The National Student Advertising Competition is the premier college advertising competition that provides more than 2,000 college students the real-world experience of creating a strategic advertising/marketing/media campaign for a corporate client.
An annual corporate sponsor provides a case study outlining the history of its product and current advertising situation. The case study reflects a real world situation to challenge students' critical thinking abilities and creativity. Students must research the product and its competition, identify potential problems and develop an integrated communications campaign for the client. Each student team then pitches its campaign to a panel of judges at the district, semi-final and national levels.
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COVID 19 ANNOUNCEMENT
Along with AAF National, we will continue to monitor the spread and impact of COVID-19 in our District (Illinois, Indiana and Michigan). In the best interest to our teams, AAF District 6 will be a virtual competition in 2021. The virtual competition dates will be April 8 & 9, 2021 using the same schedule from the live competition.
2021 INFORMATION & SCHEDULE
ENTRY FEE: (Four student presenters + one advisor) - $50
NSAC CHAIR: Lars Lawson | Lars@timberdesignco.com | 317.213.8509
LINK TO RESOURCES: 2021 National NSAC Resources
October 16, 2020: Membership fees are due to AAF National for College Chapter Members
January 20, 2021: Intent to Participate Deadline. Letters are due to AAF National
January 25, 2021: District decision made on live vs virtual
February 1, 2021: Student "Code of Conduct" form due to AAF National (new deadline)
March 24, 2021: Plans Books are due to AAF National
April 7, 2021: Video Presentations must be uploaded to Nationals by 5:00PM (via link sent from Laura Roha)
April 8 & 9, 2021: District Competition | Virtual
[ Public display of your presentation can be shared at this point, but must be without your assigned number ]
May 06, 2021: Virtual Semi Finals
June 2021: Virtual Finals
2021 SPONSORSHIP
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For more information, contact Lars Lawson | Lars@timberdesignco.com | 317.213.8509
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Augustana College
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Central Michigan University
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Marian University
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McGraw School of Business at Olivet Nazarene Univ.
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Purdue University Main Campus
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University of Illinois
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University of Notre Dame
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