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PRESIDENT OF CROATIA SPONSOR OF THE PRO.PR CONFERENCE
President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović has accepted to be a sponsor of the 15th jubilee PRO.PR conference, which will take place 6 to 9 April 2017 in Terme Tuhelj in Croatia.
“The President of the Republic welcomes all participants of the conference that will bring together a number of experts in the field of public relations and media from countries of South Eastern Europe. We hope that this will be a good opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience, and to acquire new knowledge and skills in the field of public relations and public communication,” reads the letter sent from the Office of the President of Croatia.
It should be noted that this is the first communication event in Croatia to be sponsored by the President. She is also planned to speak at the conference, if her schedule permits.
“I am extremely honored that the President accepted this sponsorship, not only because of the PRO.PR conference, but also for the clear message of awareness and the importance of the role of communications in all the processes that we face as a community. This is a confirmation of the importance of our profession, and all who are part of it,” said Daniel Koletić, president of the organizing committee of PRO.PR conference.
MEDIA MANAGER OF THE YEAR IS MARKO KOLBL
Marko Kolbl is director and partner at Europlakat Slovenia, and the founder and owner of the radio stations Radio Center and Rock Radio. In the twenty years of his work he has significantly contributed to the development of outdoor advertising and radio market. Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia in 2012 awarded him for outstanding business and entrepreneurial achievements.
“There are three key factors for the success of a company: a good business model, the right team and stable ownership. These three things are also characteristics of Europlakat, Radio Center and Rock Radio,” says Marko.
Award TOP SEMPL for media managers of the year, under the auspices of the Generali Insurance, is awarded for the second time in a row. This year’s winner was chosen by Toni Balažič, CEO of Mercator, Gregor Pilgram, a board member of Generali Insurance, Dejan Turk, CEO of Si.mobil and Vip mobile, and Pavel Vrabec, General Manager of media company PRO PLUS, which was last year’s winner of this award.
Marko Kolbl will receive his award on Thursday, 24 November, at the Sempler award ceremony.
CROATIAN BLOGGERS CHOOSE BEST LIFE STILE AND CULINARY BLOGGERS, TOP BRANDS
Awards to the best Croatian lifestyle and culinary bloggers, as well as representatives of brands for the best cooperation with bloggers in 2016O, were awarded at the DIABLOG, the first Croatian conference on bloggers and blogging community.
Best lifestyle bloggers are Martina Lolić with her blog Dear Skin, Ella Dvornik with her blog I am Ella and Ivana Jumić who is behind the blog Le Makeup Freak. The title of the best culinary bloggers went to Andrea Cukrov and her blog Cukar, Sanja Mijac from the blog Domaćica and Darko Kontin from the blog Darkova Web Kuharica.
In addition to the best bloggers, top brands were selected that collaborate with bloggers. In this category, awards were given to Avon, Essence and Dukat.
Top bloggers and brands were selected by the blogging community, within the study of the Croatian blog scene, conducted by the agency Dialog Komunikacije in October this year on a sample of 203 respondents.
TEO TARABARIĆ NEW CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT INVENTA
Teo Tarabarić is the new creative director at the agency Inventa. A journalist by profession, a storyteller by calling, he’s been writing and devising ads this entire millennium, and the road that took him to Inventa wasn’t just made of yellow bricks, it also went through S Team Bates Saatchi & Saatchi, Digitel, Bruketa&Žinić OM and McCann Zagreb.
He says it seems to him that he has worked for hundreds of clients, among which he notes Tele2, T-Mobile, Nestlé, HPB, British American Tobacco, Toyota, P&G, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, dm, Metro, Croatian Lottery, the Croatian Tourist Board, Jana, Jamnica, Cedevita, Rosal …
He won various awards at various events in Moscow, Portorož, London, New York and others. He has used – and uses – many creative tools, but still has not found a more powerful tool than human empathy and animal instinct. His articles and columns have been published in Nomad, Playboy, Globus, Cosmopolitan, Klik, Plan B, 21st Century and on tportal, and now he can also be read on the portal Nemilosrdni Gadovi.
SPECIAL SIMPSONS EDITION OF TIC TAC
Tic Tac and 20th Century Fox Consumer Products have teamed up to offer Europe and beyond a fun and innovative product line that combines fresh flavors with familiar faces – The Simpsons Tic Tac. Special edition The Simpsons Tic Tac comes in three new packaging options with iconic characters from the animated series and three new special flavors: doughnuts in packaging with Homer, blueberries in the packaging with Marge and chewing gum in the packaging with Bart.
Packs wear faces of characters from The Simpsons, adapted to different formats of Tic Tac, and thanks to the Print on Pills technology, their faces are also on the candies. Tic Tac Simpsons has been rolled out in 27 countries.
INSTAGRAM CONFIRMS A BIG NOVELTY
Instagram has confirmed that they are working on a new option within the app – live video option modeled on Facebook Live, where this new feature is very well-received, writes N1.
“Live streaming is a very exciting news for us. I think this may increase the effect of what we do,” said Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram. “For example, if you love a person, live stream is a great feature to bring you closer”.
Systrom did not share details about the live video, nor the date when this feature should be available. But according to some screenshots that leaked, it can be concluded that this feature will appear on the top of the news feed, and will be marked in red.
