Our latest guest on the OH Inspiration Podcast, Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer and Chief People Officer for North America, James Kinney shared his thoughts on the importance of empathy, creativity and rabbitholing and his plans to run for public office.

April is National Donate Life Awareness Month. Hear about the Transplant Games of America from Peter Rooney, Board of Trustees member at NJ Sharing Network.

Early last year, around the time most of the world was hunkering down to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic in isolation, an audio-only iPhone app “Clubhouse” was preparing to bring large groups of people together in a new way. And although its boom in popularity coincided with the second wave of the virus, thanks in part to the likes of Drake, Elon […]

Friday, April 2 is World Autism Awareness day. If you are reading this on April 3rd – fear not! You may continue to become aware. It’s not going anywhere. In fact, according to the CDC, prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has gone from 1 in 150 children to 1 in 54.

Women’s History Month 2021 We see you. The Women in Science. We see your obstacles and what you had to overcome to help advance the health and well-being of humanity. We see you aren’t always getting the credit for the great work that you do. We see that you are resilient, and you push on […]

One of the most interesting sessions that I experienced at this year’s SXSW highlighted the increasing role our aging population is playing as influencers on social media. While we typically think of Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and other social channels as platforms for much younger generations, there are plenty of seniors engaging with these sites. And with many now retired, they have more time on their hands to share their stories.

I was lucky enough to catch a standout presentation at SXSW in Wesley ter Haar’s “Wake up to Digital’s Second Reawakening.” I started out in the creative industry around the same time as Wesley. Back when Flash reigned supreme. Brands had million-dollar microsites and the only metric for success was being the most creative website and achieving ‘site of the day’ on the various design portals.

Broader inclusion of diverse populations in clinical trials has been a topic of conversation for several years, as there are significant disparities in representation of age, race, socio-economic status and gender in historical clinical trial design.  Now, the COVID pandemic has put an even greater public lens on how clinical trials are run and what populations are represented.

SXSW 2021 delivered a very clear call to action for brands around purpose and taking a stand on human injustices. As health and wellbeing marketers, we need to listen and not just stand by, not just sell products – but truly make the world better. How?

For nearly a decade, Ogilvy Health has sent a delegation of curious creatives, tech-hungry digital gurus, and forward-thinking strategists to South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference & Festivals for an annual pilgrimage of innovation and inspiration.