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The DMD Network creates, develops and manages micro-agencies.
Micro-agencies are nimble, entrepreneurial, consulting firms that have demonstrated expertise and success. Together, we form a collegial and cooperative network that believes the right combination of makers, doers and listeners benefits all members and their clients.
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Rowland Hobbs
Chief Executive Officer
Rowland is a founder of DMD and directs strategy across The DMD Network. He ensures clients receive best-in-class service. Rowland has delivered results as a constant advocate for clients in the areas of marketing communications, branding, technology, emerging media, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and product and service innovation.
Previously he was senior managing director at RF Binder and senior vice president at Ruder Finn. He holds an M.A. in Philosophy from K.U.Leuven, Belgium, a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and has studied at Oxford University and Whitman College, Washington. He is pro bono senior vice president of communications for MicroCredit Enterprises and serves on the board of Design Green Now.
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July 3 at 4:24 PM - don't see how leaving office early prepares you to be president. Very odd speech. Very odd decision.
July 3 at 4:23 PM - CNN is reporting that Palin won't run again, but can't confirm "resigning". Anyone?
July 3 at 3:34 PM - RT @Fritinancy @BreakingNews: BULLETIN -- ALASKA GOV. SARAH PALIN CONFIRMS SHE WILL RESIGN WITHIN WEEKS.
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Duke Sherman
President
Duke Sherman is a founder of DMD, and is responsible for the financial and business health of The DMD Network. As a management consultant, he helps clients achieve long-term value and sets clear project, operations benchmarks. He is responsible for the entrepreneurial success of the network.Duke has applied the teams in the DMD Network to help clients through organizational structures, change management, supply chain logistics solutions and product and service launches.
Previously, he was a managing director at RF Binder and director at Ruder Finn. He holds a M.B.A from Fordham University and a B.A. from Occidental University in Chemistry and Economics. He is on the board of Design Green Now.
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July 2 at 8:40 PM - Eliminating the Bottom 5% http://bit.ly/oxsce
July 2 at 8:36 PM - WTF Wisconsin?! http://bit.ly/D20VP
July 2 at 8:34 PM - Life-size Lego replica of Amy Winehouse http://bit.ly/qBico
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Rowland's Blog
- Diary of a Microagency
April 8 at 12:11 AM by Rowland HobbsAmple articles, blog posts, hand wringing, panel discussions and chest thumping from marketing agencies are calling attention to the Damocles sword hanging over print and broadcast journalism. Yet, few agencies have turned their inquiries on themselves. If “The Media Is Dying,” is the agency its coffin?
Read Full Post - Q&A with Popcha! on the future of Virtual Worlds
December 2 at 7:25 PM by Rowland HobbsLast week Google announced its intention to close Lively, their virtual world platform. Having collobrated on "The Virtual Brand Footprint: The Marketing Opportunity in Second Life" (downlaod here) with Boris Kizelshteyn, we thought we should ask him and his his firm, Popcha!, what the future of virtual worlds looks like now. In our Q&A, we discover what happened at Google, what this might mean for Google Earth, and where you might be holding your next company conference.
Read Full Post - Conversation v. Authority. In this episode, Architecture!
September 29 at 10:17 AM by Rowland HobbsNicolai Ouroussoff, the architecture critic for The New York Times, provided a list of buildings he would demolish. Toping my list is Penn Station.
But it was Ourousoff’s attack on the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) that created a bit of a stir in the Architectural blogs, with BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nassbaum citing this as another sign of the death of The New York Times.
Architecture became for an instant a lighting rode for the ongoing paradigm debate of conversation versus authority.
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Duke's Blog
- How to Market in a Downturn
April 12 at 12:00 AM by Duke ShermanHarvard Business Review talks How to Market in a Downturn in their most recent edition. Some sage advise to marketing managers on how to keep their vision focused on long-term branding & marketing goals while dealing with short-term resource constraints...
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Read Full Post - A Pritzker, a Fan and a Handbag
July 31 at 1:02 PM by Duke ShermanWhat do you get when you combine a Pritzker, a Fan and a Handbag? It has been called everything from “genius” to “commercialization gone awry” to a “Star Trek –style spacecraft.” Whether you love or hate it, the 7.500 square foot epicenter where architecture, art and fashion collide is landing in Central Park in October..
Read Full Post - Grand Theft Auto IV: A Confluence of Art, Marketing, M&A, and Guinness
May 16 at 12:54 PM by Duke ShermanNow that Grand Theft Auto IV ‘s first day gross of $310m has entered the Guinness World Records, the looming question is what will happen to the hostile takeover from Liberty City? Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the game, is entrenched in a takeover bid by gaming titan Electronic Arts whose $2b offer ends today.....
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