AIGA/BAF Event: Three Courses + Cake w/ Debbie Millman, President, AIGA and the Design Group at Sterling Brands

AIGA Idaho and the Boise Advertising Federation are presenting Three Courses + Cake with Debbie Millman on Thursday, March 10th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Debbie Millman is President of the Design Division of Sterling Brands, and President of AIGA, the professional association for design.  She has worked in the design business for over 25 years, including nearly 15 years at Sterling Brands.

Additionally, Millman is the author of three books:

She also has a fourth book, due out in October, titled Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits.

This event is being held at the Linen Building in downtown Boise.  Space is limited and RSVPs are strongly recommended.  Cost is $18 for AIGA and BAF members and $25 for non-members.

RSVPs can be sent to info@boiseadfed.org or through the event page on Facebook.

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BAF Event: Three Courses + Cake Luncheon

The Boise Advertising Federation is renewing its Three Courses + Cake luncheon speaker series this year, with Marcus Fischer, President of space150 in Minneapolis, MN.

Based in Minneapolis, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York, space150 is a digital agency that was founded in 2000.  As President, Marcus Fischer leads the business side of the agency, and has more than a decade’s worth of experience in account planning.

Prior to joining space150, Fischer was Group Planning Director at Carmichael Lynch, and was also a founding partner and Account Planning Director at One And All in Minneapolis.

The luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, February 3rd, from 11:30 – 1:00 at the Linen Building, 1402 Grove St. in downtown Boise.  Cost is $18 for BAF members, or $25 for non-members.

For more details or to RSVP for the event, contact the BAF.

BAF Membership Special

The Boise Advertising Federation is offering a “buy one get one half-off” special on membership rates through the end of December.  Full details and a membership application from is available on the BAF website.

BAF Event: Three Ounces + Ice at Tri-Digital Group

This Thursday, December 9th, the Boise Advertising Federation will be holding their next Three Ounces + Ice social event at the Tri-Digital Group studio in Boise.

In addition to showcasing TDG’s work, this event will also include a raffle of custom made Boise State University and University of Idaho cornhole sets.

The cost for this event is $10 at the door.  Full details are below:

The things that happen when we’re not paying attention

For regular readers of the Idaho Ad Agencies blog, you’ve not doubt noticed that updates and new posts have been few and far between.  Or, at the very least, they haven’t kept up with the pace that you’ve come to expect from this site.

Even though that’s been the case as of late, there have still been quite a few things happening in and around the marketing, advertising and communications industry.  Here’s just a sampling:

SOVRN Creative added a new staff member recently.

SOVRN also won a National Silver ADDY Award for their work on Todd Meier’s “Rapture in Six Cantos” Direct Mail, and completed several spots for the “Go On” campaign from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation.

Red Sky Public Relations welcomed two new folks to their team in the past month or so.

Both the Boise Advertising Federation and AIGA Idaho look to be ramping up events for the season.  The Magic Valley Advertising Federation is also maintaining an active schedule, and the Eastern Idaho Advertising Federation looks to be picking up as well.

All in all, there’s a lot going on these day, with more yet to come.

Even if some half-rate hack blogger isn’t covering it nearly as much as they should…