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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 [...]


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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]