Doritos launched the biggest, most unexpected Crash the Super Bowl yet. With an ad contract and a $5 million payout on the line for sweeping the top three rankings of the USA TODAY Ad Meter, the contest will offer an unprecedented six :30 Super Bowl ad spots for consumer-created commercials. Plus, this year’s contest brings the most surprising twist to date—Doritos inviting Pepsi MAX to the program for even more chances to sweep the top spots on the Ad Meter. Each brand will air three :30 consumer-created ads during the Super Bowl XLV broadcast, February 6, on FOX.

Kraft Foods launched a worldwide initiative to celebrate play and fight world hunger. Through an app on Kraft Foods’ corporate Facebook page, the company is encouraging consumers to upload photos of people at play. And for each photo provided, Kraft Foods will donate five meals (up to 500,000) to the United Nations World Food Programme’s Fill the Cup campaign, which aims to feed more than 20 million children around the world who go to school hungry every day.

The Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition® (HCHN) joined with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) to unveil Moderation Nation™, a new national program which kicks off by providing complimentary visits with ADA member registered dietitians to consumers, age 18 or over. Moderation Nation seeks to educate people on how to achieve balance in their lives through moderation, both in nutrition and physical activity.

Red Bull, the energy drink brand, which is well-known for its extreme sports and music projects, is going on extending its Red Bull Bedroom Jam program oversees. The project, which originated in the UK three years ago and since then has been encouraging local rock musicians to demonstrate their talent first from their own bedrooms and later on the stage of the biggest music festivals of the country, eventually has arrived in Australia.

IKEA USA announced the launch of The Life Improvement Project, a program designed to educate, inspire and empower people to improve their lives, as well as the lives of others in their community.  The national program consists of a range of contests and activities, giving IKEA employees the opportunity to get further engaged in local community initiatives.

Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies® announced it has awarded its first-ever MomInspired™ grants to 12 entrepreneurial moms to help fund and resource their innovative, real-world product ideas. Launched earlier this year, the Huggies MomInspired Grant Program was created to provide the resources and seed capital for moms to either turn their great ideas inspired by personal motherhood experiences into successful businesses or help take their existing businesses to the next level.

Every culture has its unique traditions of conquering a woman’s heart. AXE teamed up with the Funny or Die website to find it out what helps win ladies in different parts of the world. Two guys, Trey and Julius, embarked on a long global journey to participate  in a number of bizarre challenges, which are dating back to the Middle Ages or even earlier periods. The guys had a really tough time during the tests, and now their adventures are showcased in a series of 3-minute episodes under one title “World’s Manliest Rituals.”

By Alex Sanders, Head of Design at Kyp Plc for Popsop

I went to a seminar this week that was analysing how digital activities and traditional direct mail relate to each other in the real world. There were two exciting case studies I was intrigued by. One was a piece by GGRP created by Grey Vancouver and the other by Razorfish for Audi. Intelligent creative that demonstrated clearly that there is absolutely no doubt that digital has revolutionised the way we engage with consumers offline. Cool stuff.