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When you become a member of the Ad Club of Delaware you become a member of the AAF, an organization with more than 210 affiliate federations throughout the U.S.

We give the AAF its roots in hundreds of geographic pulse points. This means we gain a powerful voice in local business communities and state legislatures, and myriad talent hotbeds. In return, the AAF provides resources to make your Ad Club stronger!

    Individual Membership $75.00
    Student Membership $30.00 (must provide student I.D.)

33 Reasons How The Ad Club Of Delaware will Benefit You.

Membership Form

As an AAF affilliate member you gain access to:

Interact
Exclusively for AAF club members, Interact is an e-newsletter that provides updates and important information about AAF programs, spotlights on outstanding AAF member clubs and resources to help you and your club.

ADDY® Awards
Sponsored by the AAF, the ADDY® Awards honor excellence in advertising and cultivate the highest creative standards in the industry. The competition begins at the local level with the 210 AAF member clubs nationwide from which local winners proceed to 14 regional competitions, and those winners proceed to the national finals.

AAF Club Achievement Awards
The AAF Club Achievement Awards honor top clubs in eight categories: advertising education, communications, diversity, government relations, club management, membership, programs and public service. Additionally, a "club of the year" is chosen in each division.

AAF Silver Medal Awards
The AAF's Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. Annually, AAF member clubs bestow this honor upon outstanding members of the local advertising community.

Ad Grad
A membership enhancing program designed to assist your club in attracting students as well as help in the graduate's transition from campus to corporate life.

Great Brands Campaign
Advertising. The way great brands get to be great brands.

This multi-year integrated advertising campaign seeks to reinforce advertising's strategic importance at a time of fundamental change in the business environment. The "Advertising. The way great brands get to be great brands," campaign is directed at CEOs, presidents and other top-level corporate executives who make decisions that affect advertising expenditures. Working with our local ad clubs and federations, the AAF has extended the Great Brands national campaign to our grassroots via local print and place-based, out-of-home media space. To learn more, read our Local Participation Guidelines.

Club Resources
Membership Recruitment & Retention Manual
This simple step-by-step guide provides the tools for an effective membership development and retention effort within your club. The AAF provides many programs and services to assist local ad club members and leaders. Click here for a complete list of club resources.

Member Discounts
Available Exclusively to AAF Members
The AAF continues to research and selectively add new products and services that can provide meaningful benefits to our membership.

AAF Mission
The American Advertising Federation protects and promotes the well-being of advertising. We accomplish this through a unique, nationally coordinated grassroots network of advertisers, agencies, media companies, local advertising clubs and college chapters.

Here's what the AAF does:

  • Brings members together to yield creative business solutions.
  • Protects and promotes advertising at all levels of government through grassroots activities.
  • Educates members on the latest trends in technology, creativity and marketing.
  • Provides programs to assist local association volunteer leadership.
  • Presents the industry with its future leaders.
  • Honors advertising excellence.
  • Promotes diversity in advertising by encouraging the recruitment of people of diverse cultures.
  • Applies the communication skills of its members to help solve community concerns.

To accomplish our objectives, AAF initiatives include the following:

  • AAF National Conference
  • Advertising Hall of Fame
  • Advertising Hall of Achievement
  • ADDY® Awards
  • Government Affairs Conference
  • Great Brands Campaign
  • Mosaic Awards
  • Mosaic Career Fairs
  • Most Promising Minority Students Program
  • National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC)
  • Mosaic Principles & Recommended Practices

To join the Ad Club of Delaware
Print out the Membership Form and mail it, with a check to:

    Ad Club of Delaware
    P.O. Box 768
    WILMINGTON DE 19899-0768

Memberships are with the individual, not a company.
Sign up today and help us help you.

The benfits of joining could make your job easier. Use your membership for advice, resources, help finding work, help finding help, education and exposure. The Advertising Club of Delaware is here for you and because of you.

We always consider your privacy first. Your information will not be distributed to anyone inside or outside the local club or the AAF.