What a great time last Saturday. Special thanks to C&S Sales for providing all the Hippies with tie-dyed shirts. We had a great turnout and I’m sure that everyone was feeling it on Sunday. Check out all the pics in our photo gallery.

What is more American than baseball and beer? On September 11, Tom Henehan, MillerCoors Marketing Manager for San Diego/Las Vegas is headlining AD 2 San Diego’s 3rd Annual Sports Marketing Night!

Tom is an extremely bright/energetic marketer who has a wealth of experience in sports marketing. He has worked on brewery sponsorships for the Eagles, Bengals, Padres, Chargers, USC, and all the LA teams.

Tom is going to speak on the brewery’s approach to evaluating sports sponsorships. He’s going to have a full visual presentation on the MillerCoors - Padres Activation plan, which includes point of purchase displays. He’ll also talk about the MillerCoors joint venture and how it shapes the sports industry.

The event will start at Maloneys, and then we’ll head over to Petco to watch the Padres play the Giants. The price of admission includes a ticket to the game.

Sign up for our 3rd Annual Sports Marketing Night today!

August 23rd marks our return to Pacific Beach for the 2nd Annual Ad 2 San Diego Pub Crawl. Last year we geeked up PB as a Nerd themed Pub Crawl. This year, we will be going hip, well, more so hippie. Bring out your inner love child and join us Saturday, August 23rd for our “Peace, Love & Ad2SD Pub Crawl.”

More details and ticket purchase info coming soon!

Apparently this interwebs thing is really taking off! For those that can’t get enough of Ad 2 SD, be sure to become a fan of us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and join our LinkedIn group! Finding us on these sites will help you stay up to date on all the happening going on with Ad 2 San Diego!

Due to scheduling, we moved our 3rd Annual Sports Marketing Day to September 11. It was previously scheduled in late July. The event will still be held at the posh Keating Hotel and then we will head over to Petco to watch the Padres play the Dodgers.

In August, we’re hosting our 2nd annual Pub Crawl. Last year, we rocked PB as Nerds! This year, we’re going retro as C&S Sales is providing tie-dyed shirts. The theme is ’70s, so you will be responsible for the rest of the outfit. The schedule and venues will be announced shortly. Save the date, you will not want to miss this event!

Our good friends at StreamLight Video produced a video of our June Happy Hour at Modus Supper Club in Bankers Hill. This video highlights some of our board members (Jenn Baker, Rob Corea and Gary Ware) and shows all the fun that we had last month. Check it out!

Being the first Tuesday of the month, we are holding our monthly board meeting tonight at 6pm. Along with this, we are having board elections. We are still looking for several chair and committee positions including Public Service chair and Student ADDYs Chair & Co-Chair. There is also elections on the Executive Board for Vice President between Jake Fields (bio) and Chris Rothwell (bio). All members are able and encouraged to come and vote or apply to fill one of the open chair positions.

The meeting will be held at 6pm at:

Ad 2 Offices (2nd floor conference room)
3760 Convoy Street
San Diego, CA 92111-3744

Hope to see you all there!

2008 Executive Slate

AAF announced during the National Conference in Atlanta that “Century Council” will be the 2009 NSAC client. The Century Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting drunk driving, under-age and campus binge drinking. The Century Council is supported by the American distilling industry. Statefarm Insurance was announced as the 2010 client.

The case study for the 2009 competition will be released in September.

Atlanta — Cheri Reeves and Jenn Baker have just been voted in to the National AD 2 Board. Cheri will serve as Vice Chair, and Jenn as Secretary. Both were previous AD 2 San Diego Presidents. Cheri actually had another year to serve as the AD 2 San Diego president, but she will take this prestigious opportunity and serve on the national level.

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