Thanks to Valentine’s Day, a plethora of stories recently hit the online stratosphere about the dating lives of Millennials. Many of these articles, derived by the alleged Millennial experts, hint that dating has been replaced with “hooking up,” technology is a crutch, courtship has ended and traditional values are being lost.
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Posted Fri, Feb 22, 2013 by
Scott Eagle
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On Wednesday, February 20th, Slingshot attended the 2013 Dallas ADDY Awards at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The agency brought home 4 Awards:
Joe's Crab Shack Webisodes “Great moments in Lobster American History”
Borden Dairy “Elsie-ism” Posters
Speakeasy Logo Design
Speakeasy Stationary Package
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Posted Thu, Feb 21, 2013 by Slingshot
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Everyone knows that in the Advertising business it is all about people. And a disproportionate number of those people are young. This is generally a very good thing, with lots of energy permeating the place and fresh attitudes and ideas the norm. It has always been one of my favorite aspects of this business (along with the incredible margins…ok not really).
About five years ago, I began to realize that we had a bit of a problem. Many of the young folks we were bringing in exhibited a quite different attitude than they had in the past. We were not communicating well, and far too many of them were not as successful as I felt they should be. What to do? What to do?
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Posted Fri, Jan 25, 2013 by
Owen Hannay
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Millennial males are not insensitive baboons. They’re in tune with their feelings and willing to admit that real men cry. They put style in front of comfort, wear tight jeans and care about grooming. They don’t see the success of women as The Terminator’s rise of the machines, because it’s never been a competition. They are partners in the household when it comes to cleaning, child rearing or grocery shopping – name it and they help.
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Posted Mon, Nov 26, 2012 by
Scott Eagle
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The announcement was made at the Best Places luncheon held at the OMNI Hotel in Downtown Dallas on November 9th. Almost 300 companies participated in the survey where employees are given the chance to speak freely about top-of-mind concerns including bosses, pay, benefits and working conditions.
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