MPF Discussion with John Follis

True Stories of Madison Avenue with John Follis

  |  | John Follis creative ad work led to the founding of follis/DeVito/Verdi, one of New York's most awarded agencies.
His successful campaigns have been featured in national press, textbooks, and a Harvard Business case study.
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| As an industry thought leader John's been on CNBC and ABC and written for ADWEEK and Ad Age. As a requested speaker he's addressed The World Business Academy, New York Business Expo and Yale University. Additionally, he's taught at SVA, FIT and Parsons School of Design. To help businesses with their video, John formed Big Idea Video in 2013.
John's also made time for dozens of worthy causes for which he's received honors at The White House and The UN.

 On this episode of My Perfect Failure (True Stories of Madison Avenue) If you want to know how to recover from being fired 4 times in 7 years and what it was like to work in the advertising mecca of Madison Avenue then this is a must listen for you. John breaks all this down whilst also illuminating our discussion as he describes some of his short films from his hugely enjoyable True stories in advertising short film project. Some of the areas we cover.

 ·         Recovering from being fired 4 times in 7 years

·         John discusses his True Stories in Advertising short Films project

·         The importance of having a Plan A

·         Sorrel Ridge Jam – How John’s Agency innovative campaign proved a huge hit.  

John Follis - True Stories in Advertising short Films

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 John Follis Wikipedia

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 John Follis – Getting Fired 4 times 

·         https://vimeo.com/561490004 

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