The Marketer's Debrief

I spoke to the prolific folk-punk artist Frank Turner on the devastating impact of coronavirus on the live music industry, and the work he's done to raise around a quarter of a million pounds to save small independent venues from permanent closure.

If you're looking forward to enjoying live music again when the pandemic ends, support the Music Venue Trust here: http://musicvenuetrust.com/

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June Angelides is on a mission to help more female founders and founders of colour get the investment they deserve. After receiving an MBE for founding the coding school, Mums in Technology, June is now shaking up the world of venture capital at Samos Investments.

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We're back with season 2 of the Journey Further Podcast, kicking off next Tuesday 2 March. We've got so many amazing guests lined up, from bestselling authors to truly inspiring CEOs, it's going to be a blast. I'll be asking each and every one of them the same question: "What's the wrong you want to right?"

Here's a sneak preview of what's to come. See you next week!

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Season 1 of the Journey Further Podcast is complete! Thanks to all of our guests and everyone who has tuned in.

Now, we're looking for your help in building out an incredible selection of guests for Season 2.

Who is disrupting their industry? Who is fighting for change? Who are the unsung heroes with stories waiting to be told?

Send your suggestions to: [email protected]

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Back in 2017, Lucy Jameson and her co-founders (fellow Grey London colleagues Nils Leonard and Natalie Graeme) set out to create a different kind of agency, one which builds brands that 'people in the real world really wish existed'. Since then, Uncommon Creative Studio has delivered standout work for the likes of Brewdog, ITV and Chillys, and has been crowned Agency of the Year by Campaign on two successive occasions. Tune in to learn how Lucy and the Uncommon team are shaking the foundations of ad land.

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Ugly Drinks describes its sugar-free sparkling water as not only refreshing tasty, but refreshingly honest. Hugh Thomas and his team are on a mission to shake up the drinks industry, exposing the 'ugly truth' behind mass-marketed, sugary drinks.

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Clarity at Speed [live]

15 live sessions. 15 minutes each. 15 second summaries.

Tune in on Thursday 19 November to learn from the sharpest minds in digital, startups and workplace culture.

Register now for free: https://clarityatspeed.journeyfurther.com/

Full line-up:

• Seth Godin — How to ship creative work
• Anne Boden, Starling Bank — Banking On It: How I Disrupted an Industry
• Bruce Daisley, Eat Sleep Work Repeat — The Myth of Resilience
• Katy Leeson, Social Chain — Making mental health support work from home
• Dhiraj Mukherjee, Shazam — Designing for uncertainty
• Pip Jamieson, The Dots — Starting & Scaling: It may not be easy, but it'll be worth it!
• Tessa Clarke, OLIO — Living in Wasteland
• Samantha Clarke — What will you love or leave behind to create more happiness at work?
• Davina Rajoopillai — R.A.W. a platform to show what racism at work really looks like
• Marisa Thomas, Bloom & Wild — What can thoughtfulness do for your brand?
• Tim Armoo, Fanbytes — TikTok, the Bytehouse and reaching Gen Z
• Sharmadean Reid MBE, Beautystack — Empowering change
• Jonny Longden, Journey Further — A bulletproof framework for your digital strategy
• Matt Kwiecinski, Journey Further — Clarity at Speed
• Isabelle Wilkinson, Journey Further Book Club — Turning reading into actions

Proud to be DICE certified.

Toast Ale is a brewery on a mission to create a world without waste. They brew their delicious beer using surplus fresh bread and are leading the way when it comes to sustainability in the drinks industry. In this episode, COO and co-founder Louisa Ziane speaks about how Toast achieved B Corp status, how they donate their profits to charities tackling the systemic causes of food waste, their unique model for raising investment and of course, she reveals some of the unique challenges presented by brewing beer with bread!

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We spoke to legendary author and marketer Seth Godin ahead of the publication of his latest book — The Practice: Shipping Creative Work. Seth tackles the biggest misconceptions about creativity in this compelling and practical guide for people wanting to get started, make a change and do their best work.

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what3words have carved up the globe into 57 trillion 3x3 metre squares and given each one a unique, three-word address. I was in my flat ///orchestra.bulb.gentle when I recorded this conversation with their CMO, Giles Rhys Jones. Their technology has been adopted by Mercedes-Benz, Airbnb, Hermes and even the Mongolian postal service to solve the problem of the world being really badly addressed.

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