Bill Duggan

Sir Isaac Newton was sent home from Cambridge in 1665 due to the Great Plague of London, and used the time to develop theories on calculus, optics, and gravity. The ANA’s Bill Duggan shares how he used this as inspiration throughout the year to help contribute to the ANA Growth Agenda.

This year celebrates the 20th annual ANA Multicultural Excellence Awards, a true milestone year for the program. The ANA’s Bill Duggan shares his memories of the early days of this landmark awards program, as well as this year’s notable achievements.

Since 2014, the ANA has surveyed its members to identify the marketing word of the year. The ANA’s Marketing Word of the Year for 2020 is particularly representative of a year marked by the ravages caused throughout the world by the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice issues.

The ANA just held our Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference, presented by Pandora. Despite being virtual this year, the conference was filled with rich learning. Below are Bill Duggan’s takeaways for select sessions.

For the third consecutive year, the ANA and AIMM are releasing “A Diversity Report for the Advertising/Marketing Industry.” The ANA’s Bill Duggan shares his highlights.

As we approach the 22nd annual ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference, it’s a good time to step back and reflect on news from the past year that is relevant to multicultural marketing and diversity. Here’s ANA Group EVP Bill Duggan’s top ten list.

Our annual Advertising Financial Management Conference was held last week — virtually of course — and the ANA’s Bill Duggan attended for the twentieth year in a row! Here are some of the learnings he took away from the conference.

The ANA’s Bill Duggan recently spoke with Bob Dixon, product technology innovation director at the United States Postal Service, for an ANA event. This Q&A has been lightly edited.

The ANA just held our Media and Measurement Conference, virtually of course, presented by A+E Networks. Bill Duggan shares key takeaways from each of the speakers at the conference.

The ANA has partnered with the 4A’s to develop best practice guidelines for agency search consultants. These guidelines are intended to align the interests of marketers and agencies around agency searches and make the process clear and beneficial for all parties.

Last week ANA released our initial list of “Certified Diverse Suppliers for Advertising and Marketing.” The list consists of more than 100 companies — agencies, media, production, promotion, research, and more.