THE GODFREY PHILLIPS BRAVERY AWARDS WAS LOOKING TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF BRAVERY. WE CREATED A SIMPLE STORY AROUND THOSE WHO WERE BRAVE.

Previous winners of the bravery award were really inspiring, and their stories were the best way to take the message to the masses. We made several short films and a press campaign that ran in all leading newspapers. It generated a buzz in the media and kick-started a vibrant web community.

All brands tell stories. Some are great, some powerful. Some work flawlessly, some fall short. Many are distinct and stand out, and many are featureless, hardly distinguishable, one from the other.

As communicators, brand custodians, and advertising and marketing professionals, we are a part of these stories. We haven't created them, for they are made of the blood, sweat and tears of those who built the brands, but we are entrusted with nurturing them.

We have to make them flesh and blood, and give them a distinct personality. And to do that we first need to understand and experience the brand, its origins, reason to be, culture, DNA. And when we truly understand a brand, we can tell its story to the world, in our own way, and in any medium.

Telling these brand stories is what I love doing the most.