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Re: Fatima and Bishop’s winning the Fete Intercol.

Dennis Ramdeen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:23:28 -0000

Home_room...I've seen the passion that goes into the Fatima Fete from up close. You are absolutely right, a great attention to detail. They also have leveraged a very active Fatima Community of teachers, parents, present and past students and taken together they execute outstanding events; not just this Fete but the Cook Out and now an Old Year's Nite Party....these guys are good, dr

Re: Fatima and Bishop’s winning the Fete Intercol.

Dennis Ramdeen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:22:29 -0000

Re: Fatima and Bishop’s winning the Fete Intercol.

Home_room — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:44:03 -0000

Dennis, to my mind - they're winning it by sheer attention to detail - the overall experience from parking to leaving is positive...................service personnel, decor, range of eats, diversity of bars (where the drink you choose to drink doesn't run out by the next time you go to the bar), extra fun services (tattoos, make up fresheners etc), washroom facilities, attempts to keep long lines under control or non existent, entertainment (although to a large extent it tends to be the same bands - they seem to put extra effort into their performances at these events)................and I've attended all the school fetes mentioned at various times......................

Re: Fatima and Bishop’s winning the Fete Intercol.

Dennis Ramdeen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:17:51 -0000

Richard am I discerning some anger in your post? All I am saying is that in my view ads on tv, radio and press are too mass for the target. If I am right (if), then it's a waste of resources and they may also be alienating some people who do not wish to attend an event that appeals to a wide audience....every school can win; there is no competition here, so the Intercol bit was only a bit of fun by the Fatima boy whose not too accustom winning, dr

Re: Fatima and Bishop’s winning the Fete Intercol.

Richard Griz Jones — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:05:10 -0000

I think you should attend a CIC fete before making any comparison between the fetes. Please identify the % of past students and their friends and family versus the "en masse patrons' as you define it and see what you get. Amusing at best. Why not judge a fete by value for money? or quality on offer?

Re: 10 things T&T Carnival needs to make it better in 2012

Jacqueline — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:50:58 -0000

Change the band you play with. I hear loads of different songs, and also nice back in times sets from time to time on Tuesday. (Harts)

Re: 10 things T&T Carnival needs to make it better in 2012

Jacqueline — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:49:50 -0000

QRC does it, but it hasn't been shown to be a major drawing card.

Re: Women taking over.

Liliana Ragbir — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:14:06 -0000

nope, too many egos!

Re: Women taking over.

JohnHarris — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:59:39 -0000

Langston Roach probably just has a problem with male rivals. He seems to have created his own private Harem of passionate and loyal women ;-)

I wonder if a woman claimed that she only hired Men whether this would be viewed by all as a good thing?

Re: Making a list of Trinidad and Tobago “geniuses”.

Dennis Ramdeen — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:31:37 -0000

for sure.

Re: Making a list of Trinidad and Tobago “geniuses”.

Dennis Ramdeen — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:31:17 -0000

whose your 10 Caroline? And yes I do deserve to be scolded for not naming Pat Bishop...who else?

Re: 10 hard questions for Trinidad and Tobago.

Dennis Ramdeen — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:09:04 -0000

Go ahead and start a movement Liliana. Take the power as no one will give you, dr

Re: Making a list of Trinidad and Tobago “geniuses”.

Caroline Taylor — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:26:14 -0000

Kind of amazed that only one female made it on to the original list! *smh*

Re: Making a list of Trinidad and Tobago “geniuses”.

Janine Charles Farray — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:55:11 -0000

Dr. Patricia Allison Bishop

Re: 10 hard questions for Trinidad and Tobago.

Liliana Ragbir — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:59:58 -0000

I think a major problem that T&T has is how difficult it is to do anything to help fix the situation. I know many young people who have great ideas on how to address the traffic woes, flooding problems, bureaucracy at government offices, etc. but where do you go to be heard? Is anyone in authority listening or even interested in suggestions? Even at a private company level, the boss is only interested in his/her own company and not the impact on the economy. I think we have become a selfish country and until we start caring more and stop complaining, then we'll never become first world status. Every election the winning political party has a great manifesto but where is the accountability? Who is tracking that the promises made are kept? What about the integrity commission? It seems we have no one of integrity to even last as a member. T&T has many blessings and brilliant people. We just need to harness our people resources instead of only oil & gas. That will soon run out and there must be a sustainable plan for the future. Is anyone out there listening?

Re: 10 things T&T ad agencies need to fix.

Dennis Ramdeen — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:17:17 -0000

Yep...the soft reasons don't get far...too subjective or maybe if we had other campaigns to refer to that might help, dr

Re: 10 things T&T ad agencies need to fix.

Liliana Ragbir — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:31:45 -0000

Well I don't believe we can stop them but we do need to try to minimise this. What I think can help is if the AE and Artist gives a "technical" reason why the change does not make sense - e.g. changing the font colour and style will result in mis-registration, making the logo bigger throws off the balance, adding a bevel effect makes the graphic difficult to decipher, etc. I have found that once a valid reason or argument is given, the client is in agreement.

Re: 10 things T&T ad agencies need to fix.

Dennis Ramdeen — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:24:27 -0000

Re #11 Liliana, how do you suggest we stop them?, dr

Re: 10 things T&T ad agencies need to fix.

Dwaynne Villiers — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:29:46 -0000

OMGoodness, more good ones! I can't even pick which is most crucial from Liliana's addenda. 15 is a formula for couple larger local agencies. 12 and 13 are my favs. Yep, 12 and 13.

Re: 10 things T&T ad agencies need to fix.

Liliana Ragbir — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:20:48 -0000

11. Stop clients from making a change for the sake of making a change (magic dust).
12. Trust the agency, you came to us for a reason so listen.
13. Learn to say NO. Can you prepare a full campaign in 12 hours? NO!
14. Minimise discounts, we have bills to pay too.
15. Try something different. Not every ad has to have smiling people and no white space.

Re: Michelangelo. My hero.

Denns Ramdeen — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:09:44 -0000

I know of which you speak Eric. I have often been a patron, dr

Re: Michelangelo. My hero.

Aisha Williams — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:14:57 -0000

Let me know if you come across any magic michelangelo dust!

Re: Grammar can make you lose money

KAramel Consulting — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:18:08 -0000

Just a note that in my experience, the average Brit actually has an atrocious command of the language. There's a joke? that it's not taught in schools there, the way it is across the Commonwealth.

Re: Ian Alleyne and Christmas. Doh hot yuh head.

Nyahdelle — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:09:46 -0000

I think the ladies will seem more credible. People would expect women, since thet're the ones who make decisions in the home, to be most knowlegeable about these matters.
Rachel Price would give it to you straight, there's no guile with her
Philo would know about appliances, but then again she's a character
Smantha John is a familiar face, trusted to bring the news and we tend to put 'celebrities' on a pedestal, think they know alot more than we do.
Although, people might trust Ian. He fights for the underdog so maybe he would be able to suss out the rip-offs and find which stores are fair.
#justsayin

Re: If only Gene Miles had social media

Eric Barry — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:11:12 -0000

Thanks for your contribution Caroline. I agree that for the person who is at the centre of whatever situation, three can be mistrust of the system. I was, however, thinking of the information going viral and not a direct report on an incident. The last thing that people who are doing underhand things want is for their deeds to go public.