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  1. "The Advertiser" magazine reports on reaction to Coke's new value-based agency compensation model: http://ow.ly/HDCB
  2. There’s no question that producing great work is your agency’s most valuable new business tool. But it is not a new business program.
  3. Microsoft exec Bruno Gralpois writing new book about changing agency/client relationships. See www.agencymania.com
  4. Agencies need to stop thinking about cost and efficiencies and start thinking about value and effectiveness.
  5. The boardroom is really no different than the courtroom. Agencies must present convincing evidence to back up their claims.
  6. It’s fashionable for agencies to say “We’re in the business of ideas," but then continue to make most of their money from execution..
  7. Forget the recession, this is no time to ignore changes to the agency business model: http://adage.com/u/0NyNba
  8. RT @Masterminds: Are experiences the new advertising? Some great examples of brands that are doing it right: http://bit.ly/4BoKQM
  9. New agency www.victorsandspoils.com built on crowdsourcing model.
  10. If you have a strong purpose that transcends making money, you’ll make money.
  11. Agencies that are too busy to develop a new business program inevitably need new business.
  12. Don’t worry about selling the agency. Just build trust.
  13. Incredibly powerful and entertaining argument for the subjective nature of value from agency professional Rory Sutherland: http://ow.ly/whaA
  14. The pressure is building to change the agency compensation paradigm: http://adage.com/u/i8unUa
  15. Ad Age's "Agency A-List" is calling for entries http://adage.com/u/HxgIGa
  16. Professional firms should put their energies into building on people’s strengths, not fretting about their weaknesses.
  17. Just because agencies have a long list of disciplines doesn’t mean that they have the discipline to make them work together.
  18. @fashion_hound Thanks for the feedback - appreciated having you at the session. Stay in touch.
  19. While agencies preach differentiation, most behave like commodities.
  20. Twitter strategy matrix useful for marketers and agencies alike: http://bit.ly/4FX7Tv