Brand, Creativity, and Media
The craft of marketing and its connection to innovative experiences and media represents the centerpiece for potential growth.
By improving their effectiveness through innovation, staying true to a brand's purpose, and shifting to a "Brands for Humans" mindset, marketers will build the foundation for long-term business growth and brand value.
The ANA’s Approach
Whether the key to your brand's success is purpose-driven marketing, delving into the latest creative trends, or addressing media transparency, we offer a robust selection of workshops, committees, events, and marketing intelligence you need to drive growth today and in the future.
CMO Growth Council
The CMO Growth Council was established in 2018 to assemble the most vibrant, diverse, and dynamic force of chief marketers from some of the world’s most successful brands. Its ultimate aim is to support the international community with a first-of-its-kind roadmap for driving business growth through marketing.
Agenda Items
This growth priority directly influences key industry concerns the ANA is addressing to drive business, brand, and industry growth.
Latest Content
Articles, insights, research, and more to advance your marketing and advertising.
Podcast Clips
Performance Marketing Versus Branding is a Pointless Debate
According to Cigna Group’s Lou Aversano, branding versus performance marketing is a false choice. He explains why in this clip from the Champions of Growth podcast.
Industry Insights
Programmatic Transparency: Why Inclusion Lists, Not Exclusion Lists, Are the Answer
One of the many things we can learn from the ANA’s Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study is that inclusion, not exclusion, is the answer. So, in this, our fourth deep dive into the implications of the study’s findings for advertisers, let’s have a look at why that is and why getting started should be on you and your media teams’ immediate to-do lists.
CMO Content
Recap: Global CMO Growth Council Leadership Assembly | NYC
On April 25, 2024, the Global CMO Growth Council Leadership Assembly convened over 100 CMO delegates at the PwC Experience Center in New York to review progress on the key initiatives that are driving the marketing industry’s growth agenda forward.
Featured Events
National, regional, and online events to help you learn and grow throughout the year.
Training
Equipping marketers with the skills they need to advance their careers, their brands, and the industry.
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Half Day)
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Virtual Open Enrollment)
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Virtual)
1-Day Conferences
Committees
Bringing marketers together to learn from each other and debate new approaches and solutions to industry hurdles.
A benefit of ANA membership, committee meetings feature a mix of member case studies, perspective from outside experts, and benchmarking/best-practice sharing that drive thought leadership on key industry issues. Each ANA committee meets three to four times per year and can be attended in person or remotely. Depending on the committee, 10 to 30 participants may attend — big enough for diversity of opinion, yet small enough for more intimate exchanges.
- Ethics Policy Committee
- Nonprofit Organizations Committee
- Analytics & Data Science Committee
- Data & Direct Marketing Committee
- Commerce Marketing Committee, Southwest Chapter