Archive for May, 2010
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Beware of the want Grinch!
My 6 year old Ruba had a school visit from Get wise an innovative New Zealand financial literacy programme, part of the message was to identify the difference between wants and needs and to beware of the want Grinch as he will steel your money! So true, the want Grinch is a powerful force in [...]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Some people have incredible imaginations and way too much time on their hands
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Cricket in America????
The first ever international match of cricket was played in New York City between USA and Canada in 1844. And it only took a mere 166 years for the next first international game of cricket to be played in the USA, between NZ and Sri Lanka. According to Richard J. Kaplan (Mayor of Lauderhill, FL) [...]
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
chinglish
For the last two years, the Shanghai Commission for the Management of Language Use has been trying to clean up English-language signs and menus to rid them of their malapropisms, like these examples. NY Times story here. Share
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
World Cup Soccer
 Global marketers such as Nike are describing the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a larger event than even the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That scale, combined with the intensity of interest in the sport, the national pride of fans and the fact that it’s the first major global sporting event ever held on the African continent…figures [...]
No Comments » - Posted in dance move of the week,Marketing,Miscellaneous by timezoneone
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
The Lobby Café
TimeZoneOne has a new client…..ourselves!!! In the next 12 weeks TimeZoneOne will launch the first, of what is to be multiple small format coffee carts which will grace the lobbies of many a tall building in downtown Chicago.  Our first location is to be 111 W Monroe, an enormous 1.6 million square foot commercial [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Monday, May 17th, 2010
kiwis really can fly
Late last week TimeZoneOne hosted a very successful Kea (Kiwi Expats Abroad) event at our Chicago offices, where Richard Tattershaw (TimeZoneOne CEO) interviewed Sarah Robb O’Hagan, the now current Chief Marketing Officer for one of the worlds most iconic sports brands, Gatorade. It was a fun event, filled with laughter and a little bit of [...]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
TimeZoneOne recently teamed up with Cuauhtémoc Blanco to create TV commercials for Safeway Insurance. We traveled to Mexico City for the shoot as Blanco is in training with the Mexican National team for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Blanco is the only Mexican football player with an award in a major international FIFA competition, as [...]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
blackhawks up
An update on the Chicago Blackhawks…(see my previous blog): The Blackhawks have just beaten the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference semi finals. They will pay the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals – the winner of which will play for the Stanley Cup! Blackhawk fever has well and truly arrived in Chicago! [...]
