thenetworkone is proud to partner with LIONS Learning to offer three of their six world-class courses.
Cannes Lions are proud to be partnering with thenetworkone to bring our world-renowned courses to TNO’s expert independent agency network. thenetworkone is now offering our members the chance to join the Contagious Creative Accelerator – and benefit from exclusive TNO pricing.
Contagious Creative Accelerator
Fast track your knowledge of contagious creativity on demand. Backed by experts in marketing strategy and trends.
The Creative Accelerator is primarily a foundational kickstart for junior-to-mid level creatives and strategists.
Creatives: Creatives choose this course to build up their knowledge of world-class campaigns and case studies, understand what the benchmarks for brilliant creativity look like, learn frameworks for how to evaluate creativity, and discover tactics for cracking briefs.
Strategists: Strategists choose this course to understand the core theories of advertising, learn the insights behind landmark campaigns, and discover precedents for how other people have creatively overcome the marketing challenges they’re facing.
Why choose the Contagious Creative Accelerator?
Analysis behind the best work. The course provides insight and knowledge not available anywhere else, all based on original and exclusive interviews conducted by Contagious.
Contagious frameworks and tools. You’ll have access to proprietary Contagious frameworks, including how to evaluate creativity and how to be culturally relevant. Contagious has a global reputation for evaluating and analysing creative work, which is taught so users can apply it when generating and evaluating their own ideas.
CPD Accreditation. The course has been fully accredited by the independent CPD Standards Office, so you can trust that the training you’ll receive is of the highest quality.
Pricing
This course is on demand. Seats start at €499 / £450 / $599. Contact our team to discuss group pricing and available discounts.
Take your seat. Ready to go? If you’re based in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy and paying for your own place on this course, you can get started below.
Learn more. Based outside of the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy, being funded by your company or interested in a group booking? We’re on hand to talk you through your options.
What does the programme look like?
- Why is Creativity so Important?
- What Does Great Creativity Look Like?
- How to Evaluate Creativity
- Build a Foundation
- Ask Heretical Questions
- Be Culturally Fluent
- Creative Tactics
- The Most Contagious Campaigns
Don’t take it from us. Take it from our graduates.
Kendall Simmonds, Account Manager, ZGM Modern Marketing Partners “I really enjoyed the course—the knowledge was practical and directly relevant to my role. I’m excited to apply the framework for evaluating creative and use question storming as an approach.”
Rei Yamazaki, Assistant Marketing Manager, Philip Morris Japan “The insights on staying relevant in culture, standing out, and measuring impact using the creative scale were particularly memorable and highly applicable across all categories.”
Gustavo Finamore, Creative Copywriter, Leoburnett Sao Paulo “Taking the Creative Accelerator has been incredibly refreshing. I found fascinating was learning about the Contagious scale—it’s simpler than others I’ve seen in some of the networks I’ve worked with.”
Jessie Abdallah, Creative Strategist, Digitent World “The Contagious Creative Accelerator was a crash course in making ideas stick—bold case studies, sharp insights, and smart frameworks that actually work.”
What you’ll take away from the course
What ‘great’ looks like We’ll show you the ‘best of the best’ creativity, giving you an unrivalled knowledge bank of standout ideas and an understanding of why they work.
The secrets behind success Through interviews with the people behind the ideas, you’ll learn how groundbreaking campaigns came to fruition and how brilliant brands are built over the long term.
How to evaluate creative ideas Using Contagious’ proprietary frameworks and a range of interactive exercises, you’ll learn how to effectively evaluate ideas and hone your own creative judgement.
In this course you’ll get access to
- A selection of video tutorials, interactive exercises and tests
- Over 75 of the world’s best campaigns across 5 continents
- In-depth coverage of this decade’s most important case studies
- Analysis from the strategists and creatives behind the world’s best work
- Insights from CMOs, effectiveness experts and marketing scientists
- Contagious’ own proprietary tools and frameworks
