In the ever-expanding cyberspace, hate speech has found a breeding ground. Anyone who spends more than 30 seconds on the internet can tell you, the problem seems to be persistent and vulnerable communities are often left without adequate protection.

Joined by special guest, Kev Chesters, the co-founder and Strategy Partner at the brand and communications consultancy, Harbour Collective, Amy and Dino tackle this brief with the same creativity & strategic rigour that Adland employs to tackle a client brief.

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According to research, only 2% of global philanthropy goes toward addressing the climate crisis, with only $10bn donated in 2020 to curb climate change. So what is holding funding for this issue back?

In this episode of The Good, the Bad And The Advertising, Amy and Dino are joined by Afdhel Aziz- Co-Founder & Chief Purpose Officer at Conspiracy of Love- to discuss why, do people donate. Afdhel has worked on some of the most iconic brands in the world including Nokia, P&G, Heineken and Absolut Vodka, and is one of the world’s leading voices in calling for business to be a force for good. He’s spent the last 10 years educating and inspiring our industry to solve problems for citizens rather than simply advertise to consumers. 

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Almost half of marriages end in divorce or separation. That’s a lot of families living with the life-altering toxicity, social stigma and emotional fallout associated with broken marriages. Children are particularly affected, with the majority needing access to therapy for years to come to deal with the emotional toll of family separation. But how do we remove the stigma around separation? How can we change the toxic culture and conversations around divorce to minimise the long-standing emotional impact it has across so many people across society?   

In this episode of The Good, the Bad And The Advertising, Amy and Dino are joined by James Hayhurst – a Partner at MD Communications and the founder of the Positive Parenting Alliance – to discuss how advertising can change the way we talk about divorce and separation. James also gives a little bit of context around the Alliance and what drove him to establish The Parents Promise. James started his career as a graduate trainee at DDB and after an illustrious career agency-side, moved to Unilever to lead Persil’s communications strategy. 

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Young social entrepreneurs are changing the world. These young changemakers choose purpose over pay cheques to support various social and environmental issues across the globe and make the world a better place. 

But this comes at a price. Recent research from the Possibilists, an alliance of 16 of the world’s largest youth social innovation networks, including ChangemakerXchange, shows 61% of young European changemakers aged 16-35 rank the lack of personal financial stability as their biggest challenge. Meanwhile, 59% have experienced some form of burnout. 

In the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Advertising, Dino and Amy speak to Seun Odeneye – the MD of Matterkind UK and Ireland – about how the ad industry could be harnessed to support the changemaker community in an affordable and accessible way.

Prior to joining IPG, Seun – the 2021 Ad Tech Personality of the Year – was Mindshare UK’s Digital Integration and Operations Director. He started his career as an intern at AdLink Internet Media and then moved to Microsoft, where he worked for 8 years across various parts of their portfolio, eventually becoming the Head of Microsoft Performance Network & Mobile Strategy Lead in the UK.

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Are we becoming less charitable as a society? A recent research study by YouGov certainly suggests so. Amid a backdrop of economic uncertainty, a cost of living crisis and record levels of homelessness, UK Giving 2021 found the proportion of people giving to charity has declined by 11% in the last 5 years. Worryingly, the study also suggests the sharpest decline in giving was among young people, with the average monthly donations for 16-24 year olds falling from £46 in 2019 to £29 in 2020.

In the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Advertising, Dino and Amy speak to Adland icon Cindy Gallop about what needs to be done to inspire a new generation of charity supporters. With over 121,000 young people in the UK asking for help with homelessness last year, how can charities like Centrepoint cut through the noise and encourage people to help them bring an end to youth homelessness by giving for the first time? How can we reframe charity donations to make them aspirational and desirable for young people? 

Cindy has worked in Adland for over three decades, during which time she founded the US branch of BBH. She’s also an activist, an entrepreneur, a social commentator and the founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn – a company on a mission to end rape culture by normalising and promoting consensual and communicative sex.

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Is Adland suffering from a crisis of creativity? Is it symptomatic of the modern age? And what can be done to fix it? 

That’s the topic under discussion in the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Advertising, where hosts Amy and Dino are joined by special guest Jack Horner. 

Jack has worked in both the advertising sector and as a music producer in the 90s, so it's safe to say he knows his stuff. Jack also more recently founded DOT DOT DOT, a community of founders and leaders in culture, creative and comms.

Together they discuss the crisis of creativity in the modern age, or the lack thereof. When creative work is more accessible than ever before and sharing platforms are for the masses, does this increase the value of work? Or dilute the quality we consume? And once again, the hosts will chat about how advertising can help solve these issues or, indeed, hinder them.

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