Family First

Michael shares lessons and advice from a legendary career including his current role as leader at The Palma Group, one of the country's most respected headhunting and recruiting firms for advertising agencies.  He's also a best selling author, recently reaching top status across three categories on Amazon for his book, Walk With a Humble Swagger.  Mike holds the unique distinction of being a father to three children, each from a different generation: a Millennial, a Gen Z, and a Gen Alpha.  

Julie shares some powerful insights, ideas, and advice from her time leading iconic brands including Elf on the Shelf, Peppa Pig, and PJ Masks.  Julie shares invaluable advice and a reminder to parents and marketers alike that parents put too much pressure on themselves to create perfect moments with their children.  Kids don't want perfection, they want connection.  

Lan Nguyen Chaplin, a marketing professor and researcher at Northwestern University, shares more about her work studying children's consumer behavior and branding.  Lan talks about how being a parent has inspired her work and how neuromarketing has started to catch on and why it's important.  Lan discusses her highly acclaimed work, "Material Parenting, How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation" as well as teasing upcoming research around gratitude and why our children may be more grateful than we realize.  

As Executive Director at the Association of Children's Museums, Arthur shares an interesting perspective for the value of Children's Museums. This includes how their mission is grounded in guided play which is so vital to supporting early childhood education since 75 percent of the time, children are not in a formal schooling education.

Josh has had an incredible career leading experiential marketing at iconic brands including General Mills, Best Buy, and Weber (Grills).  In this episode Josh shares an interesting perspective for how to find success selling through new experiential ideas internally.  Josh also offers valuable insights for how to approach working with family-friendly entertainment venues for brands interested in reaching parents & kids during shared moments together.  

Mark has had an incredibly accomplished career including spending a decade with the New York Knicks serving in many roles including as CMO.  After his time with the Knicks, Mark founded HSBC Private Bank's Global Sports Group, based in London. He’s also been CEO at AS Roma, pro soccer club out of Serie A, the Vancouver Whitecaps from Major League Soccer, and President at Circuit of the Americas. He is a frequent guest and contributor to The Financial Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, NBC Sports, & Fox Sports, among many others. 

Jim Andrews is a well-respected veteran in the sponsorship industry, boasting a wealth of experience spanning sports, music, events, festivals, and family-friendly sponsorships. In this episode, Jim shares his insights on the advantages of diversifying a brand's sponsorship portfolio by adding family entertainment properties to achieve a more balanced approach.  

In this episode Tim shares more about a recently announced sponsorship between Campbell's Snacks and Major League Soccer including how it came together, some of the strategic thinking and insights, and how they plan on activating the partnership.  He also shares his thoughts on how data and analytics has changed the sponsorship landscape in addition to how he thinks about family-friendly sponsorships to attract and appeal to the entire family.  

Ian is the founder and CEO at iSport360 where he’s on a mission to change the culture of youth sports.  He’s also a board member at the National Alliance for Youth Sports providing an important perspective on using technology to create better youth sports experiences for kids, coaches and parents.  In this episode Ian talks about youths sports sponsorship and a new way to align valuable content with brands interested in reaching youth sports parents.  

In this episode, Alisha shares some interesting trends and universal truths about the important family/parent demographic including their shopping behaviors, entertainment choices, and advice for how marketers should approach custom research when targeting parents and kids.  Alisha is an executive vice president at Smarty Pants, a custom research and strategic consulting firm. Alisha leads research initiatives for a diverse set of Smarty Pants’ clients including Target, LEGO, Aetna, PBS Kids, and Kellogg's. Prior to joining Smarty Pants, Alisha designed and facilitated global research initiatives for Hasbro.  Alisha’s depth of experience with youth research has positioned her as an expert in the media.