Portrait of Max Lenderman

Max Lenderman

Max Lenderman is CEO of Mudfarm Ventures, a founding member of the World Experience Organization and teaches at University of Colorado Boulder and Denver Ad School. He is a member of the Adweek Academic Council.

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Has Brand Purpose Lost Its Luster, or Just Grown Up?

Voice

The focus has moved beyond the storytelling to the story-doing.

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For Purpose Marketing to Work, Start With Invertising

Voice

Recalibrate internal messaging to rally your great asset—your talent.

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Experiential Marketing Helps to Productize Brand Purpose

Voice

Brands are struggling to bring their impact from the 'why' to the 'how.'

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Brands (and Agencies) Can Do Better Than Platitudes and Statements, Especially Now

Voice

Agencies can do better at their own response to both the pandemic and racism.

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A Prediction for Agencies in 2020: The Industry Will Delve Further Into Brand Purpose

Voice

The opportunity 2020 presents is the ability for brands and companies to present and establish their integrity credentials to their customers.

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It’s Time Brands Add Genuine Consciousness Into Their Marketing Mix

Voice

Rather than focusing only on potential profits.

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Cannabis Brands Need to Establish a Purpose That Doesn’t Rely on Puns

Voice

Venturing into experiential is one way to do that.

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How to Avoid Having Your Experiential Marketing Become Programmatic

Brand Marketing

Poorly executed experiences are like a pre-roll ad you can’t free yourself from.

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3 Ways Agencies Can Remain Relevant in an Ever-Changing Industry

Agencies

Being in advertising tends to be perilous.

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How a Chief Purpose Officer Can Bring Internal Alignment to the C-Suite

Agencies

They'll lay out agency intentions and bridge the gap between CEO and COO.