One Minute Brief of the Day: Create a wine label design for 6000 bottles of unlabelled Prosecco with #The6000Project

We’re excited to support this initiative as it allows our community of OMBLES to get involved in a great cause and have complete freedom to be creative.

You can even name it ANYTHING you want!!!

We can’t wait to see the results of this one!!!

Let your mind go free. Don’t think “wine world”. Think “your” world, and how you’d want to drink it. Don’t worry about the quality, what’s inside is already extraordinary. Design a label you’d be proud to open with friends and family. Something that will make celebrating the end of this year remarkable. Because to be honest, we will all need bubbles to kiss this year goodbye.

Remember to keep it positive though. Nothing political or Covid related please!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @SfrisoWinetime with the hashtag #The6000Project

The labels are roughly square in format so please share your entries in this way.

We will take the 10 ten chosen entries over from OMB to our final voting on The 6000 Project. 

The top ten entrants all win a case of Prosecco because we love to share and honestly, winning beats whining.

Final voting, also open to the general public, will happen on The 6000 Project website: www.the6000project.com between July 27 and August 6, 2020. 

The top 3 will also receive cash prizes, with a potential €7000 overall up for grabs!!

The more people buy, the higher the reward for the winning designer and 2nd and 3rd runners-up. Full details here.

About:

Global woes left us, a family-owned micro-winery in Northeast Italy, with a canceled order of 6000 unlabelled bottles of our sparkling Prosecco. Our importer’s distribution fell through thanks to Covid-19, leaving us with a 1000-cases-of-wine problem to solve. That is 6000 bottles of Prosecco. No labels. No homes to call their own. 

2020 has wreaked havoc on so many of us. But, as a small winery, we still have to figure out what to do with all this sparkling wine. We had three choices. Count it as a loss. Drink it. Lord knows we’ve tried! Or try something different.

So we are opening it up to you, the creatives of the world.

To design the front label. Get as many people to vote as possible. And get the word out so people pre-order cases of these 6000 bottles of Prosecco.

www.the6000project.com

What’s in the bottle?

A lot of happiness, refreshing bubbles, and very little chemicals. That's right, we only use biological products and don't use herbicides in our vineyards. What you get is pure joy straight from our vineyard.

We believe that sometimes a glass of wine can fix a bad mood. That it can ease difficult situations. It can help enhance the flavors of a great meal. It can be the best companion after a hard day - it doesn’t talk back! - and a great way to express happiness. But most importantly, it is the best fuel for great conversations that connect people.

All these things are in every bottle of our Prosecco. 

The Wine: That Awesomeness That Will Make You Happy 

The sparkling wine inside these 6000 bottles is a refined and elegant Long Charmat Method Prosecco DOC Extra Dry with 8 months of refermentation.

At Sfriso Winery, we use our own grapes to make our wines. As with almost everything we do, this Prosecco is also unconventional.

Quality Classification: Prosecco DOC Spumante Extra Dry

Grapes: 100% Glera grapes from a single vineyard owned by Sfriso Winery

Production Area: Chiarano, in the Province of Treviso, Italy

Alcohol Content: 11,5% vol.

Sugar Residue: 13 gr/l

Bottle Pressure: 5,5 bars

Bottle size: 0,75 l

Ideal Consumption Period: 2020/2022

Serving Temperature: 6/8 °C

Fun fact: according to the Prosecco DOC Consortium, the quality control body for Prosecco DOC, at least through the end of last year, they were not aware of any Prosecco producer in Italy who was also creating such long-term Charmat method Prosecco DOC.

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to ask @RishiSunak & @HMRCgovuk to not forget about Limited Companies during the Covid-19 crisis with @ForgottenLTD #ForgottenLTD

Today's brief is for a very important cause on behalf of millions of people and I am one of them as the founder of One Minute Briefs LTD. 

Since lockdown began, the government have pledged to be there for everyone to keep Britain going to get through the crisis. And, I was initially impressed by their fast actions in pledging support with the furlough scheme and grants for those that are self-employed.

However, they have forgotten something. They’ve forgotten us and millions of other small businesses and freelancers that are set up as limited companies. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has decided not to support 2 million limited companies in the UK with millions of employees contributing billions to the economy. These businesses and the hardworking owner-directors who run them have fallen between the cracks of the government’s support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Without a review of the rescue measures, many of these businesses will have no option but to cease trading, with devastating effects on the individuals, families and employees they support.

I fully believed that the government would offer support on a par with what they have given to others who have had 80% of their income paid, whilst Limited Companies like my own have had to try and keep getting new business in, which is almost impossible right now. The only option being a loan that is repayable with interest and the furlough scheme is useless for single Director LTD companies.  

How can owner-directors furlough themselves and expect to have a business to come back to at the end of all this?  You can’t just pause your business; you won’t be prepared for the upturn in the economy. Meanwhile the self-employed can keep working and claim a grant based on their net profits. That is simply unequal and unfair.

From a personal perspective, I’ve had events, talks, contracts, filmshoots & social campaigns all cancelled. Not only affecting me right now, but affecting me well into the future without knowing when restrictions will be lifted to get business going properly again.

I waited and waited to see if the government would offer any support before I felt compelled to write this post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nickentwistle_freelance-freelancework-smallbusiness-activity-6673934216125792256-NQ4O and the response to it has shown me that there are many people affected by this too. I also then came across Forgotten LTD who have been calling for fairness and equality for small limited companies excluded by the UK Government’s Coronavirus financial support packages.

So, today we’re joining forces to ask the Chancellor to not forget about us and millions of others. And, we need the OMBLES to help make our voices heard!!!

Please tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs, @RishiSunak @HMRCgovuk and @ForgottenLTD with the hashtag #ForgottenLTD

You can also mention @commonstreasury @jimharrahmrc @borisjohnson in your tweets if you wish.

About Forgotten LTD.

The #ForgottenLtd Campaign exists to raise awareness of the lack of meaningful government support for the small business community across the UK. We call on the government to address this disparity by extending COVID-19 support packages to those of us left behind.

We are asking for parity. We are asking not to be forgotten.

Find out more here: forgottenltd.com

Please sign the petition to help provide a COVID-19 Support Package in line with that offered to the Employed and Self-Employed.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310515

Many sole or joint company directors do not qualify for any assistance from the government. No grants and no income support, their only option is loans and debt. They don’t get paid if they don’t bring business in. They don’t get paid if they are ill. They don’t get paid if they go on holiday. They don’t get paid on Bank Holidays. They don’t get perks like health insurance, car allowance or bonuses. 

The Chancellor needs to be made aware that these people, who have paid their taxes, need financial help too. If they “fall between the cracks” as he has admitted, then that will mean that millions of small businesses could cease to trade.

• Just a few businesses in the creative industry affected by this... Film: Directors, screenwriters, actors, cameraman, production staff, make-up artists, hairdressers, runners etc. Advertising: Creative Directors, art directors, copywriters, designers, web designers, account handlers, TV producers etc…

• As well as in other industries such as… Construction, electricians, builders, decorators, architects, plumbers, surveyors etc 

Please help us to spread the word and help the government get the message.

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to encourage people to use less water outside during lockdown to avoid underpressured water supply at home & stop networks from being put #UnderPressure

We’re back collaborating with SES Water on another brilliant brief with the chance to win a great prize!

Our two previous collabs were incredible and we’re excited to see what the OMBLES come up with. No pressure!

Or should that be low pressure… as today’s brief is all about saving water in different ways to avoid water pressure running low for you and your neighbours!!

Brief:

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to encourage people to use less water outside during lockdown to avoid underpressured water supply at home & stop networks from being put #UnderPressure

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @SESWater with the hashtag #UnderPressure

Prize: £200 cash prize for today’s winner!!

About:

Picture the scene – after one of the wettest winters on record, you are now in lockdown so using the time at home to get on with some DIY projects like pressure washing the patio, and watering all the new plants that you have painstakingly planted now that garden centres are open. You’ve also been told to steer clear of beaches and beauty spots so instead you are filling up a paddling pool and letting the kids run wild with the hose to entertain them for a few precious minutes – thank goodness for the sunny weather…!

And now what’s this? Someone else is now telling you what to do? Your water supplier is saying you must use less water? But what about all that rain?!

Well, the good news is that all that rain is still available and resource levels are healthy - but there is a problem. Hot temperatures, dry weather (May was the driest on record) and more people at home in their gardens rather than going away means water use in our area is soaring to record levels (around an extra 50 million litres a day, the equivalent of supplying over 300,000 more people). Some people are using it at a faster rate than we can pump it from our treatment works to their taps because all pipes have a limited capacity. This can cause problems with low pressure for everyone - anyone who has been standing in the shower when someone fills a kettle or flushes a loo will understand the principle.

That’s why we need people to think about their water use as the more they use, the more chance there will be of pressure problems for them and their neighbours.

What can people do? Well, we know that the majority of the extra millions of litres are being used outside – hosepipes and sprinklers use a huge amount, around 1000 litres an hour, the same as a family of six would use in a day. So let your lawn go brown, it’ll soon bounce back when it rains – and this is England, it will rain soon! Water your plants using a watering can, either early in the morning or during the evening when it is cooler and there is less chance of water evaporating. If you have a car, give yourself a well-earned break and don’t wash it but if you really want to then use a bucket and sponge. 

Every drop really does count – if we all save a little, then together we can save a lot! Even small changes in the way you use water can make a huge difference, whatever the weather.

Web link: www.seswater.co.uk

Twitter: @SESWater

Below image & water saving tips credit of: twitter.com/WaterUK/status/1267488825921634304

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create mastheads/posters for Sir John Hegarty's online wine magazine 'Club Chamans' #HegartyChamans

We’re delighted to be collaborating on today’s brief with, none other than, advertising legend Sir John Hegarty!! He has judged on one of our OMB briefs in the past and now is the chance for the OMBLES to impress him with their quick-fire creative thinking for a personal project of his.

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs with the hashtag #HegartyChamans

Prize: Case of Hegarty Charmans wine for today’s winner.

BRIEF from Sir John Hegarty:

I’m starting an online wine magazine called Club Chamans. Chamans is the name of our vineyard.

If you go online you can see the old website hegartychamans.com This is being redesigned as we speak.

I’m looking for a masthead for the mag. Title: Club Chamans

I’m thinking of a subhead to the masthead.

‘Words from the vineyard including the meaning of life’. I’m still working on that. Open to suggestions!

Also, the logo on our bottles is a black sheep. But I’d love to move away from that for the mag. Unless you have a really creative way to persuade me otherwise.

You can share your ideas as designs, illustrations, scribbles, sketches, posters or whatever else comes to mind.

Think Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vogue, The Guardian masthead designed by David Hilman. Take a look at Fact magazine designed by Herb Lubalin in the 60’s. Iconic simple, evocative. This is a magazine/newsletter that will be going out 3/4 times a year to mostly creative people. It will be full of news from the vineyard, hints about wine and hopefully pieces that make you laugh and think. It’s not going to be full of wine bullshit but stuff that is really useful. It’s worth looking at Noble Riot. A great wine magazine that really is rock ‘n’ roll.

Good luck and look forward to seeing what all the OMBLES come up with!

Links:

hegartychamans.com

facebook.com/HegartyChamans

The brief is also being run on our Daily Brief group over on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12385704/ if you’d like to join us on there.

As a lot of you who have already joined will know, we’ve been running briefs there during lockdown in collaboration with the brilliant Daniel Poole, who has worked hard to get some great briefs from award-winning creative directors like the one we’re setting today.!! We will be setting the daily OMBs on there moving forwards too!

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters for Virtual Business Cards with #Zappify

Today we’ve got a brilliant brief with an exciting new start-up that is replacing traditional business cards at a fraction of the price...as well as helping the environment.

It can be costly to buy loads of business cards and then you might change your number or job title with them all going to waste. Or you might not have yours with you when a networking opportunity arises. Zappify solves both problems by allowing you to share contact details in an instant… straight to your phone. Removing the need for a traditional card completely!

So today, I’m hoping the OMBLES will share their fun, quickfire ideas to communicate the above in all sorts of creative ways!

Prize: £100 cash prize to the winner!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @VirtualJoeZ with the hashtag #Zappify

Benefits of a Virtual Business Card

✓ The recipient can simply add the contact details into their phone in 1 click, thus saving the laborious process of entering manually. 

✓ You will always have your business card with you (provided you have your phone!)

✓ To update any details is instantaneous and managed easily and directly from your phone. 

✓ There is no additional cost to amend any details, thus saving wastage of obsolete cards and cost of new ones.  

✓ A virtual business card can be shared digitally, where appropriate on  web / e-mail / social media.

✓ Environmentally friendly – no printing or surplus wastage.

Find out more here:

https://www.zappify.co.uk/

Explainer Video:

Social Media Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/zappifyuk

https://www.facebook.com/virtualjoeZ/

https://twitter.com/virtualjoez

https://www.instagram.com/virtualjoez/

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One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to campaign to #BringBackTheShave with @KingofShaves

Today we’ve got an exciting brief with a brilliant brand. Cannot wait to see the OMBLES take on this one!

We’ve got some brilliant prizes to be won today too! We’d love to see funny/inspiring/stand out quick-fire creative ideas to help #BringBackTheShave!!

We’ve set a number of trends lately on Twitter. So let’s see if we can set one for real!!!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @KingofShaves with the hashtag #BringBackTheShave & link to kingofshaves.com

Prizes:

Winner: £250 cash prize

2 x Runners-Up: £50 worth of shaving products off the website.

When King of Shaves were founded in 1993, around 90% clean shaven, shaving regularly; 10% had beards, were old.  Nowadays, anything goes - clean shaven, stubbled, beard… driven by societal, celebrity and economic changes/challenges.  

The height of 'clean shaven' was 2003, but with the rise of social media and people working behind screens, appearance and clean shaven-ness became less important.

That’s when the hipster beard trend started with celebrities and Hollywood A-listers creating the beard trend.

And here we are in 2020!! With us in lockdown, people are shaving even less!

So that’s where the OMBLES come in!

How can we help everyone to fix up, look sharp and #BringBackTheShave!?

About:

Created in 1993 in Will King’s kitchen, King of Shaves is a British company that is now firmly established as a leading challenger brand in the UK. Our range of advanced high performance shaving, skin and beard care products are available in the UK from Amazon, Boots, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Superdrug and Waitrose as well as direct from our online shop. King of Shaves is also available in the USA as well as in several other countries including Australia and New Zealand. Our products are not tested on animals and our entire shaving and skincare range is suitable for vegans.

After suffering for years from razor irritation when using conventional shaving foams and gels, Will experimented with blends of essential oils and eventually created his first product – King of Shaves Original Shaving Oil – that was to become the bedrock of the company. Will hand-filled the first 10,000 bottles over the kitchen sink (it took two weeks) and in 1993, got the product listed by Harrods and Boots the Chemist in the UK. King of Shaves was born!

“Back in 1992 I used to suffer from shaving rash and razor burn but couldn’t find a product on the market to solve my shaving problems. I suspected a lot of guys suffered in the same way I did, so I decided to solve the problem myself and develop a range of products to give a smooth, close and burn free shave – so in 1993 the King of Shaves was born. Like me, I want you to enjoy shaving rather than endure it and have pioneered our simple guide to getting a close, comfortable shave with no irritation. Join our kingdom today and find out how to shave better with King of Shaves.”

Will King

Founder of King of Shaves
@iamwilliamking

Why is King of Shaves different?

• Huge love for/loyalty to - we have 11.2K+ 4/5* authentic reviews; highest rated on Amazon.

• Pioneered shaving oils, aloe rich non-aerosol (tubed) shave gels, 'skincare in shaving solutions.

• Independently owned, designed & made in Britain since 1993.

• Very purpose driven brand; best selling products moving into refilllable (aluminium) format online now, see https://kingofshaves.com/collections/refillables

• As our products are low foam/no foam, you can "See where you're shaving, not where you've shaved".

• During lockdown we have offered 30% off for NHS employees & keyworkers

WE'RE HIRING!!!

If you had
One shot
Or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
In One Minute
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip?

It’s your time to shine…

Apply for this fun-filled job and help build an already thriving community at One Minute Briefs!!

About the role:

I am looking for someone who reflects the values of OMB which include supporting creativity, inclusivity, community and of course, FUN!!

Whatever level of experience you are at from grad to senior, I’d like you to apply if this seems like the perfect job for you. It also doesn’t matter where in the world you are. Anyone can apply.

Experience with creative programs and social media feeds is preferred but not essential.

These things can be learnt. But enthusiasm and positivity cannot.

And, that’s the main thing we’re looking for.

Job responsibilities would include:

• Developing our social media strategy & increase brand awareness/engagement across all social channels including FB, Twitter, Linkedin and Instagram.

• Develop and build commercial brand partnerships & relationships with charities.

• Plan and create content around key dates and keep an eye on trending topics.

• Create engaging blog posts that inspire the OMBLES & involve them for guest posts.

• Help with the organisation of OMB events on and offline.

• Creation of basic design/video assets to be used on various channels.

• Helping to run OMB on a week-daily basis. Primarily on Twitter with supporting content across all channels.

• Growing the amazing OMBLE community across the world.

You can apply for the role by sending your CV, along with a paragraph or two (or any other creative way) to share why you think you’d be a great candidate to join the OMB team, to interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk

It only takes a minute…

Application Deadline: 25/05/2020

Salary in-line with experience level. Job open to all levels.

As well as this, we are looking for new members to be on the OMBoard, where you will be involved in group discussions with fellow OMBassadors and consulted about upcoming briefs and collaborations. We are also looking for contributors to @AgencyQuotes.

Please get in touch if you’d like to get involved in either of these too!

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to encourage people to take the #KindnessChallenge for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek in support of @MentalHealthUK

Today we’re supporting #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek by taking the #KindnessChallenge and encouraging all the OMBLES to do the same. We’d love to see the creative ways you are taking part and quick-fire posters to promote the challenge to encourage even more people to get involved!!

Maybe your submissions will be inspired by the challenges and become acts of kindness aimed at your fellow OMBLES!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @MentalHealthUK with the hashtags #KindnessChallenge and #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek.

Nominate others to take part in the Kindness Challenge by tagging them too!

Mental Health Awareness Week

18th-24th May 2020

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week in 2020 is kindness. Something which is now more important than ever with the current situation. To mark the week, join us by taking part in the Kindness Challenge!

We’ve all had to make huge changes to our daily lives because of Covid-19. While everyone is following government recommendations around social distancing, we still have the ability to look out for each other.

Now more than ever, small acts of kindness can go a long way in helping everyone cope with our current reality. Research shows that kindness can reduce levels of stress and anxiety (Curry et al. 2018), increase happiness and self-esteem (Tashjiian, 2018) and that in only one week, counting one’s own acts of kindness can improve happiness (Otake, 2006).

Therefore, for Mental Health Awareness Week (18th – 24th May 2020) we want you to join us in our bingo-style Kindness Challenge! We’ve come up with small tasks that you can carry out by yourself from home to show kindness to others and yourself.

Here’s how you can take part:

• Save the kindness bingo grid to your mobile or computer.

• Highlight each task as you complete it (by editing the image on your social media app or on an editing tool like Paint)

• Share it on social media alongside pictures of you completing the tasks to show others how they can spread kindness too!

• Tag Mental Health UK using @mhealthuk on Instagram and Facebook or @mentalhealthuk on Twitter and LinkedIn.

• Nominate your friends to take part in the Kindness Challenge by tagging them too!

• Use #KindnessChallenge and #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek.

Find out more here: https://mentalhealth-uk.org/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-week/

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to promote that we're recruiting for a role at OMB with the first-ever #OMBJOB!!!

After hitting 25,000 followers on Twitter yesterday, we are running a special OMB today and I hope all of you will get involved and share with family, colleagues and friends.

I have run One Minute Briefs now for a number of years on my own, which tends to come as a shock to a lot of people as they thing there is a team behind the scenes. It has been quite intense at times, especially when you are receiving over 300 submissions in a day, but it’s a good problem to have!!

We are now regularly trending on Twitter (including yesterday for #WashingUpLiquid), collaborating with worldwide organisations, working with global brands and making a difference in people’s lives as creatives get involved internationally.

And, with OMB continuing to grow as a thriving creative community, now is the time to take on a member of staff to ensure that the progression continues.

We want to be doing more brand & cause collaborations, more workshops, more talks, more books, more events on and offline and, above all, we want more OMBLES to improve their creative thinking, confidence, portfolios and gain contacts within the industry. Some of which, will become life-long friends.

So… that’s where the OMBLES come in.

How would you advertise the first ever job at One Minute Briefs to the OMBLES and beyond?

Maybe you’d like the job yourself? What would the job title be? Head OMBLE? Lead OMBassador? Maybe that’s part of your idea?

Tweet your ideas to @OneMinuteBriefs with the hashtag #OMBJOB

Please also include the link to today’s brief/job description in your tweets: bankofcreativity.co.uk/blog/ombjob

Prize: A copy of our upcoming 4th OMBook.

About the role:

I am looking for someone who reflects the values of OMB which include supporting creativity, inclusivity, community and of course, FUN!!

Whatever level of experience you are at from grad to senior, I’d like you to apply if this seems like the perfect job for you. It also doesn’t matter where in the world you are. Anyone can apply.

Experience with creative programs and social media feeds is preferred but not essential.

These things can be learnt. But enthusiasm and positivity cannot.

And, that’s the main thing we’re looking for.

Job responsibilities would include:

• Developing our social media strategy & increase brand awareness/engagement across all social channels including FB, Twitter, Linkedin and Instagram.

• Develop and build commercial brand partnerships & relationships with charities.

• Plan and create content around key dates and keep an eye on trending topics.

• Create engaging blog posts that inspire the OMBLES & involve them for guest posts.

• Help with the organisation of OMB events on and offline.

• Creation of basic design/video assets to be used on various channels.

• Helping to run OMB on a week-daily basis. Primarily on Twitter with supporting content across all channels.

• Growing the amazing OMBLE community across the world.

You can apply for the role by sending your CV, along with a paragraph or two (or any other creative way) to share why you think you’d be a great candidate to join the OMB team, to interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk

Application Deadline: 22/05/2020

Salary in-line with experience level. Job open to all levels.

As well as this, we are looking for new members to be on the OMBoard, where you will be involved in group discussions with fellow OMBassadors and consulted about upcoming briefs and collaborations. We are also looking for contributors to @AgencyQuotes.

Please get in touch if you’d like to get involved in either of these too!

Thanks to you all for your continued support.

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to congratulate 10-year-old double amputee @CattMaisie on completing a (home-based) marathon and raising over £10k for @LimbPower! #aMAISIEing

One Minute Brief of the Day:

Create posters to congratulate 10-year-old double amputee @CattMaisie on completing a (home-based) marathon and raising over £10k for @LimbPower! #aMAISIEing 

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs, @CattMaisie and @LimbPower

• Use the hashtag #aMASIEing & please include the donation link in your tweets https://bit.ly/35PjsH8

• You can also share on Insta if you wish

Prize: The winner will receive a personalised video message from Maisie and the family.

About:

10-year-old Maisie Catt recently completed a marathon in her Yorkshire garden. But what makes this physical challenge amazing, is that this young lady lost both her legs to meningitis and septicaemia when she was just a baby. 

Inspired by the work of fellow Yorkshireman Captain Tom Moore, Maisie challenged herself to walk 2.6 miles per day, in her garden or on a treadmill, over the course of 10 days, in a bid to raise £260 for LimbPower.

Having initially set her sights on raising a modest £260, when our friends at Scriba PR heard about Maisie’s challenge, they sprang into action and got in touch with the UK media to help spread the word…and she’s had quite the response.

To date, Maisie has appeared in the local newspaper, been interviewed by The Yorkshire Post and appeared on ITV, BBC and Sky News. She’s also received mentions on Twitter from MPs, authors and even Captain Tom himself!

But the best part? She smashed her original fundraising target and has now raised over £10,000 – and counting. Buoyed by the response, she’s going to continue walking until the donations cease.  

Knowing what a superb bunch of OMBLES we have, we’d like to use the power of our community to congratulate Maisie on everything she’s achieved so far and encourage her to keep up the fantastic work.. You can share fun quickfire ideas, posters, designs, illustrations, sketches, scribbles or whatever else that comes to mind.

Until this brief goes live, Maisie has absolutely no idea we have this planned for her.

If you want to read more about Maisie’s story, or donate, you can visit her JustGiving page here.

See Maisie finishing her marathon below:

‘Image credits: The Yorkshire Post’

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to encourage people to listen, be inspired and receive mentorship with the #40MinuteMentor during lockdown.

Today we’ll be taking 1 minute…to get creative about 40!

When it comes to mentorship… you need a little more time and today we’ve got a great collab with JBM who are sharing inspiration 40 minutes at a time.

Excited to see how the OMBLES take on this brief. You can share fun quickfire ideas, posters, designs, illustrations, sketch, scribbles or whatever else that comes to mind.

• Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @JBM_Consulting with the hashtag #40MinuteMentor

• You can also share on Insta @OneMinuteBriefs and @40MinuteMentor if you wish.

• Prize: £150 cash prize for today’s winner.

The Campaign

JBM have joined forces with One Minute Briefs to promote the power of mentorship during this challenging time, through their podcast 40 Minute Mentor. We will be welcoming OMB Founder Nick Entwistle on to the podcast at some point soon too!

We want YOU - creatives, designers, illustrators, quick thinkers -  to help JBM_Consulting promote and encourage people to subscribe and listen to our podcast @40minutementor, to help provide some inspiration and mentorship during lockdown.

As part of this, we’d love to see and hear about your experience of mentoring and the impact it’s had on your life and career. 

About 40 Minute Mentor 

At  JBM we are big believers in the power of mentorship, so much so that we created a podcast to focus on it! 

The 40 Minute Mentor is a series of informal and candid interviews with Entrepreneurs and Leaders who share their career stories, offer advice for job seekers and provide general mentorship to our listeners.

Previous guests have included CEO’s, Entrepreneurs (including Sustainability entrepreneur Kresse Wessling MBE of Elvis & Kresse and Tech for Good entrepreneur Alex Stephany, CEO of Beam) and leaders from other walks of life including an ex-TopGun pilot and a former international Footballer (Stiliyan Petrov).

40 Minute Mentor aims to help those in need of mentorship and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs to go for it!   

About #JBM

Founded in 2012, JBM is a values driven recruitment firm that places executive talent and future leaders into disruptive, fast growing companies.

We’re on a mission to disrupt the traditionally transactional recruitment model, by replacing it with an authentic, human and invested approach.

Recruitment isn't a numbers game. It's all about relationships. And that’s why we have grown exclusively through word of mouth. So whether you’re a client or candidate, when you work with JBM you can expect the highest levels of service and honest, insightful career advice.

Social media handles / links:

Twitter - @JBM_Consulting - https://twitter.com/JBM_Consulting

LinkedIn – JBM - https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/

Instagram - @jbm_uk - https://www.instagram.com/jbm_uk/

Instagram - @40minutementor - https://www.instagram.com/40minutementor/

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters that encourage the public to use the NHS to get care when they need it. #NHSisOpen @LoveYourNHS

The NHS has launched a major new drive to persuade the public to seek the urgent care and treatment they need.

And we want the OMBLES to step in and help get that message out there to as many people as possible in their typically brilliant creative way using sketches, scribbles, headlines, designs and more!!

Who knows… your message might just save someone’s life!!

Tweet your posters to @OneMinuteBriefs and @LoveYourNHS with the hashtag #NHSisOpen

About:

NHS Urges the Public To Get Care When They Need It

NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens warned that delays in getting treatment due to coronavirus fears pose a long term risk to people’s health.

The plea comes alongside new findings that four in ten people are too concerned about being a burden on the NHS to seek help from their GP.

Seeking medical help is one of the four reasons that people can safely leave home, in line with government guidance.

And Sir Simon stressed that the NHS is still there for patients without coronavirus who need urgent and emergency services for stroke, heart attack, and other killer conditions.

While NHS staff have worked hard to put in place measures allowing people to access care safely – such as splitting services into Covid and non-Covid – attendances at Accident and Emergency departments are so far on course to be one million lower this April than last. 

Some leading clinicians including the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and medical health charities such as the British Heart Foundation and Stroke Association have expressed concerns that people are risking their long-term health, and their lives, by delaying getting the help they need.

A new public information campaign – including today’s collaboration with One Minute Briefs is currently being rolled out to persuade people to contact their GP or the 111 service if they have urgent care needs – or 999 in emergencies - and to attend hospital if they are told they should.

As well as encouraging people to seek help for urgent health needs, over the coming weeks the NHS will take steps to encourage people to use other vital services - such as cancer screening and care, maternity appointments and mental health support – as they usually would, by demonstrating how frontline teams are delivering them safely.

Full article here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/04/help-us-help-you-nhs-urges-public-to-get-care-when-they-need-it/

NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said:

“While NHS staff have pulled out all the stops to deal with Coronavirus they have also worked hard to ensure that patients who don’t have Covid 19 can safely access essential services.

“So whether you or loved one have the symptoms or a heart attack or stroke, are a parent worried about their child or have concerns about conditions such as cancer you should seek help in the way you always would.

“Ignoring problems can have serious consequences - now or in the future.”

 As part of the NHS’ rapid response to the greatest public health challenge in its history, hospitals have freed up more than 33,000 beds, the equivalent of 50 new hospitals, over the last few weeks. 

An unprecedented deal with the independent sector has put their 8,000 beds and 20,000 staff at the NHS’ disposal, and seven Nightingale hospitals have been rapidly set up around the country, providing over 3,500 more beds to help local hospitals ensure all those who need care can get it.

This significant increase in capacity, combined with effective social distancing by the public slowing the spread of the virus, has meant that the NHS has so far successfully been able to meet everyone’s need, with capacity to spare.

Over the coming weeks the NHS will be working with top doctors and nurses, as well as patient groups, to highlight how local health teams have adapted to the global coronavirus pandemic, and to reassure the public that it is safe to access care – including scheduled appointments, vaccinations and maternity services.

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to encourage sharing #CuppasTogether with @PGtips, even whilst we’re apart.

Today we’ve got an amazing brief with a powerful message at its heart. To coincide with PG tips’ brilliant TV ad below, we are on a mission to get people to reach out to someone for a cuppa. Be it across the road, on the phone, virtually via video, or right here on Twitter, staying connected feels more important than ever.

Even before social distancing, 9 million people in the UK felt lonely but over half of us felt there was a stigma attached to loneliness. With lots of us experiencing loneliness at the moment, we want to help change this.

That’s why we’re calling on the OMBLES to help spread the word to people all around the UK, that staying home doesn’t have to mean feeling isolated. We want to encourage people to share virtual #CuppasTogether to help address loneliness through the joy of a good old brew.

After all, cuppas really do taste better together.

Remember to tweet entries to @PGtips & @OneMinuteBriefs with the hashtag #CuppasTogether

Prizes:

• £100 Amazon vouchers!!

• One year’s supply of PG tips!!

• PG tips personalised mugs for you and the family!!

About:

At PG tips, we know a thing or two about bringing people together through the magic of a cuppa and a chat. With lots of us experiencing loneliness right now, we’re on a mission to get more people to share a cuppa with someone – whether it’s a friend, relative, neighbour or someone new.

It’s time to share a cuppa and a good old natter!

We want the good a cup of tea and a chat can do to be amplified to as many people as possible, at a time it feels more important than ever. This is where the OMBLES come in.

The brief is straightforward: spread the word about #CuppasTogether with quick-thinking creative designs, notes, sketches, scribbles, GIFs or however else you see fit, that will encourage people to connect with one another for a good old chat and a cuppa, wherever they find themselves.

Through visuals and/or words, we’d like to de-stigmatise loneliness and highlight why we’re better together despite any current physical ‘distance’. After all, loneliness affects everyone and together we can all help reducing it.

Find out more about the campaign, partners and how you can pledge to share #CuppasTogether here:

pgtips.co.uk/cuppastogether.html

EXTRA: The OMBLE Tea Party

• We’ll also be having an OMBLE Tea Party on Zoom at 3pm BST. Make sure you have Zoom downloaded… DM us on Twitter to RSVP and I’ll send you the invite link. I’d like as many of you to join us as possible with your cuppas!!

• I’ll be chatting briefly and inviting a few OMBLES to say a few words before we all say cheers with our cuppas for a big OMBLE Tea Party group pic!

• Just make sure you have pen, paper and a cuppa with you (silly clothing or accessories optional) 😉

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters for the #HowtoSavetheWorldforFree book by @NatalieFee for this year's #EarthDay.

This #EarthDay, we're on a mission to help long-standing One Minute Brief ally Natalie Fee to help promote her brilliant new book, How to Save the World for Free. It's a playful, punchy and perky guide to getting us out of the ecological emergency, and a perfect lockdown companion. 

Prize: £100 cash for today’s winner and a copy of the book to Natalie's top three entries!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @NatalieFee with the hashtags #HowtoSavetheWorldforFree & #EarthDay, along with the nataliefee.com/books URL. 

Please include your Twitter handle in the corner of all entries.

ABOUT: HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD FOR FREE

Already an Amazon #1 Best-Seller!

We know that a better world is possible. One where we all get to breathe clean air, marvel at the abundance of wildlife and enjoy life without worrying if it’s about to self-destruct.But how do we get there? And can it really be … easy? And fun? And free?

You can start by reading this book. Then try doing a few of the things it suggests.

Pretty soon you’ll know the answer to those questions (it’s yes by the way!) and you’ll be part of something lovelier than you could ever have imagined.

This book can’t save the world, but you can.

More than a handbook or toolkit, How to Save the World for Free first helps us get our heads around the environmental issues we’re facing as a species here on Planet Earth, then it will take us into the heart of them, helping us connect with the all-important why. Then we’ll explore simple ways we can all save the world, while we eat, drink, sleep, work, vote, travel and play. For free.

Unlike any other guide to green living, How to Save the World for Free also
addresses the big barriers to change, including broken political systems, capitalism and consumerism – and gives us practical and engaging ways to disrupt them.

Grab yourself a copy here: nataliefee.com/books

Twitter: @nataliefee

Instagram: @nataliefee_

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to help #PlantTheSeed in society's mind to combat the climate crisis together with @OffsetEarth for #EarthDay

To celebrate #EarthDay’s 50th anniversary, Offset Earth is joining forces with One Minute Briefs to promote creative ways of saving the Earth …. 1 minute at a time.

We want YOU - creatives, designers, illustrators, quick thinkers -  to help #PlantTheSeed in society's mind on combating the climate crisis together. Create a poster, a design, illustration, sketch, scribble or whatever else you can think of to share your own thoughts on the issue. As part of this, we’d love to see and hear about your own small changes that you’ve made to make a difference to the world and climate change

For every submission submitted, Offset Earth will plant 10 trees. 

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @OffsetEarth with the hashtags #PlantTheSeed and #EarthDay

Prize: £100 cash prize for today’s winner.

About #PlantTheSeed

“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”

 Offset Earth believes the power to save the planet lies in the hands of the individual and that together we can make real change to our planet and to maintain a sustainable climate. 

 We’re looking to inspire and empower people this #EarthDay by showcasing and celebrating all contributions no matter how big or small. You, your friends, and family have the ability to make lasting change. #PlantTheSeed of climate positive action in your life, remember no contribution is too small.

More information on Offset Earth and collective action can be found here:

offset.earth/collective-action

About Offset Earth

Beating the climate crisis requires all of us to make a change. It’s all hands to the pump. Reducing your own carbon footprint is essential, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle.

Offset Earth gives you a simple way to fund the world’s best climate crisis solutions and reforest the planet, supercharging your impact over and above just limiting your own damage.

From as little as £1.25 a week, you can start growing your own forest and make a real difference in the fight against climate change

offset.earth

instagram.com/offset.earth

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to show people why #WorkingIn on your brain with leading @YourHeights experts is just as important as working out on your body with a celebrity.

Today we’ve got the second of two briefs with @YourHeights and we’re excited to see the results of this one! There’s also a great prize to be won too.

So working in is the new working out..

You already work out with celebs, now work in with scientists, authors, thinkers, and experts on the topics of brain health and wellness, mental fitness, mindset, habits and more...

We’re looking for your quickfire thoughts, scribbles, sketches, designs, headlines and more to show how people why #workingin with a world-leading expert for your brain is just as important as working out with a celebrity for your body.

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @YourHeights with the hashtag #WorkingIn

(You can also share on Insta too)

Prize: £100 cash prize for today’s winner.

About #WorkingIn

Many of the smartest minds around choose to start their day with Heights - and we are thrilled to welcome them to share their knowledge.

Heights is partnering with the world's greatest minds for a series of live masterclasses on brain health, mental wellness, mindset and training the most important muscle in your body, your brain. This exclusive series is designed to help you unlock your potential, stay mentally active and thrive, by ‘Working In’ with Heights.

Heights co-founder, Dan Murray-Serter will interview world experts like Stephen Fry, Jay Shetty, Mo Gawdat, Dr Tara Swart, Dr Rangan Chatterjee, Dr James Doty, Dr Daniel Amen, Dr Sophie Scott and more - every Thursday 6.30 - 7.15pm.

Learn how to eat for a clearer mind, be more mindful, grow intelligence, combat stress, reduce mental health problems, socially connect, solve for happy, remember anything, laugh through it all and more.

All Working In sessions are by donation - with proceeds going to Mind, the mental health charity, to provide mental health support during COVID-19.

More info: https://www.yourheights.com/pages/workingin

About Heights

Heights is a human potential company focused on brain health and wellness. We believe a healthier brain is the key to a happier life.

Heights deliver exclusive content by the world’s leading experts on stress and anxiety relief, sleep, productivity, and nutrition, to benefit not only your brain itself, but your body and mental wellbeing too. We help you to understand not just how your brain works, but how to make the most of its potential in any situation - so your output is better than ever.

Delivered through the letterbox, our Smart Supplement packs in the 18 key vitamins and minerals your brain and body need to thrive at their prime.

Find out more here:

https://www.yourheights.com/

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to encourage the public to stay at home & avoid visiting popular destinations for the #DontVisitChallenge with @SimlSocial & @LoveYourNHS

Today we’ve got a fun brief to deliver an important message in typical creative OMB style.

Following the social media success of the #dontvisitwaleschallenge, that OMB got involved in on Bank Holiday weekend, it’s time to think bigger, bolder, grander, wider, deeper… sillier perhaps?

The #DontVisitChallenge, in partnership with @SimlSocial, urges the public to just forget it for a bit. Put your feet up. Watch telly instead. And, above all, don’t travel unnecessarily to visit places you don’t need to.

We want to see your creative ideas to encourage the bored and restless public to get behind the campaign and Stay At Home, despite the temptation to travel around this weekend. Especially when the sun is out.

Share your quick-fire thoughts with anything from sketches, clever copy, designs, tongue-in-cheek slogans and impactful messages to the public encouraging them to stay away from all the places they are usually welcomed to.

This also isn’t just for the UK. You can use any destination in your country for your entries.

The funnier and more creative the better.

You can enter as many as you like too!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs, @SimlSocial & @LoveYourNHS with the hashtag #DontVisitChallenge
(You can also share on Insta too)

It would be great if you can also include the hashtags #StayHomeSaveLives & #LoveYourNHS

Here’s a few examples to give you a little inspiration:



One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to show how @YourHeights Neurotrition can help you put your #BrainFirst & achieve peak mental performance whilst working from home.

Today we’ve got the first of two briefs with @YourHeights and we’re looking forward to seeing lots of fun creativity for this interesting topic. There’s also a great prize to be won too.

We’re looking for your quickfire thoughts, scribbles, sketches, designs, headlines and more to show how @YourHeights can help everyone achieve peak mental performance by fuelling their brain with the natural nutrients it needs to thrive.
Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @YourHeights with the hashtag #BrainFirst
(You can also share on Insta too)

Prize: £100 cash prize for today’s winner.

About Heights

Heights is a human potential company focused on brain health and wellness. We believe a healthier brain is the key to a happier life.

Heights deliver exclusive content by the world’s leading experts on stress and anxiety relief, sleep, productivity, and nutrition, to benefit not only your brain itself, but your body and mental wellbeing too. We help you to understand not just how your brain works, but how to make the most of its potential in any situation - so your output is better than ever.

Delivered through the letterbox, our Smart Supplement packs in the 18 key vitamins and minerals your brain and body need to thrive at their prime.

Find out more here:

https://www.yourheights.com/

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create 'Toilet Training for Adults' style posters to help prevent flushed plastic pollution with @CityToSea_ #Unflushables

Following our previous briefs with City to Sea, we have got another one to help them reduce flushed plastic pollution. With many of us being at home at the moment, our message is more important than ever.

We hope you’ll go potty for this one!

Prize: £100 cash for today’s winner!

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and @CityToSea_ with the hashtag #Unflushables

Please include your Twitter handle in the corner of all entries.

About:

City to Sea is an environmental not-for-profit, campaigning to stop plastic pollution at source. Their award-winning campaigns are tackling the single-use plastic items found most commonly on our beaches and in our rivers and oceans by providing practical, solutions- focused campaign and championing reuse over single-use.

We’re literally flushing the health of our oceans down the toilet. Did you know that items like wet wipes, period products and nappies contain plastic? Our toilets are part of our water cycle. Any time you thoughtlessly flush something down the loo, someone or something has to remove it in order for us to access clean drinking water. Or it ends up as a very toxic dinner for some poor sea creature.

The worst offending flushed items are: wet wipes, period products, nappies, tooth-floss, cotton buds, contact lenses, cigarettes, incontinence pads and tooth floss.

We want to raise awareness of the worst offending items and encourage people to stop people from using the toilet as a bin. City to Sea are helping to connect our actions to our oceans, from bathroom to beach!

Web link: www.citytosea.org.uk/unflushables

Twitter: @citytosea_
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/citytosea

Plus, today we have a LIVE Q&A Stream on our Facebook with OMB Founder Nick Entwistle.

• 2PM GMT.

• Set a reminder here: https://www.facebook.com/OneMinuteBriefs/posts/1462705457224865 

  & RSVP here. https://www.facebook.com/events/2632068463776676/

• DM us your questions!! You can also ask questions in the comments on the Live Stream.

  Hope to see you all there.

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters using your name within the design using the hashtag #MyNameIs

Problem:

We reached 24,000 followers this week but we don’t all know much about each other and/or know what each other does.

Solution:
Let’s introduce each other in a creative way.

Brief: 
Create posters using your name within the design using the hashtag #MyNameIs

From full names, initials, nicknames or even pet names…we want you to show us who you are.
Show your personality with imagery, colours, fonts, sketches, collages that reflect you by showing what you enjoy and/or what you do.

Think of it as a billboard that’s all about you. And all about your name.

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs using the hashtag #MyNameIs

Prize: Winner will receive a copy of the upcoming 4th OMB Book