In episode 3 of the Heard @ Harvard podcast, Ellie & Louie chat to CEO Dean Forbes. Here we gain crucial insights - including Dean's lessons on leadership and how he thinks the tech market will look in the up-coming months. This one is not to be missed!
In our first video Heard @ Harvard podcast, we talk to comedian, Tik Tok influencer and content guru, Rob Mayhew about influence, agency life, nostalgia and comedy in marketing and PR.
Welcome back to Heard @ Harvard's second season. For the first episode of this season, we are joined by Bodacious founder and self-proclaimed Web 3 optimist, Zoe Scaman, Louie and guest-host Jessie get to grips with decentralisation vs centralisation, the NFT marketing fad and the importance of materiality when it comes to metaversal worlds.
In our twelfth episode of Heard@Harvard, we had the pleasure to sit down with Emma Roffey, VP Marketing EMEAR at Cisco and our very own Andrew Last. Managing Director, Marketing. We uncovered how the pandemic affected Cisco as an organisation and where the brand was heading next as we believe there is a huge amount of opportunity for them. This naturally led on to exploring how Emma ensures Cisco remains creative in its approach and ahead of the curve. Further into the conversation we discussed ...
Last week, Pride Month came to an end. Harvard’s content for the month involved two Twitter takeovers highlighting LGBTQ+ tech icons and a list of our recommended educational content. Resharing previous articles from our employees, as well as a new blog on ‘Why Coming Out Should be a Thing of the Past’. Our final piece of content is our eleventh episode of Heard@Harvard, which we’ve purposely waited until after Pride Month to go live with. Why? Because we want conversations around LGBTQ+ rights,...
In our tenth episode of Heard@Harvard, we had a brilliant conversation with Elizabeth Bananuka, Founder of The Blueprint and BME PR Pro’s. We kicked the conversation off by uncovering Elizabeth’s career and how it sent her on the journey to grow her own organisations. This ultimately led us to discuss the issues within the comms industry and the key to keeping up momentum when it comes to honest conversations within the workplace. At the start of the year, we were extremely proud to have been aw...
In our latest episode of Heard@Harvard, we were thrilled to be joined by Louisa Joseph, Founder of BAME to Boardroom – an oganisation that coaches and develops individuals and helps progressive organisations implement proactive strategies to grow high-performing leaders delivering remarkable results. Harvard partnered with BAME to Boardroom last summer as part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and Louisa has been an ongoing guide and inspiration to us, which is why we...
Following the release of our latest report, Covid-19 The Long-Term Legacy, myself and Pete Marcus sat down to discuss the findings with Chris Talago, PR/Comms Director at AWS and Stephen Shaw, Director at Coleman Parkes for our 8thepisode of Heard@Harvard. The report explored the impact of the pandemic and how it has affected business leaders, so now being 12 months in, we wanted to start to uncover what the long-term effects are on business priorities, the role of brands and the impact on the w...
As 2020 draws to a close, we were joined by Maja Pawinska-Sims, Associate editor EMEA at PRovoke Media, in our final podcast where we reflected on the year that’s past. It’s been a challenging 12 months and we’ve all had to adapt to a new way of life due to the pandemic. We asked Maja for her thoughts on the impact it’s had on the agency landscape and how agencies’ priorities have changed in this time. But, of course Covid-19 wasn’t the only topic to come out of 2020. The Black Lives Matter Move...
In episode 6 of Heard @ Harvard, we sat down with two of the brightest minds in B2B Marketing. Cat Dutton, Global Vice President of Marketing at Atos and Andrew Last, MD, Marketing, here at Harvard. The conversation kicked off with a discussion around Cat and Andrew’s personal experiences of the year and the impact it has had on their work, which then led into a broader chat around how they think this years’ events have changed B2B Marketing. We discussed the rise and importance of brand purpose...
In our fifth episode of Heard @ Harvard, Louie and I had the absolute pleasure to sit down with two members of the Harvard team - Efe Otokiti, an Editorial Manager and Amira Williams, who is an Account Executive. This episode was focused on race in the workplace and had a small twist - not only did we come armed with questions, so did Efe and Amira. We started off by discussing both their individual experiences of race in the workplace, followed by the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement a...
For our fourth episode of Heard @ Harvard, we had a conversation with Baroness Joanna Shields OBE, who is both the CEO of BenevolentAI and Founder of WeProtect. In this episode, we spoke with Baroness Shields about a range of issues we’re facing in the world today; from her experience in the tech industry – and her disillusionment with it – to tech for good and her role at Benevolent AI and founding WePROTECT and the work she has done there. We cover her career all the way to the much-anticipate...
For our third episode of Heard @ Harvard, we caught up with ex-Harvard team member, Ruby Aryiku. Ruby was a brilliant Account Executive here at Harvard before leaving to co-found her own agency - VAMP - where she is now Head of PR. Ruby and her business partners recognised back in 2017 that the growing YouTube and Influencer industry was incredibly whitewashed, creating a false reality that there weren’t talented and entertaining content creators of colour in the UK suitable for campaigns. VAMP’...
I’m pleased to say that the second episode of our podcast is available now for you to listen to or download. After interviewing the global COO of MediaCom and chair of the PRCA’s diversity network in episode one, this time round we’ve spoken to someone from within Harvard. Pete Marcus is our group planning director and has been with the agency for nearly a decade. After starting his career in consumer and corporate PR, Pete’s role has evolved and he’s been running our Planning team for the past ...
Welcome to Episode 1 of Heard @ Harvard, our brand new podcast series designed to explore the theme of ‘creating lasting change.’ Throughout the series we will be talking to people right at the heart of both the agency world and the tech sector. In our inaugural episode we are joined by Josh Krichefski, Global COO at MediaCom and Rax Lakhani, Chair of the PRCA's Diversity Network. We hear their thoughts on running teams and agencies during the COVID pandemic; mental health in the agency world an...
