Dan Award Winner. These are the coveted words that every Zenoid dreams of hearing during our annual celebration marking the end of our fiscal year. The award was created to pay tribute to the founder of DJE, Dan Edelman. It serves as recognition for an individual at Zeno who exemplifies the qualities for which Dan was renowned – qualities that continue to be revered as guiding principles at Zeno. Only one Zeno staffer is bestowed with this prestigious honor each year.  

In the fall of 2023, Zeno established a partnership with the Cathy Hughes School of Communication at Howard University. This collaboration unfolded over 6 weeks, combining in-person and virtual lectures led by Zeno employees and designed to provide a dynamic learning experience that fostered engagement with the next generation of diverse communications professionals. Lectures were designed to be interactive, equipping students to address a variety of real- world communications challenges in a collaborative environment.  

I have thought long and hard whether to write on this topic, or just keep these thoughts to myself.    

But it felt wrong to not share my truth. I kept coming back to the advice we give clients about authenticity, and the work Zeno has done over the years to advocate for others and act in difficult times.  

As an agency and a Zeno family, we are firmly opposed to hate in all its forms. Our values, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion ensures that Zeno is a safe place where all are welcome.  

Food and nutrition experts from around the world gathered at the 2023 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in Denver, CO to share cutting-edge nutrition research and present educational lectures.

Here are the latest trends impacting the food industry now and into the future:

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is “mental health is a universal human right.” As a society, we’ve made tremendous strides in destigmatizing and treating brain health, yet there is more to do. There are the big, interconnected issues like substance use disorder, self-medication, criminalization, access to housing and therapy. But today, I want to focus on a smaller issue that impacts many, and that we can all take steps to fight: loneliness.  

As the dust settles on Cannes Lions conversations, I can’t help but feel how emotionally heavy a lot of the work was this year. Only one in 10 of Gold and Grand Prix winners in 2022 used humour in their work and even fewer used it this year. And the well-documented global rise in unhappiness (negative emotions such as stress, sadness, anger and worry) remains unchanged from last year, according to Gallup’s Negative Experience Index.