The Word Awakening
Sweathead Strategy
Summer Camp
A 4-week live virtual camp for strategy noobs
Live sessions on Thursdays
from July 21, 2022
12pm-1pm (EDT/NYC)
Videos shared via Slack for those in other timezones
Included with annual membership
Also available for Founding Members
and Accelerator students with
active subscriptions
Make your words come to life
After speaking to aspiring strategists from eleven countries, we have built a camp that will help you awaken your strategy words.Â
Why words? Well, you can have all the theories, research, and frameworks in the world but, if your words don’t work, then your strategies will put people to sleep.
Featuring
Live Interaction
Because presence matters
Conversations With Insiders
Learn from strategy leaders
Projects
Put your words
to the test
Peer Feedback
Raw and honest
Practice
Work a tool, a framework, a system
How the summer camp will come to life
How this will work
1. Sign up for our Annual Starter Membership
2. RSVP to the live sessions from the Events page or from links Below.
3. Join our Slack group with the link you’ll receive in your email around July 14
Trainers
Mark Pollard
Host, Sweathead
Rakaa Taylor
Creative Director, Strategist - Angles & Dilated Peoples
Lindsey Wehking
Head of Investigative Strategy
- Nonfiction Research
Nicole Druzhinsky
Recently Senior Insights Analyst
- Reddit
Dr. Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy
- Wieden+Kennedy New York
Claire
Strickett
Planning Director
- Adam & EveDDB
Richard Huntington
Chief Strategy Officer
- Saatchi & Saatchi
Marcelo Ferrarini
Sr. Manager, Global Insights
- The LEGO Group
Is This For You?
You might be a junior agency strategist or account manager, a creative, or a marketer in an in-house team looking to explore a role in strategy.
This camp will work if you are new or have never worked in advertising or strategy before. All you need to know is that we are gonna fix our basics.
What You'll Get
Four live weekly sessions with senior strategists in agencies and global businesses (videos via Slack for a month)
Projects you can work on with other people to practice your words
Community feedback on your projects
Access to the annual Sweathead Starter membership which includes tens of videos
A safe space for a lot of wordplay
Hosts
Theophilus Wells
Strategy Intern
Dentsu McGarryBowen
Theophilus is a creative strategist, writer, and a philosopher. He has been working and teaching about Web3 strategy.
Günel Sadigova
Strategist
Performance Art
Günel is a classical music pianist turned strategist. She loves exploring different cultures, and speaks 5 languages.
Send us your interns
This program is perfect for strategy bosses wanting to give their summer interns something juicy to get their teeth into. Send your interns to us – they’ll be in safe hands.
Sweathead Annual Membership
- We’re including the summer camp as part of annual membership. We want to make it accessible to people around the world.
- The annual membership is a subscription. Your subscription will auto-renew.
- Your annual membership will get you access to our strategy fundamentals videos as well as various membership events. We’re re-launching it later in 2022.
-  The summer camp is not part of monthly membership. You’ll need to upgrade to the annual membership to gain access.Â
If you are a company signing up your employees, contact us here.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, existing and new annual members can access the camp.
Yes. If you are a Founding Member with an active subscription, you will get access to the camp. Check the Events page to see the session details.
If your company requires an invoice, complete this form.
We will be conducting the sessions in the Eastern Time Zone only from 12pm to 1pm on Thursday. The recordings will be available for a short period via our Slack.
Yes, we will share the videos via Slack.
Not this time, stay tuned for more opportunities.