Thousands of people visit shopping malls every day. But do you know how many people visit animal adoption centers every day? Very few. How to attract just a few of mall visitors to the adoption centers? via a new medium. The insight came from the following observation: the TVs in mall stores will screen just about anything. Why not use the medium for something that would really make a difference? ...
To help build the habit of hand washing with soap among children in rural India, Savlon introduced special chalk sticks infused with soap. These could be used to write just like regular chalk sticks, but the chalk powder collected on kids’ hands while writing turned into cleansing soap when their hands came in contact with water. The simple innovation automatically turned washing hands with soap i ...
The impact of humans on the life of animals is showed through a competing animated film that features several animals in different parts of the globe singing "I dreamed a dream" from Les Miserables as we watch their dream of a life being ruined by ruthless humans. Humans continue to be the biggest cause of animal extinction. It's important to raise awareness of the impact we all have over the ...
People often say they've "rescued" a pet, but in many cases, the pet ends up rescuing its new owner just as much. The PEDIGREE® brand is bringing that notion to life with a new video created by BBDO New York called "Pick Me," just in time for National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day (April 30) and May's National Pet Month. (https://bbdo.com)
The commercial begins on a hallway at night. We see lightning flash and hear thunder in the distance. The camera moves down on a little girl during storm, who was never allowed to sleep in Mum’s bed. The camera pulls wide and we see a big dog snuggled up to mum in bed. Cut to an endframe where a picture frame of the grown up kid is knocked over and replaced by a picture of the dog. The young woman ...
"Halloween," a spot telling a heartbreaking story of a burn victim who is limited to one day a year where he feels comfortable in public. With the aim to sensitize the general public to what burn victims go through every day, the campaign hopes to encourage society to understand what they go through on a daily basis. (http://tbwa.com)
The Royal Navy is central to protecting our nation’s interests, using its global presence to neutralise threats, with or without a shot being fired. People like you, all over the world, are prepared to act at a moment’s notice, all in the name of serving their country. (https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk)
Until confronted with an emergency, people don't understand that knowing first aid can be the difference between life and death. If you're not equipped to deal with an emergency, you're helpless. This blunt ad uses an invisible barrier to dramatise that feeling. A mother sees her son in trouble after he hits his head jumping into their swimming pool. She frantically leaps into the pool only to lan ...
Havas Worldwide India uncovered this cultural truth and started a movement to raise awareness of the issue without spending a single rupee. Every married Indian woman wears a red bindi, a dot on her forehead representing honor, love and prosperity. Havas India decided to contrast the red bindi with a white one, as a symbol of lost childhood and a colorless future. (http://havas.com)
Most people think they’re skilled enough to drive a little over the limit. The NZ Transport Agency asked us to reframe the way people thought about their own speed. We did this by showing that other people – real people – make mistakes, and when that happens – as it inevitably does – our speed is the one variable we can control to determine the outcome of the ensuing collision. (http://w ...
We put this claim to the test again by providing a vivid description of Franz Marc’s painting “the Blue Horse” to blind children and then asking them to build it using LEGO bricks. Blind and severely visually-impaired children were able to access the painting for the first time in their lives. With the help of LEGO they created their own three-dimensional works of art that were brought to t ...
CHECT’s ads encourage people to put their phones to better use, and help detect and defeat a rare, deadly childhood eye cancer called retinoblastoma (Rb). Rb tumours can develop in the eyes of babies and young children, destroying their vision and threatening their life. The signs of Rb can be very subtle and a child may not appear unwell otherwise, which is why detection is so vital. ...
Animal Instincts uses faux animal condoms to promote spay/neuter. The condom packages contain leaflets highlighting the importance of having your pet fixed. Users who try to browse the Animal Instincts website soon find the message, "There's only one real fix. Spay or neuter your pet. (https://www.sfspca.org/)
The group of workers come from almost all the south Asian & African countries looking to touch dreams that are perhaps very much out of their reach.
SmartLife has the aim the development and overall benefit is what we consider our priority. Whether that’s by setting them up with free English language lessons every week or by providing mentoring, even occasional trips outside the labour camps ...
'How to Drink Properly’ aimed to make the ongoing trend of drinking to get drunk less socially acceptable among young drinkers, and to encourage those already drinking in safe and moderate ways to continue to do so. The campaign targets 18 to 24 year olds, challenging them to ‘stay classy’ by moderating the intensity and frequency of their drinking. The campaign provides advice and tips that ...
BBDO worked with local artists to install a super-sized portrait of a child in the fields of the heavily bombed north-west border region of Pakistan. Drone operators are confronted with the image, rather than anonymous ‘bug-like’ dots on their camera screen, persuading them to think twice. Aamir Allibhoy, General Manager of BBDO Pakistan said of the win: “Having consistently seen the wonderfu ...
Project Architeuthis is the first Alternate Reality Game ever launched by a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces for recruitment purposes. Its mission was to engage those with a mind for Cryptology, a hard-to-find (and harder-to–recruit) target that represents less than .0004% of the U.S. population. For 18 days, Project Architeuthis played out across Navy social media platforms, challenging born probl ...
Opsm tooks the eye test to children by creating Penny the Pirate, available for free as a book and interactive app, it’s the first medical tool to test children’s eye health as you a read a story to them. There wasn’t a standard eye screening tool for children, so we had to start from scratch.Penny is on track to give 300,000 children an eye test, which has already seen a huge increase in kids eye ...
They come from different countries, they are raised in different cultures. and speak different languages. But one thing still brings them all together: the will of finding a place to call home.. (http://therefugeenation.org)
