AAF Dayton

David Esrati, the most dangerous man in Dayton

Ideas are currency. And in Dayton Ohio, we used up our quota sometime before 1950, because, frankly, up until then we were on a roll. Inventions poured out of this little city. The cash register, the airplane, the step-ladder, the electric starter and even ice-cube trays. We had a few hits after 1950 like the Read More

You should come to SummitUp — Dayton’s new media confab

This is our fifth year of putting on a super affordable, awesome day-long conference in Dayton. I’ve been working on this from the start- as a member of AAF Dayton- the American Advertising Federation’s local chapter. SummitUp 2013 is a full day conference dedicated to exploring the integration of creativity, communication, and technology. It takes Read More

Panhandling my way to Congress wins Gold at American Advertising Federation awards

Usually when a Dayton ad agency wins a Hermes award at the AAF Dayton (formerly the Dayton Ad Club) annual Hermes award, the agency gives a short acceptance speech thanking the client, talking about how wonderful they are to work with. I got to make an acceptance speech last night for my agency, The Next Read More