Are you a web designer or developer looking to contribute to a meaningful cause this Saturday? Its going to be a crappy day (70% chance of rain), why not build your portfolio?

We’re meeting at the Treeline Interactive office to build out the Challenged Athletes Micro Site for our Public Service Campaign. We will also be fixing up this website.

Details:

• Date: Saturday, March 6
• Time: 10am – 2pm
• Location: 3725 Mission Blvd, Mission Beach, 92109
• Parking: Please park in the Santa Clara parking lot as street parking is minimal
• Food and refreshments will be provided

Tasks will be distributed before hand to ensure the day moves smoothly. Interested web professionals, please contact Tobin Nageotte at thirtysevenclick@yahoo.com.

Meet Marco Barron… SDSU Ad Club President, Ad 2 Communications Board Member, Nor Cal native, and future Advertising Exec.

After joining Ad 2 this past summer, Marco quickly got involved in the Communications committee and he has become a staple at Ad 2 events since.  Marco says, “The best thing about Ad 2 is the networking, people, and food at meetings” =)

Don’t be afraid to buy him a drink at your next event, because before you know it he could be working in the office next to you!

Public Service continues their work with the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF). The non-profit is in the midst of rebranding and Ad 2 is working closely to coordinate their new look with a consistent and comprehensive interactive strategy.

At the heart of the campaign is incorporating existing social networks into a redesigned CAF website to better connect donors, athletes, and grant recipients around the group’s events.

CAF is currently looking for a marketing/community manager intern to help with the transition. For more information on the internship or Ad 2’s campaign, please contact Tobin Nageotte or Anthony Miller.

It was the night of a typhoon at Typhoon Saloon in Pacific Beach but we still had a great showing of current and new members come out. About 35 people joined us on the stormy night representing almost every agency in SD as well as some welcomed new comers from Maine and Minnesota.

Special thanks to Typhoon Saloon for being a great host providing appetizers and first drink free!!

Ad2 Happy Hours are meant to bring young professionals in the advertising community together to share ideas, discuss jobs, and have fun.

Please join us for our next happy hour coming up in March (thinking an Irish theme), and if you have any nominations for locations please let us know.

Special thanks to Geoff Miller from Winning Mind for speaking at our February 10 educational event. Geoff’s presentation kept everyone on their seat until the end. I really enjoyed his examples of “framing” and the infamous Monkey video. If you liked his presentation, how about giving him a good review on the Winning Mind Yelp page or on his Google Map?

This month Ad 2 had some really nice member benefits from our educational partners. We received discount codes for BlogWell and the Online Marketing Summit. One of the biggest perks for being an Ad 2 member is that you receive discounts to a lot of the Conferences that come into town as well as all the San Diego Ad Club’s (our parent organization) events.

We are working on some really cool events to finish off the AAF Calendar year. To hear what’s going on, you are welcomed to come to our next board meeting. It will be on March 2, from 6:30 – 7:30 at the Ad Club office in Hillcrest.

Performing Under Pressure: Developing a Winning Mind

On Feb. 10, Geoff Miller, a partner at Winning Mind, LLC will present Performing Under Pressure. The presentation will focus on the “keys to developing a Winning Mind”, the critical factors necessary for success in high-stress, high-performance environments. Participants will gain an understanding of how pressure affects performance, the links between confidence and attention, and strategies for managing pressure.

Winning Mind provides performance coaching, leadership training and selection services to Fortune 500 executives and management teams, professional and Olympic athletes, and elite military units and crime prevention organizations (including the FBI and US Army Special Operations Command).

Details:

• Location: The Tilted Kilt
• Address: 310 North 10th Avenue, San Diego (East Village), CA 92101
• Time: 6pm – 8pm
• Food: Appetizers will be provided

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