by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Apr 24, 2008
Last Wednesday I attended the Seattle chapter of the Executive Women’s International forum http://ewiseattle.org/ at the Columbia Tower (with a spectacular view from the 75th floor). The guest speaker was Ted Simmons, advertising guru and previous CEO of Arnold...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Storytelling | Jan 24, 2008
There is a mythic dimension in the character of storytelling; it’s an ancient tradition — it reaches to deep archetypes and cyclical patterns that show themselves repeating ways in which messages can be understood and shared — and how they can be...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 10, 2007
The brand story as a communications tool, in brand management and experience design. What is brand, what is story, what is message, what is experience? What changes are emerging in the concept of branding, storytelling, community and communications? What direction, if...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Jun 11, 2007
There’s an interesting positioning here — to the concept of the elevator pitch. And while I don’t have a elevator pitch, or a request for money, I do have a modeling that relates to your premise. So, a framing. Brands are about people. And we know...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling, Trends | Jul 20, 2006
There are a couple of trends that I perceive, in working in this space of consumer communications and brand representations. First, it’s clear that there are continuously emerging “new brands”, which might be “repositioned” old brands....