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Ferdinand Jesus Velasquez (call me Dean) Aragon is known as “The Brand Guy” at Shell, where he serves as Global Vice-President – Brand for the entire Shell Group. Unapologetically Filipino, he draws from his past (his family’s history in the Philippines) and present (his wife and 5 kids live across 3 countries) to create a better future (diversity, inclusivity, purpose, mental health, leadership) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CoronaCocktails time and today I have the pleasure of welcoming Brad Jakeman. Brad is another member of the “6 Degrees of Frank Cooper” club (or maybe it’s the other way round?) We’ll discuss how to bring nutritious food to underserved communities, the importance of teaching media literacy as part of school curricula and positing over a post-COVID world: will it be better than pre-COVID? All over an adult beverage! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Given we’ve just concluded mental health week, it seems appropriate to be discussing the connection between physical health and mental health – especially as we prepare for the month of November which brings colder temperatures, more indoors activity, an expected increase in COVID cases, and oh yeah….an election. Winter is coming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once a month, the tables are turned as I invite the community of CoronaTV onto the show. In this case, I’m mixing in some of our regulars from the zoom after show with some previous guest favorites (which are all of them of course!) The lineup includes Geoff Cottrill, Tom Morris, Jan Zlotnick, Scott Monty, Ted Rubin, Kuda Biza, Jessica Joines, Joey Dumont and Carla Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corona is a crown and when it comes to a company like Unilever, there’s an unbelievable halo that spreads over the company, its employees and the community it serves. Truly a force for good! And who better to represent some of these initiatives than their COO, Esi Bracey, who rounds off an amazing week of #ANAMasters conversations. We’ll talk about the upcoming election and the general topic of business impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’re in for a treat today, because my guest is Norm De Greve (the last “e” is silent,) Chief Marketing Officer at CVS Health. We’ll discuss whether professional sport is fun anymore, the triple threat of COVID, income inequality and climate change, and how COVID has brought families closer. Norman will also give us a sneak preview of his upcoming keynote at the ANA Masters of Marketing Conference, October 21-23, titled “Where does it Hurt?” #ANAMasters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ivan Pollard is one of the smartest people I know. Seriously. I met him way back in Singapore when he was working at the Belle of the Ball, Naked Communications. Since then, he’s taking his talents to The Coca-Cola Company and General Mills. Today we’ll discuss happiness amongst other topics, as well as his upcoming keynote at the ANA Masters of Marketing Conference #ANAMasters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Cooper is the Chief Marketing Officer of Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, with $7.4 trillion in assets under management as of end-Q4 2019. Frank inspires such confidence and camaraderie amongst his team. He believes in marketing. He believes in creativity. He believes in Culture. He believes in Leadership. He believes in Purpose. He believes in Racial Equity and Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Herstein is a man who knows all too well about the power of the pivot. And I’m not even talking about him taking his entire Brand Managecamp online/virtual. Len is a Reserve Deputy Sheriff and so thinking on his feet and being able to make quick, decisive decisions is part of this M.O. We’ll talk about these things, but specifically we’ll frame the discussion around his topic of choice, “complacency” and his upcoming book – with placeholder title – “Complacency Kills.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, I kick off the ANA Masters of Marketing Partnership with Manos Spanos, Senior Vice President/CMO Brand Marketing - Yogurt BU at Danone. Today we'll discuss POSITIVITY! and he’ll also give us a sneak preview of his upcoming Masters of Marketing keynote titled, ““Two Good” to be true?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices