| | View blog contributors by category | Abey Mokgwatsane Abey Mokgwatsane is CEO of the VWV Group (www.vwv.com), one of South Africa's leading business-to-business experiential communication specialists. Starting his career as a marketing trainee at VWV, in 2005, Abey and two partners, Jameson Hlongwane and Wanda Shuenyane, acquired a majority stake in the VWV Group. Contact Abey on tel +27 (0)11 799 2600 or email 898@vwv.com. |  | Andrew Timm Andrew Timm’s dad wanted him to be an accountant. His mom wanted him to be happy. Mom won. So Andrew started out in the corporate video and today spends half his time producing corporate videos and live corporate shows, and the other half doing broadcast television (magazine shows, dramas, and now The Coconuts sitcom for M-Net). Contact Andrew at andrew@attv.co.za and find out more about his company at www.attv.co.za. |  | Dr Graeme Codrington Dr Graeme Codrington is an expert on the new world of work and multigenerational workplaces. With three bestselling books published by Penguin, five degrees in five different faculties from five different universities including a doctorate in Business Administration, and work experience ranging from articles at KPMG to IT entrepreneur and professional musician to professional speaker, Graeme brings a unique view to his role as consultant and trends analyst for some of the world's largest companies. He can be contacted at graeme@tomorrowtoday.uk.com, and his website is http://www.tomorrowtoday.biz. |  | Garth Walker In 1994, South Africans elected their first democratic government, and Garth opened Orange Juice Design, which became one of South Africa’s best-known graphic design studios and one of the very few with an international reputation. In time, OJ was acquired by advertising giant Ogilvy South Africa as its premium design brand. In 2008, Garth has once again gone solo with a new studio, Mister Walker (www.misterwalkerdesign.com. Contact Garth on garth@misterwalkerdesign.com. |  | Gisele Wertheim-Aymes Gisele Wertheim-Aymes’ 19-year media career spans a broad range of experience, from editorial, marketing, publishing and advertising sales to media innovation and strategy. In the past two years, her focus shifted to innovation and she headed up the innovation portfolio at Avusa Media before joining First National Bank (www.fnb.co.za) as its head of Media in March 2008. Follow her on Twitter at @giselewaymes and read her blog at http://toocleverbyfar.blogspot.com/. |  | Gwen Watkins Gwen Watkins heads up Freelancers Writing Services (www.freelancers.co.za), a communications consultancy providing professional, competent and measurable communications through freelance journalism, PR and rewriting of complex documents. It organises memorable conferences and events that are on time, within budget and meet the quality expectations of both client and attendees. Freelancers Writing Services also offers reportage and editing services for conferences. Email Gwen on gwen@freelancers.co.za. |  | Ilva Pieterse Ilva Pieterse currently works as an account manager at Emerging Media Communications (www.emergingmedia.co.za). Since completing her BIS (publishing) degree at the University of Pretoria, she has written for and been involved in many online and print publications across a wide variety of industries, but mainly focusing on information technology. Since winning a locally-run short story writing competition last year, she has been trying to engage in more creative writing pursuits. Contact her at ilvapie@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter at @ilvapie. |  | Johanna McDowell Armed with considerable industry knowledge and experience, Johanna McDowell counsels clients and agencies around expectations in the advertising and marketing process. She is MD of the Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS - www.agencyselection.co.za), a division of black-owned marketing services group Mazole Holdings. Affiliated to the AAR Group in the UK, IAS is an independent advisor to both parties during the pitch process. In addition to her duties as MD, Johanna is chief executive and 33.3% shareowner of Mazole Holdings. The group consists of the IAS and HMC Seswa Corporate Communications - where McDowell acts as chairman. Contact Johanna on + 27 (0)11 462 3750 or email her at Johanna@agencyselection.co.za. |  | Louise Marsland Louise Marsland is editor-in-chief and brand strategist of AdVantage magazine (www.bizcommunity.com/advantage) and the former editorial director of Bizcommunity.com. Louise recently researched the sustainability of the B2B media sector for her Masters in Commerce degree: strategy and organisational dynamics, through the Leadership Centre of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Email her on louise@advantagemagazine.co.za, follow her and AdVantage on Twitter at @Louise_Marsland and @advantagemag. |  | Marion Scher Marion Scher (www.mediamentors.co.za) is an award-winning journalist, lecturer, media trainer and consultant with 20 years experience in the industry. For more of her writing, go to her Bizcommunity blog or to www.marionschat.blogspot.com. |  | Mike Frampton SA entrepreneur Mike Frampton, the founder and ex-chairman of DDB South Africa, has been in the advertising industry for over 18 years. The founder of Framptons in 1990, which became part of the DDB network in 1999, Frida Communication - Mike’s new passion - is an agency dedicated to courage and commitment, named and enshrined in the spirit of Frida Kahlo, one of Mexico’s great artists of all time. Contact Mike on cell +27 (0)83 626 0416 or email mike@theframptons.com. |  | Shan Radcliffe Shan Radcliffe is part of Bizcommunity.com's editorial team. |  | Terry Levin Terry Levin is the custodian of Off the Shelf Marketing (www.offtheshelf.co.za), whose mission is the creation of new global African empires via the creation of iconic Pan-African product and brand development solutions. Terry is a regular contributor of events coverage and opinion to Bizcommunity.com. Email her at terry@offtheshelf.co.za. |
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