APG Planning Idol finalists announced
The C0mmunications Council has announced the finalists for APG Planning Idol.
The announcement:
18 planning talents have been shortlisted to run for the 2011 Planning Idol title.
Selected from 52 entries, they now go on to present in front of a panel of judges for a chance to pitch their breakthrough ideas.
This year’s contestants were tasked to create a strategy for One Laptop per Child Australia, moving people, business and the government to actively support the work of OLPC in providing access to education for children in remote areas of Australia.
“Besides the obvious chance of getting awarded for outstanding planning, this is the finalists chance to bounce ideas off a panel of respected leaders in our field. We’ll be looking for ideas that are powerful enough to create the long term behavioural change OLPC is after,” said Sudeep Gohil, APG Chairman.
The stage Two Judges include Rangan Srikhanta – CEO One Laptop per Child, Naren Sanghrajka – Droga5, Russ Mitchinson – DDB & APG’s Deputy Chairman, Anna Barnwell – BMF (the 2009 APG Idol) Howard Parry-Husbands – Pollinate, Sandy Oldham – Sandy Oldham Consulting and APG’s Sudeep Gohil – Droga5.
The 2011 competition attracted 52 entries from five states, across creative, account management and planning, double the entries of the inaugural year in 2007, and a steady increase above the 34 entries in 2009. The finalists are from Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.
The Planning Idol award night will be held in Sydney at Lo-Fi Bar, Taylor Square on Thursday 6 October, tickets are available here.
The 2011 Planning Idol winner will get the chance to attend the 2012 AAAA Planning Conference in the US, where planners from top advertising and marketing firms gather to discuss the state of the industry.
APG Planning Idol is held biannually and is generously supported by Sandy Oldham consulting. The Call for Entry was launched with the help of the team from The Hallway.
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The finalists
Hayley Parker
James Pick
Candice Pendergast
Catherine Mellon
Hugh Munro
Henry Kember
Alex Ryan
Cassie Tanner
Tobey Duncan
Mark Krebs
Corvette Cross
Jacqueline Nunns
Natalie Skovron
Michaela Brown
Vickie Hewes
Bridget Bussell
Lilian Sor
Jon Deves
