Topic: Culture
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Mark Frederickson lives in Southern Maine now, but he grew up in Topsfield in a family that loved the Red Sox. How much did they love the team? He’s been to 50 straight Opening Day games at Fenway Park.
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When you are in fifth grade and the teacher announces, in front of the class, that the principal would like to see you in his office, the feeling is beyond uncomfortable. It was April 4, 1969, at Proctor School in Topsfield. My face went red as the wheels turned in…
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According to Merriam-Webster, empowerment is defined as the authority or power given to someone to do something. As far as definitions go – this one is exceptionally vague. But that’s exactly it. Empowerment presents itself in all sorts of ways and through people from all walks of life. Earlier this…
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When I was in my twenties I read the book Men Are From Mars, Women are From Venus and many excerpts have remained top of mind over the years. This quote in particular has stuck with me: “Men need to remember that when women seem upset and talk about problems..
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I am out of the office traveling from 2/16-2/25 and will have only limited access to email. In case of emergency please contact my assistant Cassandra cmurray@ctpboston.com. For CTP business, please contact Steve Angel sangel@ctpboston.com. I never liked the Out of Office email. So dry, lacking in any real emotion…
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Back in the mid-1980s singer-songwriter Bob Geldof, from the Irish new wave band the Boomtown Rats, penned a song called “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” He wrote it to bring attention to the famine in Ethiopia, and recruited a Who’s Who of British and Irish artists – Boy George, Sting,…
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Grant Pace, Executive Creative Director and Partner, shares his story about an end-of-summer family vacation to the Carolinas, which included making memories and learning more about how people live their lives.
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CTP partner and executve creative director Grant Pace is quoted in Sports Illustrated’s Super Bowl Preview issue. Grant, who helped create and write the Bud Bowl campaign, offers his take on the Anheuser-Busch “Respect” spot that followed 9/11.
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As advertisers and viewers gear up for the Super Bowl ad wave, Sports Illustrated looked back at the iconic Bud Bowl ads, considered among the most memorable Super Bowl spots of all time. SI goes behind the scenes of how they were made. The piece features our own Grant Pace, who wrote the spots. Check…
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The Boston Globe’s and BetaBoston’s Download section profiled Will Claflin, CTP’s digital storyteller who brings digital, video and music together to tell great stories for our clients.