The AAF-Black Hills is pleased to announce three of its local ADDY® award winning entries have received Silver ADDY® recognition at the district level.
The ADDY® Awards Competition is a three-tiered national competition conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation. The competition begins at the local club level, with all Gold and select Silver winners moving on to be judged against all local winners in the district, with the top district winners judged on a national platform. [click to read more]
The American Advertising Federation of the Black Hills is seeking applications from students pursuing a degree in advertising or related fields. The $500 scholarship will be awarded to a full-time post-secondary student pursuing a degree in advertising or related fields in South Dakota. Applicants will be evaluated by their employment experience, internships, school and community activities and volunteer work. The work need not necessarily relate to advertising. [click to read more]
The AAF-Black Hills presented its 2010 ADDY Awards for advertising creative excellence Thursday, February 18 at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Rapid City. This annual dinner and awards presentation was attended by over 160 individuals of the local advertising and media businesses. [click to read more]
Local Students Get Glimpse into Advertising Industry
Local non-profit group American Advertising Federation of the Black Hills is pleased to announce its First Annual Student Summit to be held March 16th in Rapid City.
The Student Summit will provide local college students the opportunity to network with and learn from local marketing and advertising professionals through a marketing competition, speakers, business tours and a question and answer session. [click to read more]
The American Advertising Federation – Black Hills (AAF-Black Hills) is entrusted each year to take on and create an advertising campaign for a local non-profit organization. These organizations are the recipients of the combined talents and skills of the AAF-Black Hills members. New this year, a second non-profit organization was selected to benefit from the Student Summit Marketing Competition. These talented local college students will compete in March with ready-to-implement plans.
This year’s selection for the Public Service Campaign will be the Lakota Circles of Hope. For the last two years, Lakota Elders, educators, and the Catholic Social Services staff have worked together to create a culturally specific prevention program for the Second through Fifth grade students on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations. It is the mission of LCH to teach these students how to make healthy positive choices using Lakota traditions, culture, and values.
The selection for the Student Summit Marketing Competition will be the Sturgis Center for the Arts. Michelle Grosek, and her staff of volunteers strive to make the arts a daily “habit “ for students of all ages. Over the last five and a half years, the Sturgis Center for the Arts has seen the benefits of providing a secure place where people can express their artistic passion or simply work out some of the daily stress in their lives. Their mission is to provide an environment of learning and appreciation of the arts.
The AAF-Black Hills is a volunteer association composed of members of the advertising, marketing, and business community. In addition to the annual Public Service Campaign, AAF-Black Hills holds monthly luncheon meetings and networking socials from September to April. In February, the AAF-Black Hills hosts the Black Hills Advertising Awards competition and the Silver Medal Award.
Thank you to our Sponsor, Security First Bank.
Local non-profit group ‘American Advertising Federation of the Black Hills’ brings in Billie Jo Waara from Lawrence & Schiller to talk about the recent Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Economic Impact Study.
With the help of the South Dakota Office of Tourism’s Million Dollar Challenge Program and support from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, several South Dakota private sector businesses, Black Hills area chambers of commerce and local municipalities, an economic impact study on the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally became a reality in 2009.
Since the data from the economic impact study has been collected, compiled and analyzed, MTA has developed a strategic marketing plan for launch in early 2010, which will include the utilization of social networking sites, email blasts and direct mail communications, as well as cable network programming and other more traditional advertising media. Join us to hear the results of the study.
According to Jim Burgess, partner at Black Hills and Sturgis Harley-Davidson, the true economic impact of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has never actually been calculated. “This event (the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally) is without a doubt the largest event in South Dakota – and it spreads throughout the entire state, east to west, north to south,” said Burgess. “We guess at the attendance numbers and we know what kind of revenue goes into the state’s coffers from the sales tax filed by temporary merchants who are here for the Rally, but that’s just a fraction of it.”
Burgess went on to say that revenue from private party Rally home rentals, homes that are sold to individuals who come to the Black Hills for the Rally, businesses that move to South Dakota due to the Rally, along with other examples, make him believe that the economic impact of the Rally reaches far beyond what we currently perceive.
AAF-Black Hills would like to thank our program sponsor Security First Bank.
This luncheon program is FREE for AAF-Black Hills members, $30 for non-mem¬bers, $20 for students and includes lunch. RSVP by January 15th by clicking here or emailing info@aafblackhills.org or calling 605-863-2186.
Location: Hampton Inn of Rapid City, 1720 Rapp St
Date: Tuesday January 19th, 2010
Time: 11:30-1:00
Click here for more information and to RSVP.
No longer will South Dakota businesses be excluded from Google’s “Seminars for Success” (closest one’s held are in Denver and Minneapolis). The local chapter of the American Advertising Federation will host their second Shirt Sleeve Seminar series featuring Josh Barsch, owner of StraightForwardMedia in Rapid City. [click to read more]
American Advertising Federation-Black Hills (AAF-Black Hills) names Robert Sharp the 2010 Silver Medal Award Recipient.
Robert Sharp, 2010 Silver Medal Recipient
The American Advertising Federation Silver Medal Award is given to a member in the community that has made outstanding contributions to advertising and has been active in furthering the industry’s standards. The Silver Medal Award is considered by the American Advertising Federation and the AAF-Black Hills as the highest honor to be bestowed upon a practitioner by his/her peers.
This year the AAF-Black Hills is proud to announce that Robert Sharp, owner of Robert Sharp & Associates Advertising Agency in Rapid City has been named the 2010 Silver Medal Award Winner. [click to read more]
During this season of giving AAF-Black Hills has decided to do something a bit different this month and are opting out of our usual Holiday Party Luncheon.
Along with bringing in another top-notch speaker we will be collecting wrapped gifts for the Catholic Social Services Toy Drive. These gifts will be given to members of disadvantaged families in the area just in time for Christmas. If you would like to donate please feel free to bring a wrapped gift to put under the tree at our December Luncheon on December 15, 2009.
Here is a short list of gifts they are in need of:
• Adult Mothers
• Girls Ages 3-17
• Adult Fathers
• Boys Ages 3-14
We recommend a $20-25 gift for an individual listed above. Please add the age and gender on the tag.
About Catholic Social Services
Catholic Social Services (CSS) was founded in 1971. The agency mission is to provide professional Social Services to people of all socio-economic, ethnic, and religious affiliations in western SD.
We offer mental health counseling, youth prevention services, educational programs, birth parent and adoption services, and put special emphasis on reaching out to the economically disadvantaged populations in our region.
At CSS, we work with people struggling with life’s varied circumstances. Whether problems are large or small, our professional counselors are here to help. We offer individual, family, marriage and group counseling in Rapid City and our outreach offices. Catholic Social Services also works closely with the United Way of the Black Hills.
