Leading Social Change 2011 – Part 5 – Food For Thought
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change | Comments OffThe Cold Skinny This post has been a difficult one to write. We’re talking about obesity here, and what governments are trying to do to prevent it, curb it and reverse it. Obesity has recently replaced smoking as the health … Continue reading
Leading Social Change 2011 – Part 4 – Juice for Thought
It’s called “R&D” not “D&R” for a reason… Research. As we observed in the previous post, market research goes beyond determining the best strategy to communicate a social policy, it can alter and refine the policy itself. Research is undoubtedly … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011Leading Social Change 2011 – Part 3 – Dancing About Policy
What’s the policy on social policy? “We have a saying in government: you can make a good policy great with communication,” said Kevin Finnerty of the Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, “but there’s no way to communicate a … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011Leading Social Change 2011 – Part 2 – Changing the Unchanging Individual
A Brief History of Human Nature There isn’t sufficient space here to list emcee Terry O’Reilly’s credentials as a living-legend in Canadian advertising. The host of CBC’s The Age of Persuasion opened the day paraphrasing not-so-living advertising legend, Bill Bernbach: … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011Leading Social Change 2011 – Part 1 – The Brief Brief
Background: At the request of the event organizers, I was asked to report on the proceedings at this year’s Leading Social Change conference. Now in its third year, Leading Social Change is a one-day event held during Canada’s National Advertising … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011Leading Social Change Agenda
January 25th 2011 MaRS Discovery District, Toronto Time Speaker Activity 8:30 Terry O’Reilly, The Age of Persuasion Call to Order, Intro to day (Emcee for the day) 8:40 Laurie Sloan, Advertising Review Board Welcome from the ARB 8:45 Kevin Finnerty, … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011Justin Trudeau confirmed to speak at Advertising Week
Youth Advocate headlines Leading Social Change: Ideas, Tools and Inspiration Justin Trudeau, Education, Environment and Youth Advocate, will deliver the keynote address at Leading Social Change: Ideas, Tools and Inspiration, on Tuesday January 25th, Day Two of Canada’s Advertising Week. … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011National Advertising Week 2011
Third Edition of Leading Social Change – Featuring Justin Trudeau Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 MaRS Discovery District 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Register and purchase tickets Marketing originating in the public sector is often the force of social change. Successes … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social Change 2011Agencies of Change: Part 1
Leading Social Change Day, January 2010. How Government and Advertisers Want to Change your World I was asked by event co-sponsor Partners and Edell to report on this year’s Leading Social Change conference, a series of talks centered on the … Continue reading
Posted on | Filed under: Blog, Leading Social ChangeAgencies of Change: Part 2
Case Studies. The business of winning hearts and minds The event began with David Stevenson of The Rocket Science Group from London, U.K, sharing his insight into various campaigns he or his European peers have worked on to promote social … Continue reading
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