories, including:

  • Annual Report
  • Blog
  • Branding
  • Community Relations
  • Digital Publication
  • Editorial/Op-Ed
  • Feature Writing
  • Green PR
  • Investor Relations
  • Website
  • and more

Entries are being accepted through February 10th, with late entries accepted through February 24th for an additional fee.

Curious about the types of entries received in the IMPACT Awards?  Well, the Idaho Ad Agencies blog was among the entrants recognized at the 2010 IMPACT Awards.

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BAF Event: Creative ~ Competition ~ For a Cause

The Boise Advertising Federation is hosting a Creative Competition for a Cause event on Wednesday, January 12th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

During the event, six teams will create and submit designs for the mural space in downtown Boise at the corner of 8th and Main.  The murals will be designed for the Women’s and Children’s Alliance, and will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organization.

The competition will be held at the WaterCooler, 1401 W. Idaho St.

Admission cost is $10, with proceeds benefiting the WCA and BAF.

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Something new is Sprowting Up

Sprowt, an “initiative to nurture emerging designers in our local design community” has launched in the Treasure Valley.

From their website:

What Is Sprowt?

Sprowt is an initiative to support emerging designers in their transition from university to a professional career. Currently, we’re gathering feedback from local graduates and employers and plan to use that data to develop educational resources for design students and recent graduates. Stay tuned for announcements about upcoming surveys and site developments!

Sprowt was recently launched by Justin Kuntz and Ryan Lascano, and we’ll be keeping an eye on it in the coming weeks and months.

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Rockie Awards Call for Entries

It’s that time of year again.

The Call for Entries for the Idaho Advertising Federation’s Rockie Awards is now open.  Entries are being accepted online now through February 4, 2011.  Or, if you’re feeling generous (and don’t mind paying the additional fee), late entries will be accepted through February 11th.

Full details, eligibility requirements and more can be found on the Rockie Awards website.