A New Name, Fresh Perspective

AAF/Palm Springs, Desert Cities
is now Desert Ad Fed.

A fresh look. A fresh attitude. A fresh way to make a creative community connection.


About Us

American Advertising Federation/Palm Springs • Desert Cities (now Desert Ad Fed) is a non-profit organization of professionals dedicated to enhancing the advertising profession through fellowship, education, community service and public awareness.

We are the local chapter of the American Advertising Federation, a national organization of industry professionals.

Creative Community

The Desert's Best Advertising Professionals

Mix and mingle with the Coachella's leading advertising professionals. Top agencies, media representatives, in-house marketers, freelancers and business owners come to share their ideas and experience. Rub elbows with award winners and be inspired.

Make a Connection

Network and Succeed

Develop relationships with local professionals and leverage their knowledge and expertise for your business. Join in at the monthly events, programs and mixers. Develop friendships that go beyond business success.

Cutting Edge Education

Stay Current on Advertising's Latest Trends

Attend speaker seminars, programs and mixers as we bring in top talent from around the country to share the latest on trends in the advertising and marketing industry. Whether you are a business owner with no advertising experience or a seasoned pro, we're dedicated to enriching your knowledge.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Registration: 11:00am – 11:30am

Luncheon: 11:30am – 1:00pm

Bellatrix at Classic Club

75200 Classic Club Blvd, Palm Desert, CA 92211

Tickets

Members $35 | Non-Members $45

RSVP By Wednesday, May 6. Must RSVP. Lunch will be served.


  Buy Tickets Now

Proudly Sponsored By

Indio Chamber of Commerce

In this fun and fast-paced session you will learn:

  1. How to use the art of improvisation to help you be more confident, think on your feet, and be a better story-teller.
  2. Techniques that improvisors use that allow them to work with anyone and create ideas out of thin air.
  3. How to be funny without even trying.
  4. How to utilize your Ad-Fed network to advance your career and business.

Speaker: Gary Ware, VP of Digital Strategy, Tower33 Digital

Speaker Photo

Tower33 Digital is a digital advertising agency that focuses on helping small to mid-size brands drive results and be seen online. Gary combines industry-best practices, in-depth market research and highly detailed web analytics to optimize user engagement and increase online conversions.

These talents as an online marketer have won Gary numerous awards, including the 2010 Media Post Best Online Search Award, Platinum 2007 Spotlight Award from The League of American Communications Professionals, as well as three W3 Silver Awards.

Saturday, March 21, 2015


Congratulations to all of the entrants of this year's competition. Whether Lady Luck smiled on your entry or not, the work was impressive.


VIEW THE PROGAM

DOWNLOAD THE WINNER'S LIST

Interested in duplicate copies of your award?
Email addys@desertadfed.com for more info.



American Advertising Awards

The American Advertising Awards is a celebration of the best of the best in American advertising at every level. The local competition is the first of a three-tier national competition that awards local entrants for superior creative that aired or published between January 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. A distinguished panel of advertising creative executives judged over 130 entries. This year's Gold ADDY Award winning entries have moved on to the Distric level of the competition.

2015 ADDYs Sponsors

Become A Member

Join the Coachella Valley's premiere advertising club. Network with top agencies, media representatives, in house marketers and others.

Get connected and stay connected throughout the year.

    • Associate

    • $125 per year

      • Up to 4 employees from the same company
      • Member discounts on programs & mixers
      • Member discounts on American Advertising Award
        entries & tickets
      • Discounts and connections through National AAF including
        Fedex, AdAge and SmartBrief
    • Purchase or Renew
    • Corporate

    • $295 per year

      • 5 or more employees from the same company
      • Member discounts on programs & mixers
      • Member discounts on American Advertising Award
        entries & tickets
      • Discounts and connections through National AAF including
        Fedex, AdAge and SmartBrief
    • Purchase or Renew

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Contact

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