Brand, Creativity, and Media
The craft of marketing and its connection to innovative experiences and media represents the centerpiece for potential growth.
By improving their effectiveness through innovation, staying true to a brand's purpose, and shifting to a "Brands for Humans" mindset, marketers will build the foundation for long-term business growth and brand value.
The ANA’s Approach
Whether the key to your brand's success is purpose-driven marketing, delving into the latest creative trends, or addressing media transparency, we offer a robust selection of workshops, committees, events, and marketing intelligence you need to drive growth today and in the future.
CMO Growth Council
The CMO Growth Council was established in 2018 to assemble the most vibrant, diverse, and dynamic force of chief marketers from some of the world’s most successful brands. Its ultimate aim is to support the international community with a first-of-its-kind roadmap for driving business growth through marketing.
Agenda Items
This growth priority directly influences key industry concerns the ANA is addressing to drive business, brand, and industry growth.
Latest Content
Articles, insights, research, and more to advance your marketing and advertising.
Trends and Technology
How Do Marketers Fix Broken Agency-Client Relations?
Stephanie McCarty, chief marketing and communications officer at Taylor Morrison, didn't intend to spark an industrywide debate when she dropped an article on LinkedIn detailing her frustrations with ad agencies. She received a mouthful in return from brand and agency reps alike and now has a much sharper sense of how both sides can enhance their relations and spark better outcomes.
Knowledge Partners
System 1 Thinking: Why It Matters for Your Brand Strategy
Brandtrust founder Daryl Travis explains why brands can’t overlook consumers’ “nonconscious” behaviors.
Pulse
These In-House Campaigns Successfully Leveraged Collaborations
Partnerships and collaborations between different brands and/or creators can significantly improve consumer engagement, loyalty, and preference. Whether collaborating on a swag line or creating a video series with a creator, brand activations can powerfully provide experiences, memorable moments, and delight.
Featured Events
National, regional, and online events to help you learn and grow throughout the year.
Training
Equipping marketers with the skills they need to advance their careers, their brands, and the industry.
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Half Day)
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Virtual Open Enrollment)
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Virtual)
Webinars
Committees
Bringing marketers together to learn from each other and debate new approaches and solutions to industry hurdles.
A benefit of ANA membership, committee meetings feature a mix of member case studies, perspective from outside experts, and benchmarking/best-practice sharing that drive thought leadership on key industry issues. Each ANA committee meets three to four times per year and can be attended in person or remotely. Depending on the committee, 10 to 30 participants may attend — big enough for diversity of opinion, yet small enough for more intimate exchanges.
- Ethics Policy Committee
- Nonprofit Organizations Committee
- Analytics & Data Science Committee
- Data & Direct Marketing Committee
- B2B Committee