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We are in a time where words are being drummed out by action. Beautiful phrases and empty promises all things related to cause marketing and social responsibility are getting outed with regularity as WHAT you do and HOW you do it rightfully becomes more important than WHAT you say. A great example surfaced in the …
We have seen so much activity from teams and leagues and athletes regarding getting out the vote for the coming election, and the messages continue to grow as we head toward November. On October 1, the Brooklyn Nets even took to the streets, literally, with a double decker bus encouraging people to both register for …
Next in the series of thought pieces we have worked on for MVP Index While the return to play has brought us a Sports equinox times six in September, with something for any fan from cornhole to NASCAR, the WNBA to the PBR, the NFL to the NBA Finals to college football, the sad reality …
I’ve been doing some writing for our colleagues at MVP Index recently…below is a piece on cause with some great data we pulled together…you can find all their great work at MVP Index Insights. Social responsibility and cause marketing have been a growing part of the ROI mix for brands for several years. Not the …
Maybe those who say social distancing and wearing a mask doesn’t matter are right and this is all just going to go away on November 4. But this week we have now had the Metropolitan Opera say there will be no season in 2021…the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Times Square New Year’s Eve will …
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” Lester Bangs (Phillip Seymor Hoffman), Almost Famous It is the 20th anniversary of the cult film Almost Famous, and it has brought with it everything from Zoom interviews to podcasts to a host of retrospectives on the …
So who do you believe? A few weeks ago, an ESPN related independent poll showed that 71 percent of fans were in favor of athletes taking a stand on social justice issues. This week a poll by Gallup conducted over the last year claims that sports in general, largely driven by athlete activism, has plummeted. …
It is still there. And today it is more relevant than ever before…especially since today was World Suicide Prevention Day. There it was on the side of a phone kiosk in midtown Manhattan two years ago, a large picture of Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps. Another ad for Speedo or Subway or Under Armour, as …
“What is essential to life is invisible to the eye.” Fred Rogers I caught this random line from the late Fred Rogers during a rebroadcast of the PBS documentary on his amazing life on Sunday, and it struck me as so important as we turn the page and head down the home stretch of this …
Other than politicians, he may be the most quoted, and even mis-quoted man in America over the last 100 years. His name adorns the championship trophy of the league he helped grow from a sports afterthought to the leader of a multi-billion dollar industry, We pause to remember the 59th anniversary of the passing of Vince …