I’ve written about it a couple of times before: It’s incredibly difficult to be a busy working professional in advertising and marketing while learning new skills or keeping up with technology and trends. So if going back to school full-time isn’t feasible, what options are there besides the costly Hyper Island Master Class? Enter Miami [...]

A little confessional today: So I’m teaching a five-week “Intro to Ad Copywriting” class at Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts. It’s only a five-session course, part of a “Summer Boot Camp” for the business. It’s not much time. So we’re starting with the basics: Headline writing, concepting, making persuasive arguments. We’ll move into visual thinking, [...]

Being in Atlanta, where Savannah College of Art and Design has a growing presence, I get a sense they’re all about making big moves. Well here’s another one: Starting in the fall, Luke Sullivan becomes chair of its Advertising department. From the press release: As department chair, Sullivan will be responsible for guiding the faculty, [...]

Camille Paglia’s writing is a pleasure to read. Her latest contribution to The Chronicle of Higher Education chops academia off at the knee. Jobs, and the preparation of students for them, should be front and center in the thinking of educators. The idea that college is a contemplative realm of humanistic inquiry, removed from vulgar [...]