NEW YORK, Tuesday: Kiwi expat Malcolm Poynton, now the London-based global chief creative officer at Cheil Worldwide, has been selected as jury member for the Clio Awards – to be held in NYC on Wednesday 25 September.

AUCKLAND, Today: Creative legend Mike O’Sullivan is a man who clearly doesn’t need to keep a high profile to win business. A Google search for his creative agency Many Minds turns up … zilch.

MELBOURNE, Monday: The world needs more ad agencies, according to Nick Cummins, creative partner at The Royals Melbourne. His presentation at Adfest Pattaya – published originally by Mumbrella Australia – detailed the hows, whys, dos and don’ts of setting up an agency.

PATTAYA, THAILAND, Monday: Colenso BBDO won two awards at Adfest – not one, as we reported yesterday.

AUCKLAND, Today: ANZA and the Comms Council have intensified their call for action on live streaming and Facebook’s ongoing handling of the Christchurch atrocity – with words that seem bound to have a global impact.

AUCKLAND, Today: In an age where cybercrimes, online fraud and identity theft are ever-present concerns, how can you make sure your business and customers are staying safe? PwC Herald Talks is tackling the topic of Cyber Security in the first 2019 talk, on Thursday 11 April.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Tourism New Zealand has suspended its global marketing programme following the terror attacks in Christchurch, pending a review of all Government spending on social media.

AUCKLAND, Today: DDB has introduced a new visual identity that aims to “capture the essence of who we are as an agency and is an outward symbol of our thinking, our work and our people”.

SINGAPORE, Sunday: Do companies really care about social and environmental issues or are they just driven by the money made in the name of sustainability? Zafirah Zein from the Singapore-based sustainability publication Eco-Business finds out …