Go earn that GED and trash your crappy job
Creativity
The Ad Council and director Bo Platt make a potent, straightforward case for getting a GED: It can help break down barriers and lead to better jobs. Offended wait-staff, grocery-store [...]
VIDEO: Tina Fey celebrates Ad Council work
Creativity
Tina Fey emceed the Ad Council's annual dinner last Wednesday. Here's a video of her amusing opening remarks, in which she bemoans NBC's fourth-place ratings ("Actually, we're in ninth place [...]
PSAs try to drag kids to the Great Outdoors
Creativity
The U.S. Forest Service, the Ad Council and Euro RSCG Tonic have created a PSA campaign designed to reconnect tweens with nature, even though most of them would probably prefer [...]
PSAs battle drunk driving with grim humor
Creativity
Mullen and the Ad Council successfully walk a fine line in these anti-drunk-driving spots. Using humor to draw attention to such a charged issue can be tricky, and in the [...]
Adopted teens want their laundry just right
Creativity
This Ad Council spot by Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, promoting adoption, does well to avoid the kind of too-cute-for-words approach (adorable kids with perfect teeth) or gut-wrenching guilt trips (adorable [...]
BBDO reaches out to Iraq, Afghanistan vets
Creativity
BBDO New York and the Ad Council have created a powerful new campaign for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. The ads aim to address the mental-health consequences of [...]