The Debating Group http://debatinggroup.org.uk Just another WordPress site Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://debatinggroup.org.uk/541/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=541 http://debatinggroup.org.uk/541/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:04:40 +0000 Bage http://debatinggroup.org.uk/?p=541 Monday 25th March 2013

It pays to advertise, but not enough to revive Britain (carried)

Sponsor: Advertising Association

In the chair: Helen Goodman MP

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Laurence Green
Founding Partner, 101 London		 Sam Blackie
Director, Deloitte
Luke Owen
Year 3 advertising student
London College of Communication		 Max Lehner
Year 3 advertising student
London College of Communication

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Do social responsibility claims by businesses amount to little more than posturing to gain commercial advantage? (carried)

Sponsor: The Chartered Institute of Marketing

In the chair: Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Keith Weed
CMO, Unilever		 Mark Lloyd Davies
Senior Director, Johnson & Johnson
Hamish Pringle
Strategic Advisor, 23red		 Liz Bingham
Managing Partner, Ernst & Young

 

 

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Traditional journalism is not sustainable in an age of citizen journalists and social media

Sponsor: JICREG

In the chair: Lord True

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Steve Marinker
Managing Director, Havas PR		 Kim Fletcher
 Chair of NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists)
Clinton Manning
Director of Support Services, Pelham Bell Pottinger		 Anthony Longden
Journalist, Editorial Consultant and General Adviser to PCC
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Sexualised imagery in advertising need to be controlled by statutory regulation (Defeated)

Sponsor: Outdoor Media Centre

In the chair: Jo Swinson MP

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Anna Van Heeswijk

CEO, Object

 Guy Parker

Chief Executive, ASA
Elizabeth Wilmott Harrop
 Caitlin Ryan

Executive Creative Director, Proximity London
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May 14 2012

Sponsor: Marketing Agencies Association

In the chair: Austin Mitchell MP

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Damian Collins MP
Michelle Clothier
Managing Director
Livity		 Tom Schuller
Director
Longview
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March 26 2012

Sponsor: Thinkbox

In the chair: Lord Black of Brentwood

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Stephen Woodford
Chairman and CEO
DDB		 Matthew Sinclair
Director
Taxpayers’ Alliance
Mark Lund
Founder
Now		 Matt Tee
Former Perm Sec.
for Government. Communication

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January 30 2012

 

Sponsor: Internet Advertising Bureau

In the chair:  Mike Weatherley MP

For the motion                                  Against the motion
   
Dominic Allon
Director, Agency Sales
Google UK		 Matt Stringer
Managing Director
The Carphone Warehouse
Richard Eyre
Chairman
IAB		 Paul Martin
Manging Director
Planet Retail

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]]> http://debatinggroup.org.uk/440/feed/ 0 No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money (Carried) http://debatinggroup.org.uk/no-man-but-a-blockhead-ever-wrote-except-for-money-carried/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-man-but-a-blockhead-ever-wrote-except-for-money-carried http://debatinggroup.org.uk/no-man-but-a-blockhead-ever-wrote-except-for-money-carried/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:52:30 +0000 admin http://debatinggroup.org.uk/?p=382 Sponsor: Professional Publishers Association

In the chair: David Hanger (Debating Group Chairman) standing in for Mike Weatherley MP

For the motion Against the motion
   
David Hepworth
Editorial Director
Development Hell Ltd		 Phil Hilton
Editorial Director
Shortlist Media
Gill Hudson
UK Editor in Chief
Reader’s Digest		 Patrick Hayes
Political Commentator
Spiked

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In the chair: Austin Mitchell MP

For the motion Against the motion
   
Nick Moon
Managing Director
GfK NOP Social Research		 Vernon Bogdanor CBE
Research Professor, Institute of Contemporary History, King’s College London
Penny Young
Chief Executive
NatCen		 Nick Yarker
Conservative Councillor
Westminster City Council

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]]> http://debatinggroup.org.uk/research-is-always-going-to-be-more-democratic-than-elections-defeated/feed/ 0 Brands should not be expected to build the Big Society for free (Carried) http://debatinggroup.org.uk/brands-should-not-be-expected-to-build-the-big-society-for-free-carried/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brands-should-not-be-expected-to-build-the-big-society-for-free-carried http://debatinggroup.org.uk/brands-should-not-be-expected-to-build-the-big-society-for-free-carried/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:40:30 +0000 admin http://debatinggroup.org.uk/?p=375 Sponsor: Institute of Promotional Marketing

In the chair: Nadhim Zahawi MP

For the motion Against the motion
   
David Reed
Founder of the Data Governance Forum		 Adam Leyland
Editor
The Grocer
Andrew Marsden
Immediate Past President
The Marketing Society		 Piotr Brzezinski
Former Chief Operating Officer
Big Society Network

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