Multicultural Advertising Council
Upcoming Meetings
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 • 2:30–4:30PM EDT
Topic to be decided.
DECEMBER 11, 2008 • 2:30–4:30PM EDT
Topic to be decided.
Previous Meetings
JULY 1, 2008
But Aren't They All The Same?" Smart Approaches to Marketing to Different Customer Segments Within Each Multicultural Market
In Chicago
Leo Burnett Building
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL
Starbar Conference Room
Would you market to Hispanics of Mexican origin the same way you would to those of Cuban descent?
Savvy marketers realize that multicultural marketing is no longer a game of "one size fits all": not only must you market differently to Asians than you would to Hispanics and African Americans, but there are also unique customer segments within the Asian market. And the same holds true for customers within the African American and Hispanic markets.
PRESENTATIONS
Diversity Within the Asian American Market (PDF, 332kb )
Beyond Demographics (PDF, 2.5mb)
Latino Identity: The New Language of Hispanic Marketing (PDF, 2.7mb)
February 7, 2008 • 2:30–4:30PM EST
How the Multicultural Market is Influencing the Mainstream?
Download Meeting Notes (PDF, 34kb)
How is the growing multicultural consumer market influencing the U.S. mainstream? And as those multicultural consumers become more affluent and move into predominantly Caucasian suburbs, how is the "Mainstream" creating shifts in how those multicultural consumers look at the world around them? What segmentations and metrics are useful in understanding how America is changing?
Come join us in a walk down a demographic "two-way street" that is reshaping America and the implications it could have for your (and your clients') business.
PRESENTATIONS
Multicultural America: Redefining the “Mainstream” (PDF, 3.2mb)
Understanding the Urban Consumer (PDF, 1.9mb)
March 28, 2007
Multi-Cultural Marketing Segmentation Project
Please join the Multi-Cultural Council as the chairs explain plans for the Multi-Cultural Marketing Segmentation Project and how to get involved. The project’s goal is to understand current multicultural segmentation strategies, develop conclusions on optimal segmentation strategies and identify further areas for improvements. Participating in the project will be an incredible opportunity to develop expertise in multicultural marketing by working with the leaders in the field.
The meeting will introduce you to the updated goals, roles and responsibilities for the MCM Segmentation project. After our first initial meetings on the project last July and several subsequent chair meetings, we’ve refined an approach to maximize the expertise of the participants while providing a very actionable delivery in the short-term.
Focus: MCM segmentation across African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American segments
Roles: One lead for each segment team. Ensure that each lead comes from organization that focuses on research within the segment.
Scope: Focus on defining a MCM segment approach using a current GM segmentation model as a starting point. We felt that adapting a successful segmentation approach would be the most time efficient. (Irma Gonzalez Clark, the co-chair of the council, graciously has allowed us to leverage a Millward Brown model as a more stable platform from which to develop three unique MCM segment approaches.)
November 6, 2:30–4:30PM
Phase 1 of Multicultural Segmentation Review
Presentations from segmentation committees.
Chaired by
Phyllis Woolley-Roy, Genentech
Speakers
Segmentation Committee Chairs
July 17, 2006
Segmentation Strategies for Multicultural Marketing
Over the next 12 months, council members will form committees and work with experts in the field to understand current multicultural segmentation strategies. Each committee will present their conclusions on optimal segmentation strategies and identify further areas for improvements. An incredible opportunity to develop expertise in multicultural marketing by working with the leaders in the field.
Chaired by
Phyllis Woolley-Roy, Genentech
Speakers
Juan Faura, Cultura
Saul Gitlin, Kang & Lee
Lorraine M. Miller, Carol H Williams
J Moncada, Bromley
Navin Narayanan, IW Group
Stephen Palacios, Cheskin
Michele Valdovinos, Phoenix Cultural Access Group
Laurence Velcoff, Uniworld Group
Council Chairs
Kevin Brockenbrough –Burrell Advertising

Kevin Brockenbrough is VP/Associate Director, Account Planning on the Toyota, General Mills and Gillette accounts at Burrell Advertising. Kevin has had a varied career, starting out in general market advertising on Borden Foods and Procter & Gamble for Grey Advertising, then shifting to brand management at Quaker Oats (where he launched several items while working on New Products for Aunt Jemima). He has also served in client side positions for DuPont (marketing Lycra) and Ernest &Young’s Cap Gemini (re-engineering of DuPont’s South American operations).
Eventually he returned to his first love - advertising – and helped create business-building programs on a variety of brands: Colgate-Palmolive, Pillsbury, JC Penney, AT&T (result: Multicultural Excellence award from the ANA), Microsoft, MasterFoods’ 3 Musketeers brand (result: highest rated general market campaign in that company’s history), Kraft, Ford, Lincoln Mercury, the John Kerry campaign, AstraZeneca, the US Marine Corps, and Burger King.
Kevin received his BA in Advertising and Creative Writing from Penn State and his MBA in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University. He is a published author of both science fiction and horror.
David Burgos – Millward Brown

David Burgos is a key member of Millward Brown's Multicultural Practice, responsible for R&D and knowledge management. With more than 12 years experience in the marketing research arena, David's expertise encompasses market segmentation, new product development, branding and communications research. He has conducted extensive qualitative and quantitative research across different industries, both in the US and in Latin America. Aside from his research career, David was a professor of Strategic Marketing Research at Centrum - Business School of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. He holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in marketing from ESAN University in Peru. In 2004, David co-authored a book that analyzes the evolution of consumers after migrating from rural areas and small cities to capital cities in Latin America ("Ciudad de los Reyes ... los Chavez y los Quispe").
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Council’s mission
To grapple with the issues and definitions of multicultural groups; to evaluate existing multicultural research; to assess whether "ethnic" groups are properly represented in general market and media studies; and to consider ways to improve the credibility of ethnic research.
Meeting/registration notes
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