New member Phil Schwab is the Founder and Principal of Door 417 Consulting, an accounting, finance, and consulting firm specializing in the marketing communications industry. His work with global brands meshes well with accounting and financial expertise in advertising. Read More
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As a Junior, UNL Graphic Design major Jane Wanek has gained valuable internship experience in her field and as an AAF NE Student Ambassador. Her creativity shows in print deliverables, t-shirts she created, entrepreneurship, social media posts, and graphic design projects. Read More
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Armed with experience shooting live concert photography and a cool, two-year internship at Omaha advertising agency 1123, Joe Warren will graduate from UNL this December. He said “I love the many avenues you can take in graphic design like product and logo design, motion, and branding.” Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsMember Profiles
NEW WORK SERVING HOMELESS IN NEW MEXICO: Jeffrey Maciejewski, owner of Elemental WRITING+DESIGN, shares new work done for Interfaith Community Shelter. Read More
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Lincoln, Neb. (Nov. 14, 2023) – Jason Schmaderer and Patrick Finnegan are Swanson Russell’s newest executive vice presidents. As a result of their promotions, the two longtime agency leaders are now also members of the agency’s Executive Leadership Team. Read More
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Digital Advertising Taxes
The District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission has before it a proposal to extend the District’s sales tax to digital advertising services and the use of data. AAF and AAF-DC have sent a letter to the Commission explaining why such a proposal is bad public policy and the negative impact it would have on DC businesses. Read More
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It sounds cheesy but it’s true; when great minds come together, good things happen. AAF Nebraska brings individuals involved in advertising, marketing services, media and related businesses together for growth, service and fun. Our programming offers a mix of educational, service-based, community-focused, and downright fun opportunities to connect, develop and release with colleagues, competitors and friends. Check out upcoming events and area industry news in the latest issue of AdMuse. Read More
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Community Outreach team’s recent events recap: AAF Nebraska’s Community Outreach team of volunteers has created fun programming for college, high school, and elementary school students. Read More
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Ervin & Smith Celebrates 40 Years
The next era of Ervin & Smith: a letter from the President Read More
Heath Mello, President and CEO of the Greater Omaha Chamber announced to Chamber members on Monday, October 23, 2023 that the Chamber signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aksarben Foundation to assist them with InternNE Powered by Aksarben. This unique workforce initiative represents a $20 million collaboration between the Aksarben Foundation and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Read More
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On Friday, October 6, the firm announced an evolution of its own brand to reflect a view toward the future, rooted in the deep dives of account planning while offering the services that take clients’ brands to stratospheric heights.
With that as its starry backdrop, Zaiss & Company is now: Constellation Collective, powered by Zaiss & Co. Read More
OMAHA, NE (September 21, 2023) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced today Mud Mile Communications is one of America’s top 70 small businesses, selected from among a record-breaking 15,000+ applicants for its annual “America’s Top Small Business” Awards. Read More
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Connect. Advance. Flourish.
With more than 280 professional and student members, the American Advertising Federation Nebraska (AAF Nebraska) is the unifying voice for advertising throughout Nebraska and western Iowa.
AAF Nebraska offers an organization to educate, inspire and bring an inclusive sense of community to the advertising professionals of Nebraska so that we, and future generations, can continue to do the work we love.
Join AAF Nebraska for an upcoming professional development event or program. Read More
The American Advertising Foundation’s Mosaic Center Honors Organizations and Individuals Creating Impact for Multicultural Communities; Also Launches Inaugural Mosaic Awards Scholarship Fund to Support the Next Generation of Diverse Talent Read More
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Hello AAF Nebraska Members and Friends. As I officially start my year of Presidency, and our organization celebrates our third year as AAF Nebraska, I wanted to take a moment and share some thoughts on the upcoming year and highlight successes from our previous year. Read More
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Omaha, NE (August 24, 2023) – OBI Creative, a research-based, innovation-driven advertising agency, has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The list, which is published by Inc. magazine, is based on percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. Read More
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(Omaha, Neb. – August 16, 2023) – American Advertising Federation Nebraska (AAF Nebraska), honored the 2023 AAF Nebraska outstanding student members during the federation’s annual meeting. Scholarship winners and national student ADDY winners were on August 15th at the Venues at the Granary during AAF Nebraska’s annual meeting. Read More
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Lincoln, Neb. (August 15, 2023) – Swanson Russell has been selected as the marketing agency for Blue Ox, the Pender, Nebraska-based manufacturer of high-quality towing products. Blue Ox was founded in 1925 and has grown into an internationally respected maker of tow bars, baseplates, brakes, hitches, weight-distributing hitches, and 5th-wheel hitches for both commercial and recreational customers. Read More
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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Nursing, is issuing the following solicitation:
Center for Nursing Media Campaign RFP Read More
I recently delivered a keynote presentation on the topic of “AI Driven Success: Embracing the Future of Business Today” The presentation was well-received, and I have received numerous emails and messages from individuals interested in accessing the keynote and obtaining further information. In response to this demand, I decided to create a long-format blog post that expands on the content covered in the keynote. This blog post aims to provide a comprehensive resource for businesses looking to venture into the realm of AI. Thanks to all who attended! Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsPast Event Recaps
Senators Turn Attention to Privacy
July 27, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee passed two privacy bills aimed at teens and youth. The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), sponsored by Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) sponsored by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Both passed with broad bipartisan support. Read More
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One of my favorite parts of being at ADMERICA in St Louis last month was the opportunity to meet and spend quality time with so many of our outgoing and rising Chapter Presidents. Read More
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Back-to-School Ready: Save More When You Shop Online
Buying school supplies can prove costly, luckily your AAF member-only savings makes it easy for you to find good deals. Here’s how ODP makes back-to-school shopping simple: Read More
ADMERICA 2024 will be held in Salt Lake City, May 30– June 2, 2024 at The Grand America Hotel—an opulent European-style property in the heart of the city. Read More
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AAF is proud to share this year’s National Student Advertising Competition client is TIDE, the number one selling laundry detergent in the United States and globally. Read More
AAF National News
The National Advertising Division (NAD) annual conference, NAD 2023, brings together advertising and legal professionals, academic and industry experts, government officials, and businesses of all sizes to examine and explore the complications of navigating the dynamic advertising landscape, best practices and trends, and perspective on what’s coming next. Read More
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Our industry is one that changes at the speed of light. There is always something new to learn. AAF makes it easy for you to stay abreast of the latest and greatest impacting our group of innovators and creators.
One of the AAF Member Benefits is SmartBrief, a weekly delivery of the industry’s news straight to your inbox. Read More
The night before the ON Brand conference 2023, I sent LinkedIn messages to Ross Asdourian and several other presenters, a good way to meet before the buzz began.
Asking to connect, I referred to his “unexpected enthusiasm for otters” as listed in his biography and mentioned that our Henry Doorly Zoo had otters on display. I found it amusing that he mentioned a sea animal in his writeup. It seems that otter stories remain to be told or are better left unsaid. Read More
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As you know, multiple states have passed privacy laws in the first half of 2023. As a resource for AAF members, our partners at Venable and Privacy for America have created this document outlining the major provisions of each of the newly enacted state laws. These new laws are in addition to already existing privacy requirements in many states and add to the increasing complexity and challenges encountered by businesses and other organizations as they navigate the legal environment, and further underscores the need for a single national privacy law as supported by the AAF. Read More
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New York – July 6, 2023 – Basis Technologies, a leading provider of programmatic and workflow automation software for marketing and advertising, today announced the launch of a major curated marketplace in partnership of with Audigent, the leading data activation, curation and identity platform. Read More
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ON Brand Conference Brings Together Professionals for Purposeful Conversations and Meaningful Development
Four area professional networking groups team up to host unique event for advertising, communications, graphic design, marketing and PR professionals Read More
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New State Privacy Laws Enacted and Considered
Lawmakers in Florida and Texas have enacted new comprehensive state privacy laws. Read More
Read the latest issue of AdMuse for upcoming AAF Nebraska May and June events, programs and news. Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsAdMuse Archives
Meet Sophia Gilsdorf, a Visual Communication & Design student majoring in Graphic Design with a minor in Marketing Management at the University of Nebraska – Kearney (UNK). Sophia is from Falls City, NE and will graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UNK on May 19th. After graduation Sophia is planning to pursue a career in graphic design or marketing. Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsMember Profiles
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health, is issuing the following solicitation:
Service: Center for Nursing Media Campaign RFP Read More
“Light beer shouldn’t taste like water.” That’s the claim Molson Coors can no longer make in its advertising for Miller Lite beer. The Council of Better Business Bureaus’ National Programs’ National Advertising Review Board advised the brewer in an appeal case to stop making the claim, thus upholding a similar decision made by National Programs’ National Advertising Division. The NAD decision came about after the claim “Light beer shouldn’t taste like water. It should taste like beer” was challenged by Anheuser Busch. In their findings the NAD concluded that the claim made by Molson Coors was comparable (i.e., “tastes like water” compared to “does not taste like water”) and was therefore “measurable.” As such, the NAD determined that substantiation was required, a finding echoed by the NARB who concluded that “no substantiation for the claim was provided by Molson Coors, nor did it provide any consumer research regarding its argument that reasonable consumers would not take away a comparative claim.” Compliance with NARB’s and NAD’s decisions is voluntary; however, the CBBB reports a compliance rate of more than 95 percent. Read More
Legislative Issues
Action on state privacy issues remains quite hectic as many states reach the end of their 2023 legislative sessions.
New laws have been enacted in numerous states. Read More
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(Omaha, Neb. – May 1, 2023) – American Advertising Federation Nebraska (AAF Nebraska), announced winners of the 2023 AAF Nebraska Scholarships. In 1987, AAF Nebraska established two scholarship funds to honor students attending Creighton University, University of Nebraska Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of Nebraska at Kearney. Along with these foundation funds over the next 5 years the federation will award additional scholarships. Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsPress Releases
Every year, the American Advertising Federation Nebraska (AAF Nebraska) invites area nonprofit organizations to submit applications for assistance with the development of their advertising, public relations and marketing efforts. Read More
AAF Nebraska News
Thank you to our members and guests for joining AAF Nebraska at DJs Dugout on April 6th for AdWars. Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsPast Event Recaps
On March 23, seven AAF Nebraska members participated in the club’s Day Under the Dome. Read More
AAF Nebraska NewsLegislative IssuesPast Event Recaps
AAF’s March 23 Advertising Day on the Hill was a rousing success. Forty AAF members from 19 states and the District of Columbia attended. They were briefed by speakers from the Federal Trade Commission and advertising self-regulatory programs and learned about the important issues confronting the industry, including privacy and data security and preservation of the federal tax deductibility of advertising expenses. Read More
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AAF District 9’s American Advertising Awards judging was completed the week of March 21. Winners of the second tier of the three-tiered completion were notified on March 27 for student and professional entries. Judges were impressed with the work coming out of AAF District 9. All gold winners for the district level competitions were forwarded on to the National American Advertising Awards. Read More
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ONWARD AND UPWARD
My long time friend and colleague – John B. Osborn (a past AAF Board Chair, and a member of the AAF Board of Directors and Presidents Advisory Council) signs off all his emails with the line – “Onward and Upward.” I always find this encouraging and inspiring – no matter what the topic at hand is or what we are focused on. Read More
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We want you to be a part of Mosaic10, the consumer-selected list of the top advertising and multicultural moments of 2022. We’re looking for your help to identify and showcase the most impactful and creative campaigns that represent and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and representation. Read More
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The first academic study on the gender pay gap in advertising in more than 30 years has been launched by Jess Watts, Brand Director, and Nancy Wayne PhD, UCLA.
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Lincoln, Neb. (March 14, 2023) – Swanson Russell was recently honored with 15 awards at the 2023 AAF Celebrate Creative Nebraska Awards (The ADDYs), held February 10 at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska. Read More
AAF Nebraska News
We have outstanding communities of creative communications leaders throughout Nebraska. The purpose of AAF Nebraska is to keep that community thriving and to foster the next generation of advertising, marketing and communication professionals. Through events and programs, we educate, connect, and inspire great work–and we have a ton of fun doing it what we love. Read More
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Lincoln, Neb.(March 2, 2023) – Swanson Russell has been chosen by global ag and turf chemical product company Nufarm to lead their U.S. marketing efforts. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, Nufarm is a worldwide leader in herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and plant growth regulators for the ag, lawn care, golf and ornamental markets. Read More
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Join the American Advertising Federation March Adness NCAA Men’s Basketball Bracket Pool. Read More
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