We flew into Nice airport on the Wednesday before Cannes Lions week to join forces again with McCann Health for year 2 of the Health Lions (#HealthLions)
If you aren't aware yet of what McCann Health gets up to over Health Lions, then take a peek at our previous blog posts from 2013 & 2014 and get up to speed.
This year we set up our pop-up restaurant on a beautiful balcony overlooking the Croisette, the old Marina and the Med. A superb new location, a stones throw from the Palais des Festivals.
McCann Health spends a whirlwind 3 days in Cannes. During this time they host talks, lunches, meetings and dinners, give out healthy hangover-busting juices, and attend awards ceremonies, Palais events and closing parties.
They kicked off the whole event with their signature juices, aimed to target those sore, early morning heads. The juices were packed full of healthy vitamins and nutrients...
Like beetroot which lowers blood pressure and fights heart disease.
Parsley which is rich in Vit C, B 12, K & A - meaning it keeps your immune system strong and supports kidney function.
Ginger which can aid with nausea and and digestive issues.
And carrots which contain more Vit A than you could shake a stick at, while also hosting other powerful health benefits including beautiful skin, cancer prevention and anti-aging.
All handed our by our lovely McCann Health Juice Team. Who grabbed one?
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After the juices had been handed out, delegates filtered into the Palais des Festivals for a talk of a lifetime.
This year McCann Health landed a 1hour speaking slot at the Palais. The brief from Jeremy Perrott Global Creative Director of McCann Health was to find two speakers who have fought for their creative lives. Gunner Laura Gregory knew just the two.
Slam poet and TED speaker Shane Koyczan and Hollywood director Ilya Naishuller joined McCann Health for an incredible talk. The duo spoke separately but collectively brought the audience to their feet.
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| (L-R) Ilya Naishuller - Director, Jeremy Perrot - Global ECD of McCann Health & Shane Koyczan - Slam Poet |
Unfortunately we can't share the video of the talk with you - trust us we'd love to! To make up for it here are some snippets from their talks and some pictures of Shane, Ilya, Gunner Laura and McCann Health Jeremy Perrot.
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| (L-R) Shane Koyczan, Laura Gregory, Ilya Naishuller & Jeremy Perrott |
Day 2 of talks included an amazing panel for UNF Presents: 'Creative Solutions for Saving Women's Lives Around the Globe.' The panel welcomed Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, Dr. Raj Shah, Dr. Naveen Rao at Merck for Mothers and Aaron Sheridan, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at UNF, and covered everything to do with women's health.
If you are interested in anything else Health Lions related, there is a huge amount of information, snippets, photos and backstage chat on their website: CLICK HERE
Feeling full of creative juice post talks, the McCann Health team put on quite the spread for their guests and team when cocktail hour rolled around.
The genius Maria Elia and her amazing crew joined us for the 3rd year running, and set about creating amazing canapés and finger food. We were also joined by a new member of La Maison Bouffe - James, who was quite the mixologist - he wowed us with drinks including Lavender and Rosemary Gin Fizz, Espresso Martinis and Coriander and Chilli Bloody Mary's.
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| (L-R) Jeremy Perrott Global ECD, June Laffey ECD & John Cahill Global Chief Executive Officer at McCann Health |
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| (L-R) Nicole Cramer, SVP Global Chief Creativity Catalyst at McCann Health, Sheridan Thomas and Laura Gregory of Great Guns, Rahel Rasu Communications Manager at McCann Health, Deborah Zdobinski SVP Brand Communications Director at McCann Health |
The McCann Health team ended their time in Cannes with a hearty breakfast on the balcony on Sunday.
It was a fantastic second year of Health Lions, and yes, we will be back next year!
