• Talk To Teens About 'Birds, Bees And The STDs'
    The Women's Fund of Omaha and the Adolescent Health Project launches its latest creative effort educating teens about the STD epidemic in Douglas County, Neb. The "Birds, Bees and the STDs" is a 2:30 online video that takes a lighthearted approach to a serious subject that parents have a hard time broaching with their kids. The animated rap video educates teens about STDs like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis and ways to prevent contracting them. An accompanying website houses an interactive quiz and resources to help parents talk to their kids. This is the …
  • Wonderful Halos Celebrate Kids Making Smart Life Decisions
    I sometimes feel that I eat my weight in Wonderful Halos. I can't be the only adult, right? The brand spent a cool $30 million on "Good Choice, Kid," which has been running in heavy rotation for the past few months. Two 30-second ads applaud kids who make smart life decisions like not spending the night with creepy twins inside their doll-obsessed house, or an alternate ending to "Snow White," where the young princess is offered to trade snacks, but the apple talks! A pair of 15-second ads feature a girl who refuses …
  • 'Make Yourself Visible' By Joining Flirt.com
    Add Flirt.com to your list of recently debuted dating sites. The company launched in Norway last year and is making its presence known stateside with a 30-second ad using the tagline: "Make yourself visible." The ad stars a man seemingly invisible to women because he's not on Flirt.com. At the bar, in the park, even at the office, the guy might as well have his invisibility cloak on. Frustrated, he joins Flirt.com and goes out with the woman he saw in the park.
  • Oprah's OWN Digital Launches First App, 'Bold Moves'
    Random iPhone App of the week: Is there anything Oprah can't do? OWN Digital created its first mobile game for iPhone and iPad, "Bold Moves." The free app combines a color-matching theme like Candy Crush with solving a puzzle, like "Wheel of Fortune." The word puzzle plays off Winfrey's love of inspirational quotes, so expect to read mantras like "Live the life you want" or "Trade your expectation for appreciation." RED Games, a division of RED Interactive Agency, created the app, downloadable here.
  • NEW! In Honor Of International Women's Day, Wall Street's Charging Bull Meets 'Fearless Girl'
    All you need is love, so get your flirt on. Let's launch!
  • NEW! Adults With Kid Voices: HARIBO's Version Of Boardroom Meetings
    I belly laugh each time I watch this ad -- and given the media buy, I laugh often. HARIBO launched "Boardroom," where company execs discuss their love for HARIBO Gold-Bears. The kick is the adults have kid voices, which makes this entire ad a riot. Running in the U.S. and U.K., the 30-second spot looks serious, with well-dressed execs seated in a conference room. But with the first open mouth, an adorable kids' voice emerges, setting a lighthearted, can't-keep-a-straight-face tone, while you watch the adults light up with joy when discussing the colorful gummy …
  • NEW! Milk: The Perfect Beverage Post-Workout
    Milk does a body good, so it's OK to enjoy a cold glass on a daily basis. Dairy Farmers of Canada launched a TV campaign that embraces milk as a reward following a spirited game of ice hockey, or anything in general. "Hockey," part of the "Pour A Tall Cold One" campaign, begins on a icy pond, with a easygoing game of hockey. The ad plays like a commercial for a beer brand. When the game concludes, the men head to their local dive hangout to drink cold glasses of milk. "It doesn't get …
  • NEW! Sleep = Power In Tempur-Pedic Campaign
    Knowledge is power and a good night's sleep is priceless. "Tempur-Pedic Sleep Is Power" is a nationwide campaign starring actual owners of Tempur-Pedic beds sharing how uninterrupted sleep helps them perform better in their daily lives. The first ad feature Andy Stumpf, a military freefall instructor, who was a Navy SEAL for 17 years. He has 30 pieces of shrapnel in one leg, so a Tempur-Pedia mattress allows him to continue working for the military and sleep soundly on the side where the shrapnel remains. He recently set a world record for the farthest …
  • NEW! Augmented Reality Love Balloons Are In The Air, Promoting BAMPFA Exhibit
    To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is bringing the spirit of the '60s into the tech age with "Free the Love," an augmented reality app launching with its new exhibition, "Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia." Created by Adobe and Goodby Silverstein & Partners, the free app lets people in the Bay Area release augmented-reality "love balloons" into the air, with personal messages of peace and love. Using a phone's camera, people can search the skies for love balloons released by …
  • United Network for Organ Sharing Launches Emotional Bucket List With A Twist PSA
    Make sure you have tissues at the ready before watching this PSA for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). In the 60-second spot, viewers follow a grown man who dyes his hair blue, rocks a Mohawk, goes skinny-dipping, backpacking and plays drums for a punk band. Is the man having a mid-life crisis? Not at all. He's fulfilling the bucket list of a teenager whose heart is now keeping him alive. The spot ends with one last to-do item: do more for Mom. The man visits the teen's mom and does chores around …
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