Seattle Agency "Harlem Shake" Video Battle

It's a goofy meme that's caught the internet's attention and is already dying a quick death. But as the latest virtual shiny object, the Harlem Shake is momentarily fascinating, especially when local Seattle-area agencies post their own fancy, costumed moves.

We've noticed these agency videos also come with a healthy dose of pride. And agency pride leads to trash-talking. And trash-talking leads to competing agency Shake videos, which leads to VIDEO BATTLES!

So we thought it would be fun to promote a healthy competition via social media under the hashtag #AAFHarlemBattle and compile these videos and the tweets supporting them into a Storify page where everyone can decide for themself which agency has the best moves. We don't know how many entries we'll get before this burns itself out but it should be fun while it lasts.

Check out the current lineup.

If your team wants in on the action, just share your video or trash-talk on our Facebook wall, or tweet it with #AAFHarlemBattle, and we'll be sure to add it.

Speaker Series: Women in Creativity

6:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 27th at Hotel 1000.

Women are a huge part of the workforce in the creative services industry yet recent reports indicate that for all their effort and accomplishments women are dramatically underrepresented in power positions, making up just 3-4% of agency creative leaders.

We've assembled some of Seattle's successful creative women who have been there and done that to tell us about their hiccups and accomplishments as they have navigated their careers in the industry.

Join us for an honest discussion about topics including:

• Why is it important that women have better representation in the creative departments of advertising agencies?
• What keeps women from getting into the creative side? Does the perception of a men's club mentality keep them out?
• Do you have to be a bitch?
• Is motherhood a career killer?
• Are we in this together?
• Women can't do this alone. How can men help?

Panelists:

Mary Knight - Executive Creative Director, Hydrogen

Kerry Antezana - Creative Director/Copywriter, Freelance

Mary Olson - Brand Director, Seattle University

Laurie Fritts - Creative Director/Copywriter, Freelance

MC:

Hillary Miller - VP, Global Strategic Services Director, Wunderman

Speaker list for AAF Seattle Speaker Series: Women in Creativity on Lanyrd

Prizes!

We'll also be holding a raffle for great prizes from our sponsors, including an acupuncture session from Blissful Healing Arts, a full hair treatment from Savoir Faire, and a dozen custom thank you notes from Farewell Paperie.

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 - Cocktail hour

6:30-7:45 - Host-led panel discussion

8:00-9:00 - Networking and socializing

Cost:

$10 - AAF Seattle Members

$20 - Non-members

$30 - Door

Light food is included in the ticket price. Cash bar available.

Links:

RSVP on Facebook

See related links, videos, tweets and panelist info on Storify

Tweet and Instagram with #AAFWomen to be included in the Storify and social stream

Let your social contacts know your plans to attend on Plancast

Get event info and track panelists, the MC and us with Lanyrd

Sponsors:

Farewell Paperie, Savoir Faire, Tacoma Rainiers, and Blissful Healing Arts.

Chalk Talk: Super Bowl Ad Replay 2013

AAF Seattle and PSAMA co-host our annual Chalk Talk Super Bowl Ad Replay at 5:30 p.m.,  February 7th, at 415 Westlake.

Chalk Talk is your chance to hear a panel of ad industry pros praise and tear down what we all saw during time outs in the big game, discussing new trends and questioning strategies in an interactive discussion including the audience.

New This Year

Even more pre-panel fun. We're bringing the tailgate experience indoors, with games and activities straight from the parking lot!

New Audible Ale

We'll be pouring Redhook Ale Brewery's brand new Audible Ale all night - included in the ticket price! Be among the first in the nation to enjoy the beer brewed in cooperation with The Dan Patrick Show.

Win a GoPro Camera

Hand Crank Films will be giving away a GoPro HD camera to a lucky winner.

Panel:

Frank Clark, Creative Director - Square Tomato

Paul Huggett, Design Director - Tether

Mike Hayward, Creative Director - Copacino+Fujikado

Chris Elliott, Executive Creative Director - Wunderman

Jeff Hasen, CMO - Hipcricket

MC:

Chris Copacino - Copacino+Fujikado

Sponsors:

Hand Crank Films, The Seattle Times, Redhook Ale Brewery, and Shake Bartenders.

To get our event and Super Bowl ad-related news, Like the Chalk Talk Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.

Update

on 2013-02-15 16:47

If you attended Chalk Talk, please let us know what you thought by filling out this survey.

Speaker Series: Untangling Social Media Analytics

We've got a huge event planned for Wednesday, January 23rd, at leading local social media agency Banyan Branch.

Come for a discussion about making sense of and opportunities from all that social data you've got piling up. Whether you're a seasoned analytics vet or you're struggling to make sense of it all, there will be plenty of gems to take home and execute.

Panelists include data experts from analytic tool providers Sysomos, Radian6 Marketing Cloud, Traackr, and Simply Measured, all moderated by Banyan CEO Dave Hanley.

Light apps, beer and wine will be provided by catering sponsors Metropolitan Market Catering and Shake Bartenders.

More info and tickets: http://j.mp/AAFAnalytics

Update on 2013-01-25 00:44

Thanks to everyone for their participation in pulling off a great evening! Please help us improve our events by filling out our super short survey (only two required questions) on our Facebook page. (Use this link if you're on a mobile device).

Under Construction

Welcome to the shell of our new website. It's clearly not ready but we just got so dang sick of the old site we couldn't take it anymore.

It's raw and unfinished. The colors are off-brand. We know. Don't judge. Let's just pretend it's cute in the meantime and then we'll never speak of this again.

The good part is we'll be making lots of frequent changes. So check back in to see our progress. We're going to try to impress you.

In the meantime, enjoy the lo-fi. Try not to get too attached.