BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//aai.ie//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:0000 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6086StOhnF@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Presentation \;by Billy Hawkes\, Data Protection Commission er\nA copy of his presentation is available in the Members Centre - just c lick on the Toolkit Seminar Presentations tab DTSTART:20090603T080000 DTEND:20090603T093000 SUMMARY:Data Protection & Privacy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-60912EAbE3@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:June Duffy provided AAI Members with guidance on \;both in terms of Personal Optimisation and Team Motivation.\nA copy of her present ation is available in the Members Centre - just click on the \;Toolkit Seminar Presentations tabJune Duffy is a psychologist consultant speciali sing in the area of organisational and individual development. June has be en working with leaders and managers for 20 years helping them uncover the ir potential and realise their leadership capability. Having spent many ye ars as HR Director and Change Manager for a variety of international compa nies\, June has extensive experience in the area of organisational change\ , strategic HR\, leadership development and executive coaching.She is prog ramme leader for the Coach Institute of Ireland's diploma in \;busines s\, executive and personal coaching. She is also an Associate Consultant w ith the Tavistock Institute\, London and is part of the Diageo's Executive Coaching faculty.\nFor more details see \;http://www.juneduffy.ie/&nb sp\;or contact m: 00-353-86-2301520 / \;june@juneduffy.ie DTSTART:20090923T080000 DTEND:20090923T093000 SUMMARY:Coping during these pressurised work times END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-60969pugI6@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker : UK's Rosie Doggett.\nA copy of her hand-out is availa ble in our Members Centre - just click on the Toolkit Seminar Presentation s tab DTSTART:20091020T080000 DTEND:20091020T093000 SUMMARY:Managing Agency Costs\, How to make your Marketing Budget go Furthe r END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6100Mc8Ir1@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Kay McCarthy DTSTART:20091117T180000 DTEND:20091117T190000 SUMMARY:Integrated Advertising - Bringing it all together into one great Ca mpaign END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6105D2sDws@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speakers\n\nUna Fitzgibbon &ndash\; Director Marketing &ndash\; BordBia\nSarah Love &ndash\; Managing Director &ndash\; Goosebump\n DTSTART:20100119T200000 DTEND:20100119T213000 SUMMARY:The Nuts and Bolts of 2010 - What's ahead for my customers and my b usiness? END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6109FkxIl6@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20100127T080000 DTEND:20100127T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6114RixN8E@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:The 59th Annual General Meeting was held in the Old Jameson Dis tillery\, Bow Street\, Smithfield\, Dublin 7.\nBelow are documents relatin g to this event\nAgenda\nElection of Council Officers\nAAI President's Rep ort for 2009\nAAI Audited Accounts for 2009 DTSTART:20100324T170000 DTEND:20100324T180000 SUMMARY:AAI Annual General Meeting and Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6118Jt7vTZ@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20100415T080000 DTEND:20100415T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Management Committee and Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6123uIZKTu@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Brian Sparks\, Managing  \;Partner UK and Ireland\, Agency Assessments International.\nA copy of Brian Sparks presentation is availab le in our Members Centre - just click on the Toolkit Seminar Presentations tab DTSTART:20100420T080000 DTEND:20100420T093000 SUMMARY:Getting the best out of your Agency - Briefing\, Creative Evaluatio n and Agency Motivation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6127vdKSde@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:by Oisin Byrne\, IReach Market Research\nA copy of Oisin Byrne' s \;presentation is available in our Members Centre - click on the&nbs p\;Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab \; DTSTART:20100525T083000 DTEND:20100525T100000 SUMMARY:Word of Mouth Marketing – How to measure impact on your brand and product sales END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6132SEC4xv@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20100624T080000 DTEND:20100624T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Management Committee and Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6136AxddHT@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20100909T080000 DTEND:20100909T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6140mIzikF@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20100916T000000 DTEND:20100916T235900 SUMMARY:group discussion between AAI Members and AC Nielsen about their Ad spend figures. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6145zARRoa@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Micheal Carey\, Jacobs Fruitfield and Tim Griff iths\, Managing Director\, OMD. \; A copy of Tim Griffiths's presentat ion is available in our Members Centre - click on the \;Toolkit Semina r Presentations Tab \; DTSTART:20101012T073000 DTEND:20101012T090000 SUMMARY:Defend your Spend END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6150vr3ah6@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \; \;Scott Williams' of Q102 \;\nScott's&n bsp\;presentation is available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Mem bers Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab\n \; DTSTART:20101109T083000 DTEND:20101109T100000 SUMMARY:Everybody is listening - so why isn't everyone advertising? END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6154cggU2S@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:'Practical Research \;Tools\; \; Writing a great Brief\ , deciding between Quantitative or Qualitative Research \;and research ing the Digital Media Space and its role in advertising' with Behaviour an d Attitudes and Millward Brown Lansdowne\nHandouts are \;available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Sem inar Presentations Tab DTSTART:20101130T083000 DTEND:20101130T100000 SUMMARY:Practical Research Tools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6159lXvSuE@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20110113T080000 DTEND:20110113T090000 SUMMARY:AAi Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6164sjUnCV@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:2011 is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Advertisers in Ireland.\nTo mark the occasion\, the current AAI Presid ent\, Fiona Curtin\, hosted a meeting and lunch of former Association Pres idents. The passage of time has inevitably called some\, but 14 of them we re around and available\, with a further two unable to attend.\nWelcoming the former Presidents\, Ms Curtin mentioned the breadth and diversity of e xperiences they held between them\, noting especially that many of them we re in leadership positions when marketing and advertising as clearly defin ed management functions were only being developed. They represented a cros s-section of Irish industry\, coming from companies in the food\, financia l services\, household goods\, energy\, motor and accessories industries. \nThose attending spanned the last 40 years of the Association&rsquo\;s 60 years to date. Ms Curtin observed the range of issues the Association had been addressing in its early years:.:\n&rdquo\;While many things have cha nged\, especially in the whole Internet/online arena\, many issues surpris ingly still remain. These include:\n\nCirculation of Periodicals and Newsp apers &ndash\; non accurate figures reported\nRestrictive Practices Bill ( covering the marketing of goods)\nGiving details of Listenership figures f or sponsored radio programmes was not approved by the Minister of Posts an d Telegraphs as it was felt it would be giving information to competing fi rms\nRadio Eireann \; imposed restrictions on mentions of &ldquo\;prod uct&rdquo\; in sponsored radio programmes &ndash\; a limit of 5 mentions\n Ban on competitions in sponsored radio programmes\nCut Price advertisement s in evening newspapers\nBan on references to sponsored radio in newspaper advertisements due to fear of radio impact on print advertising &ndash\; ban eventually withdrawn\n\nThese issues\, as recorded in the minutes of A AI meetings in the early 1950s\, indicate the thinking of the time about a dvertising\, and indeed\, as we look at today&rsquo\;s concerns\, one coul d even almost speculate that not a lot has changed!! However of course\, w e know that the shifts have been enormous&rdquo\;. DTSTART:20110113T123000 DTEND:20110113T143000 SUMMARY:AAI marks 60th anniversary of Association with former AAI President s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6168xIwRIG@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Angela Healy\, Research Director\, Empathy Research\nAngela's&n bsp\;presentation is available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Mem bers Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab\n \; DTSTART:20110201T083000 DTEND:20110201T100000 SUMMARY:When are new/digital/online research methodologies appropriate? END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6172uebuUK@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20110214T080000 DTEND:20110214T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Management Committee Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6177dxjaDt@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Advertising isn't the only thing that influences people's choic es. Dr. Kenneth McKenzie\, Strategic Planner\, Owens DDB\nKenneth's \; presentation is available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab\n \; DTSTART:20110301T083000 DTEND:20110301T220000 SUMMARY:The Psychology of Advertising END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6181dfUlWl@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20110309T080000 DTEND:20110309T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6186Usuvh5@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:The AAI Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 29th March i n the AAI Offices\, 26 Upr Pembroke Street\, Dublin 2. \; See below fo r documents relating to this event.\nAgenda\nElection of Council Officers \n2010 President's Report\n2010 Audited Accounts DTSTART:20110329T170000 DTEND:20110329T180000 SUMMARY:AAI Annual General Meeting and Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-61911Ch3JC@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:By Don Farrell and Aoife Ross of Circulator.com\nDon and Aoife' s \; \;presentation and report are available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab\n \; DTSTART:20110510T083000 DTEND:20110510T100000 SUMMARY:How to cleverly combine Social Media and E-Mail Marketing for Maxim um Impact END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6196PmOV1i@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Paula Mullin (www.paulamullin.com)\n\nExamine ho w you engage effectively with senior colleagues and clients\nHone your abi lity to win at successful business negotiation\n\nPaula 's \;presentat ion is available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab\n \; DTSTART:20110531T083000 DTEND:20110531T100000 SUMMARY:Communicating for Success END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6201WJUkTM@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:To mark its 60th Anniversary this year\, The Association of Adv ertisers in Ireland was delighted to welcome \;Pat Rabbitte TD\, Minis ter for Communications\, Energy and Natural Resources to speak at a specia l luncheon.\nYou will be aware that as Minister for Communications\, Pat R abbitte&rsquo\;s role is of vital importance to the future of communicatio ns and advertising in Ireland and at AAI we consider it imperative that in dustry and government work together for the future benefit of Ireland as a nation.\nTo view Pat Rabbitte's speech click on the AAI News section\n&nb sp\; DTSTART:20110602T121500 DTEND:20110602T143000 LOCATION:Fire Restaurant at the Mansion House\, Dawson Street\, Dublin 2 SUMMARY:AAI 60th Anniversary Lunch with Pat Rabbitte TD\, Minister for Comm unications END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6205ZR3AZV@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20110609T080000 DTEND:20110609T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6209WRV0Ii@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20110907T080000 DTEND:20110907T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6214gFHPP3@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION: \;Speaker \; Leo Moore\, Planning Director\, Irish Int ernational\n \;Leo's \;presentation is available for viewing \ ;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentat ions Tab\n \;\n \;Leo Moore graduated with a First Class honours D egree in Marketing from DIT in 1994 coming first in his class. \; From there he embarked on a career that has allowed him to appreciate the worl d of Marketing Communications from a number of perspectives including time with RTE\, Nielsen\, Diageo\, Analog Folk and McCann Erickson. \;\nAs a Planning Director at Irish International\, Leo believes there has never been a more exciting time to work in Marketing Communications\; the busin ess is being re-invented every day and the opportunity for agencies to rea lly make a difference for brands has never been greater.\n \; DTSTART:20110920T083000 DTEND:20110920T100000 SUMMARY:The role of the creative brief in the new world of Marketing Commun ications END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6218jUO6aF@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker \; \;\nDavid Connor\, founder and Chi ef Strategic and Innovation Officer at eightytwenty/4D\nDavid Connor is fo under and Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer at eightytwenty/4D\, part of the Havas Communications Group. David has worked on high profile digit al and RM campaigns for global and local brands such as Bank of Ireland\, Toyota\, Bulmers\, Meteor\, Unilever\, and Grafton Recruitment. \;\nDa vid's presentation and video links are \; available for viewing \; to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentati ons Tab\n \; DTSTART:20111011T083000 DTEND:20111011T100000 SUMMARY:Social Media CRM – should interactivity be at the core of your pl an? END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6223VSrsxg@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:\nEvent type: Information Session / Q+A \; \; \;Ven ue: \; Woodquay\nInteractive discussion aimed at Secondary School stud ents given by Ed McDonald\, Chief Executive\, AAI. \; To view a copy o f his presentation click here DTSTART:20111027T143000 DTEND:20111027T163000 SUMMARY:Innovation Dublin Festival - Working in Ireland's Advertising Indus try END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-622894xtcU@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:\nSpeaker: \; Colm Carey\, The Research Centre\nA native of Dublin\, Colm Carey holds an honours degree in psychology from University College Dublin and a diploma in counselling and psychotherapy from ACCEPT Counselling Association of Ireland. \;Over the past twenty years Colm has worked primarily in qualitative research and has also spent time work ing in Public relations in Dublin and advertising planning in London.  \;He established The Research Centre Limited (www.theresesearchcentre.ie) in 1991 and since then has carried out research projects throughout Irelan d\, and on the East and West Coasts of the United States.\nColm's presenta tion is available for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab DTSTART:20111108T083000 DTEND:20111108T100000 SUMMARY:Making Good Use of Focus Groups in Advertising Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-62324vGtaH@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:\nEvent type: Information Session / Q+A \; Venue: \; Wo odquay\nInteractive discussion aimed at Secondary School students given by Ed McDonald\, Chief Executive\, AAI. \; To view a copy of his present ation click here\n \; DTSTART:20111118T103000 DTEND:20111118T123000 SUMMARY:Innovation Dublin Festival - Working in Ireland's Advertising Indu stry END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-623764BVic@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20111123T080000 DTEND:20111123T090000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6241GfjMbF@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION: \;\nSpeaker: \; Donald Douglas\, Return2Sender\nRETURN 2SENDER was founded in London in 2001 by Donald Douglas &\; Mark Mulher n who both left their jobs in advertising to help set up \;ContactDeta ils.com\, The Social Networking Company (basically a mobile version of Lin kedIn). \;\nWhile working at ContactDetails they noticed a feature wit hin the platform which enabled users to publish mini status updates and re trieve contact information via SMS. \; This 'texting in and getting so mething back' provided the idea to create a company which would help adver tisers make their outdoor advertising work harder. \;2011 marks their 10th birthday and Return2Sender has evolved to become a Digital Agency spe cialising in mobile.\nDonald's presentation is available for viewing \ ;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentat ions Tab DTSTART:20111129T083000 DTEND:20111129T100000 SUMMARY:Top Tips for an effective mobile marketing campaign END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6246Hl15UV@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \; \;Elaine Sloan\, Director at Behaviour & \; Attitudes\n\nElaine's presentation is available for viewing \;to AA I Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations T ab\n DTSTART:20120124T082000 DTEND:20120124T100000 SUMMARY:What The Future Holds: A Look To The Trends Emerging For 2012 With Behaviour & Attitudes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6251HneTPu@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \; Michael Quilty\, Consultant and Media Partner a t Empirica Advertising Services \nMichael's \;presentation is availabl e for viewing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolki t Seminar Presentations Tab\n \; DTSTART:20120228T082000 DTEND:20120228T083000 SUMMARY:'Insights into Key Media Market Issues and the Implications for Mar keting' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6255RZ6D7o@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION: \; \;Patrick's \;presentation is available for vie wing \;to AAI Members in the Members Centre - click on Toolkit Seminar Presentations Tab\n \;\n\n\n \;\n \;\n\n DTSTART:20120327T082000 DTEND:20120327T102000 SUMMARY:“The Devil is in the Detail” presented by Patrick McConville\, Head of Media at ICAN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6260vLv3JU@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20120329T163000 DTEND:20120329T170000 LOCATION:AAI Offices\, Fitzwilliam Business Centre\, 26 Upr Pembroke Street \, Dublin 2 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6265Xh2oHu@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:The AAI Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 29th March in the AAI Offices\, 26 Upr Pembroke Street\, Dublin 2. \; See below f or documents relating to this event.\nAgenda\n2011 Audited Year End Accoun ts\n2011 Presidents Annual Report\n2012 Council Officers Election DTSTART:20120329T170000 DTEND:20120329T180000 LOCATION:AAI Offices\, 26 Upr Pembroke Street\, Dublin 2 SUMMARY:AAI 2012 Annual General Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-62694ud3PO@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \; Alan Cox\, Core Media \; Venue: \; Roth co\, 13 Pembroke Row\, Dublin 2.\nTo book e-mail info @aai.ie \; \ ; Free to AAI Members. \; Non-Members &euro\;25 per person\nAlan Cox i s Chief Executive of Core Media\, Ireland&rsquo\;s largest media buying gr oup. He began his career in the advertising business in 1985. He has worke d in a number of areas including production\, full service account managem ent and media. Following four years as media director with Bell Advertisin g (part of Ogilvy &\; Mather)\, he was appointed managing director of O gilvy&rsquo\;s new media company The Network in 1997 and appointed to the European board of the company the following year. In 1999 he joined Carat Ireland where he spent seven years until his move to Core Media in Septemb er 2006.\nHe is a graduate of the College of Commerce and has served on va rious industry committees\, including the Joint National Listenership & \; Outdoor Research bodies. He is currently the industry&rsquo\;s represen tative on the Television Audience Measurement Management Board. DTSTART:20120529T082000 DTEND:20120529T100000 SUMMARY:Toolkit Seminar ' Why the CEO is wrong to cut your marketing budge t' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6274SDVAFj@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20120614T083000 DTEND:20120614T235900 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6279hNSxin@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \; Don Harris of TalkBack \; \;\nThere&rsq uo\;s plenty to be learned from recording emotional feedback. The process of customer engagement in an interactive informal style elicits honest opi nions and unplanned answers as respondents are stuck in a moment. Don will demonstrate with sound bites and case testimonials how this inclusive arr angement can reap benefits for your organisation and deliver some surprisi ng confidence boosting results.\n \;Who&rsquo\;s Don Harris: \;\nD on launched his company Airtime Limited in 1983 with the aim of becoming a central sales and marketing organisation for local radio. His ambitions w ere realised in June 1992 when Independent Radio Sales (IRS) appointed Air time as the company&rsquo\;s sales agents and Don became the first CEO of the new operation. In 1993 he founded the Radio Advertising Awards\, an in dustry award scheme which helped foster better creativity in radio adverti sing. Don is particularly proud to be have been associated with the Awards from their inception in Paddy Kavanaghs early morning eatery!\nPrior to m oving towards media sales and writing radio commercials\, he was a radio p resenter in the 80&rsquo\;s with the original Sunshine 101\, South Coast R adio and Big D\, the station that launched Dave Fanning and Gerry Ryan amo ngst others. He set up TalkBack in 2010 following a successful series of f eedback sessions with delegates attending a client&rsquo\;s national confe rence. The organisers of the 2 day summit were quick to recognise the bene fits for future event planning listening back to Don&rsquo\;s recorded con versations and he sensed an opportunity existed to offer the service to ot her conference organisers as well as marketing and research companies invo lved with brand sponsorship evaluation. \; TalkBack has recorded emoti onal feedback from clients and respondents including pilots\, semi state p rogramme participants\, sports fans and enthusiasts\, visiting business le aders\, entrepreneurs\, dragons\, small business owners\, children and on- street passers by. Don shares his time as chief bottle washer with Cohesio n Advertising and presents a weekly Business Show on Dublin City FM called &lsquo\;You and Your Business&rsquo\;. \; A qualified Life Coach and keen golfer (with 2 Captain&rsquo\;s Prizes under his belt)\, he says he h as never lost his love for Radio. He admits to owning 12 radios and 1 wire less and never tires of listening to music. \; \; \; \;&nb sp\; \; DTSTART:20120619T082000 DTEND:20120619T100000 SUMMARY:Toollit Seminar - Feedback Speaks Volumes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6283xtrVEJ@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20120913T083000 DTEND:20120913T093000 SUMMARY:AAi Council Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6287HvkoCU@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Details to be finalised DTSTART:20120925T082000 DTEND:20120925T100000 SUMMARY:Toolkit Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-62923lBDbz@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Details to be finalised DTSTART:20121023T082000 DTEND:20121023T100000 SUMMARY:Toolkit Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6297TEmGi0@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DESCRIPTION:Details to be finalised DTSTART:20121120T082000 DTEND:20121120T100000 SUMMARY:Toolkit Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T235846CEST-6301kVuGKl@aai.ie DTSTAMP:20120517T215846Z DTSTART:20121129T083000 DTEND:20121129T093000 SUMMARY:AAI Council Meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR