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Last Hurdle
WELCOME TO THE FINAL PHASE OF ADVERTISING
SELLING THE WORK. IT REQUIRES A WHOLE DIFFERENT SKILL SET. SKILLS NOT TAUGHT IN AD SCHOOLS AND ONLY LEARNED THE HARD, SLOW WAY IN MOST AGENCIES. LAST HURDLE...
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TRAINING — Last Hurdle
LAST HURDLE IS ALL ABOUT RAISING YOUR GAME, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL PRESENTER YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU’RE STRUGGLING, YOU’RE PROBABLY MISSING THE FUNDAMENTALS. THAT’S A QUICK FIX. GOING FROM GOOD TO G...
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WHO — Last Hurdle
KERRY FEUERMAN - CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Any good presenter knows the first thing you sell is yourself. So here’s my story: My professional life began as a helicopter pilot. That didn’t seem dangerous enoug...
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DANGER: UXB — Last Hurdle
by Kerry Feuerman
After 30 years of presenting creative work, I can now say with a reasonable degree of certainty that in nearly every audience there’s at least one UXB. The more people in the room, t...
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DEATH BY PHONE — Last Hurdle
by Kerry Feuerman
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, he had no idea that one day it would become an instrument of death. If you’ve ever presented creative work over the phone, ...
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WHY? — Last Hurdle
THE PRESENTER IS THE TIE-BREAKER
THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN YOUR WORK AND THEIR WORK ARE EQUALLY GOOD. WHETHER YOU’RE A CREATIVE TEAM COMPETING AGAINST OTHER TEAMS OR A CREATIVE DIRECTOR GOING UP AGAINS...