{"id":1178,"date":"2015-12-07T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T23:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2015-12-07T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T23:02:05","slug":"a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/219px-Ad_Council_logo.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/219px-Ad_Council_logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"219px-Ad_Council_logo.svg\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/219px-Ad_Council_logo.svg_.png 219w, https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/219px-Ad_Council_logo.svg_-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Take a Bite Outta Crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Q: \u00a0Who said these famous lines and from what ad agency did they originate?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A: \u00a0The Ad Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since its inception, to encourage the public during WWII, the Ad Council has helped develop\u00a0<a title=\"The Ad Council website.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adcouncil.org\/About-Us\/The-Story-of-the-Ad-Council\">thousands of public service announcements<\/a>. \u00a0The group maintains 35 to 40 active campaigns at one time and\u00a0receives funding mainly\u00a0from corporations and individuals, as well as time donated\u00a0by top ad agencies and media outlets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enter the social media generation and the Ad Council is right there, ready to meet this new audience. \u00a0One of their latest campaigns, &#8220;I Am a Witness&#8221; \u00a0focuses on bullying and digital communications. \u00a0No doubt it will be fascinating to see what new Ad Council slogans become part of our everyday speech.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"story-heading\" class=\"story-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/23\/business\/media\/the-ad-council-adapts-to-stay-relevant-in-an-age-of-social-action.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&amp;smid=nytcore-iphone-share\">The Ad Council Adapts to Stay Relevant in an Age of Social Action<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.&#8221; &#8220;Take a Bite Outta Crime.&#8221; Q: \u00a0Who said these famous lines and from what ad agency did they originate? A: \u00a0The Ad Council. Since its inception, to encourage the public during WWII, the Ad Council has helped develop\u00a0thousands of public service announcements. \u00a0The group maintains 35 to 40 active &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1178\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[484,480,427,482,485,469,483,481,486],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal-income-tax","tag-ad-campaign","tag-ad-council","tag-advertising","tag-american-lexicon","tag-mcgruff","tag-new-york-times","tag-public-service-announcement","tag-slogans","tag-smokey-the-bear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}