PPC Club 83: Illuminating the PPC World
To Join Our PPC & SEM Slack – where our mission is “To be the friendliest, and least cool, community of PPCs on the planet” – you must agree to the 11 following rules:
- Tangents on literary or philosophical topics are not only welcome, but encouraged.
- Silence is better than non-positive contributions — in our PPC Slack, and perhaps in life. This includes a ban on ad hominems and negativity towards other members, as judged by our Benevolent Consigliori.
- What happens in Slack, stays in Slack. (Chatham House Rules apply: you can use any information you learn to your advantage, but not share any names, the source, anything identifiable, nor anything confidential; No exceptions.)
- No self-promotion, including indirect self-promotion. (Exception: on a dedicated self-promotion channel; as judged by our Benevolet Consigliori.)
- Give more than you receive: Strive for the goal that your contributions to the community (conversations you thoughtfully participate in, questions from others you answer, questions you ask, weekly Alcohol & Advertising sessions you attend, content you share, etc) are greater than the what you get out of the community (you’ll get help with complex questions, strategic guidance for your agency, people you meet to work or partner with, clients you get from our referral network, etc)
- No politics nor political discussions nor political offhand-comments nor political memes. (No matter how evil The Team That Isn’t Yours is; and with no exceptions)
- Must appreciate and try to live up to the best virtues of antiquity, such as Honestas (being worthy of respect), Gravitas (having seriousness of purpose when required), Severitas (having self-control), and Patientia (being patient)
- No Poaching: No encouraging or offering any Member of the Club to leave their current job for another Member of the Club to come work with you instead. (Of course, you can encourage them to leave their jobs if their jobs are for non-Members.) Similarly, for clients: no client-poaching, either.
- Don’t be an asshole or troll.
- You must be a professional PPC, and we included PPC Certification as a membership perk (cost: free.)
- All decisions by our Round Table of Benevolent Consigliori are Final; no second chances.
