For this episode of Sweathead, VMLY&R's Kevin Brockenbrough collects a few of his favorite minds to share their experiences as black strategists working in advertising in the USA: Simone Pratt (Ogilvy), Deadra Rahaman (Huge), and Emanuel Basnight (Power Twist).

This episode is from a live recording. Kevin was due to host the whole session but had some technical challenges so you’ll hear his powerful voice at the start and then towards the end when he rejoined us. Big thanks to Simone for taking over as the session’s center of gravity.

The guests’ details and links are as follows:
Kevin Brockenbrough - Group Director, Strategy & Insights, VMLY&R
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinsbrockenbrough/

Deadra Rahaman @DeadraRahaman - VP Brand Strategy, Huge
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deadrarahaman/

Emanuel Basnight @elbj - Creative Strategy and Content Lead, Power Twist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuel-basnight-5079223/

Simone Pratt @simoneisis1913 - Brand Strategy Director, Ogilvy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonepratt/

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Invisible Genius – Four Black Strategists Discuss Life In Advertising

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Rob Estreitinho and I have just dropped a deck for you. It's called "Stop Collaborating And Listen".
In it, we discuss why workshops are being forced on everyone right now, how this isn't always a good thing, and what to do about it.
You can find the deck here:
http://bit.ly/stopcollaboratingandlisten

Stop Collaborating And Listen - Why Do Workshops Defeat Us? - Rob Estreitinho, Salmon Theory

You can find out about our upcoming masterclasses at http://www.sweathead.com


Mark is here:
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Top Ten Strategist Traits - Live From Hell's Kitchen

Alexandre Kazuo Kubo and Lucas Ribeiro are Associate Creative Directors at McCann New York. Recently, they published a guide on having and expressing award-winning advertising ideas.
It's relatively rare for employed big-agency creatives to publish like this so I took the opportunity to get them to talk us through their free guide while forcing them to indulge me in my love of Brazil and Brazil funk.


Their guide is here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vv4yXzNDyDnoaAdDKTh_2W99OrzNZRy_Y_j1feoanx8/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g2ad8616ace2_0_96


Lucas is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasantunesribeiro/


Kazuo is here: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-kazuo-kubo-33189177


Mark is here:
http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

How To Have Award-Winning Ideas - Alexandre Kazuo Kubo, Lucas Ribeiro

Camilla Petty recently released a workshop guide from 15 years of experience in advertising. I've run hundreds of these things and have thoughts. So we got together to discuss what makes a workshop work as well as the things that don't.


You can get 25% off Camilla's guide using the code SWEATY at checkout: https://oddkid.co/store/brandstrategyworkshopguide


You can find Camilla here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillagrey/


You can find Mark here:
http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

The Wrongs And Rights Of Brand Strategy Workshops - Camilla Petty

Michael Miraflor is Chief Brand Officer at Hannah Grey Venture Capital. His agency life started in media agencies then lead him to MediaLink and, now, into VC.
In this episode, we discuss his journey as well as what exactly he is doing right now.


You can find Michael here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirateck/
You can find Mark here: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

Invisible Genius – Four Black Strategists Discuss Life In Advertising

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