Welcome to AAF Abilene!

Welcome to the Abilene Chapter of the American Advertising Federation. The American AdvertisingFederation (AAF) is the only national grassroots trade association to encompass allsegments of the advertising industry, including advertisers, agencies,media, college chapters and national trade associations engaged in various advertising pursuits.

ClubNews

Well I wanted to inform you that you were sorely missed at our July meeting Tuesday the 8th.  Our new Vice president Feray Waggoner has been hard at work finding speakers that deliver value to us as advertising professionals and I am pleased to say Robert Campbell was a homerun. 

Robert brought some humor and interesting advice up from Houston where he works as a Partner and Creative Director of 808 Inc.  He shared with the group how sometimes the worst thing we can do is give our clients what they want or think they want.  His message gave us a boost of confidence to tell our clients to let us be the professionals and handle their advertising with our knowledge and expertise.  He enlightened us on why advertising can sometimes “suck” and how we can remedy this all too common event.

In addition to a great speaker we had some great giveaways as well.  Robert was gracious enough to bring some t-shirts designed by his agency and we also gave away one day pass to our conference this September.  

I encourage you to put our next meeting on your calendar for August 12th at noon and for those who may not know, we are back at the Abilene Country Club and the renovations make for an even better meeting experience.  If you have any questions about AAF Abilene or the upcoming conference call me at 325-670-5284 or check out our newly redesigned website www.aafabilene.com.  

Hope to see you at the next meeting,
Ben Jennings • Membership Chair 2008-2009