AAF Space Coast Earns National Club Achievement Award for Government Relations
The American Advertising Federation announces 2016 Club Achievement winners.
2016 Club Achievement Award winners were selected earlier this month, awarding 46 of the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) member clubs across eight categories of entry. Winners were honored at The Salute to Achievers Ceremony at ADMERICA, the AAF’s annual national conference, in June in Anaheim, California at the Disneyland Resort.
Read More»2016 Legislative Update
AAF Space Coast and the Fourth District perform advocacy, working with State legislators to ensure our members have a voice representing the interests of the advertising industry.
Here’s a great article about what’s happened in the Florida State legislature, as session ends.
Disclaimer: Please note that Florida Politics is a statewide, new media concern covering campaigns, elections, government, policy, and lobbying in Florida. Their opinions may represent bias, but overall this is a decent article providing insight into the session.
Takeaways from Tallahassee: Winners & Losers of the 2016 Legislative Session
Some excerpts from the article include:
Film and Economic Incentive
As an economic incentive package picked up steam in the Senate, Americans for Prosperity-Florida began to push back on the measure. They called the proposal, which included film incentives and Gov. Scott’s $250 million Enterprise Florida Fund, “corporate welfare” and began a direct mail campaign to voters who lived in districts of lawmakers who supported the proposal. Do we need to remind where the economic incentive package ended up? (It did not reach the House floor for vote).
Digital Assets protection
Sen. Dorothy Hukill rates for guarding your ghost in the machine. Lawmakers passed and Scott signed her bill (SB 494) that would protect one’s “digital assets” after death, meaning someone of your choosing could have access to and control your financial accounts, social media and anything else you have online. The bill faltered last year, after Facebook said it conflicted with federal online privacy laws. Hukill tweaked the language to require giving “explicit consent” for someone to access and control your stuff.
Newspapers lobby to keep public notice requirements
Newspaper publishers – Beating back the self-storage industry once again to keep public notice in Florida newspapers, newspaper publishers, supported by Associated Industries of Florida, are in the win column this session. Expect this issue to come back, but for now score one for the print media.
Enterprise Florida quick action fund slashed
The state’s public-private economic development arm said it desperately needed money for its quick action closing fund. The governor pushed for $250 million to help lure jobs. EFI CEO Bill Johnson said cutting the money would cost the state 50,000 potential jobs. He even called out Americans for Prosperity for its campaign to shut down the funding efforts. But it didn’t matter: Lawmakers slashed funding from the final spending plan.
Film industry incentives in Florida fail
Making a movie in Florida just got a little tougher. The Legislature rejected efforts by state lawmakers — including Venice Republican Sen. Nancy Detert and Sen. Latvala— to approve an economic incentive package that included film incentives. Film Florida lobbied lawmakers to support the proposal, saying the state has lost more than $650 million in film projects in the past three years. With Detert leaving the Senate, the film industry is losing a big advocate.
Our commentary: Many AAF members want to see Florida level the playing field with other states, like Georgia, who provide millions to entice film production in their state. The film industry was once a great source of jobs and benefits to the communities in which they filmed. Today, the industry sees many talented professionals leave the state to work—for example, to Atlanta, where projects like AMC’s “The Walking Dead” have created both long and short term economic booms to the communities they film in. We’d love to see the film industry return to Florida and expressed this to our legislators this past year on our annual advocacy trip.
AAF and Founders Forum talk about Creating a Contagious Brand
On February 23, 2016, the Space Coast chapter of the American Advertising Federation joined Founders Forum for a joint program, focused on the power of branding. As President of AAF – Space Coast, we appreciate the opportunity to participate in this joint meeting with the Founders Forum.
We had a great time at the event. In addition to networking between the groups, with over eighty in attendance, three programs were in play.
Read More»AAF Space Coast Reaches Out to Business Community
By Ken Datzman, Brevard Business News, November 16, 2015
As the advertising industry begins to strengthen across the various platforms, the local affiliate of the longstanding American Advertising Federation sees this as an opportune time to make a push to grow its membership by appealing to a broader base of businesses in the region.
The Space Coast Chapter of the American Advertising Federation has had a presence in this market for more than 25 years, long being the association known for bringing together area professionals within all facets of the industry. Chapter members represent advertising agencies, marketing firms, web–design businesses, print publications, video–production companies, promotional products retailers, information technology ventures, and other types of entities.
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