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Follow OPA’s Bookmarks Awards twitter feed

By Theresa Vitale
Thursday, August 6th, 2009

For news and updates on what’s happening with the OPA’s second annual Bookmarks awards, follow us http://www.twitter.com/TheBookmarks

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Bookmarks Judges Announced

By Theresa Vitale
Thursday, July 30th, 2009

International digital and creative luminaries to judge Bookmarks 09
 
The Bookmarks, South Africa’s premier annual digital awards, has once again secured two leading international digital figureheads to lead the judging panel; Fernanda Romano, Global Creative Director for Digital and Experiential at Euro RSCG, and Chris Colborn, Chief Experience Officer at R/GA New York.

Fernanda Romano is [...]

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Exclusive invitation to OPA/FNB Cannes Digital Panel

By Theresa Vitale
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Dear Member
This is an exclusive invitation to attend a Free Panel Discussion on Cannes: The Impact of Digital, hosted by OPA in partnership with FNB. The Panel will be moderated by Tony Koenderman and takes place on the 3rd of August, 3pm to 5pm at FNB Learning Centre in Sandown.  Please rsvp by 27 July: [...]

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Note from OPA Chairman

By Adrian Hewlett
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Hi everyone
Having spent a week in Cannes for the annual advertising awards week in June, I am pleased to say that nothing could have been more encouraging for our digital industry.
Having attended this fantastic event over the last few years, I have watched with a great deal of interest as digital has evolved - from [...]

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How a simple geek gathering could make the local Internet better

By Colin Daniels
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Let me start off by saying that the inaugural Geek Retreat that took place this past weekend (19-21 June 2009) at the beautiful Elephant Sanctuary in Hartebeestpoort wasn’t so much about geeks, Internet professionals, tech journalists, and entrepreneurs getting together and having a good chinwag over a single malt and blazing bonfire as it was [...]

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