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SportAccord: Sponsorship Focus Session Activation In The City : How sponsors make their investment pay off in host cities and elsewhere. 26 April 2007. Who is Lenovo?. 3 rd largest PC company in the world Best-engineered PCs A New World, Global company International executive team
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SportAccord: Sponsorship Focus SessionActivation In The City: How sponsors make their investment pay off in host cities and elsewhere 26 April 2007
Who is Lenovo? • 3rd largest PC company in the world • Best-engineered PCs • A New World, Global company • International executive team • Headquarters in Beijing, Singapore and Raleigh, NC • TOP sponsor of the Olympic Games
Why the Olympic Games? • The Olympic Games represent goodwill, excellence and global unity • Olympic Games are far-reaching • An estimated four billion television viewers worldwide will watch the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • The Olympic Games offer a showcase for our technology • The Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games were Lenovo’s first experience in the Olympic Games
Why the Olympic Games? • Sports marketing is a broadband solution for brand-building • Innovation and technology are crucial in the operation of properties • Worldwide sponsor of the Olympic Games • Formula One • National Basketball Association • Business opportunities with properties and their partners • Reach from C-level officers to consumers • Passion and emotion of Olympic Games create a connection between Lenovo and customers • Sponsorship of the Olympic Games positions Lenovo as a new world company building the best-engineered PCs
Worldwide Marketing Plans • Integrating Olympic Games in all marketing campaigns including advertising • Marketing surge corresponds to geographic interest level • Selecting Lenovo Champions in key countries to act as ambassadors • Inviting customers to see the technology showcase at the Games • Working on collaborative initiatives with National Olympic Committees • Continuing partner relationships with fellow worldwide sponsors including Visa and Coca-Cola
Lenovo Products at the Olympic Games • Worldwide sponsor of computing equipment for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • PCs, servers and storage equipment • Virtually every aspect of the management of the Games depends on the technology operations based on best-in-class Lenovo equipment • Game Management Systems: accreditation, staffing and scheduling, transportation, sports entries and qualifications, etc. • Timing and scoring • Ticketing • Internet usage • Lenovo Internet Lounges • On-venue results
The Olympic Technology Challenge • The Olympic Games are a massive undertaking for Lenovo • Equipment and services provided during the two weeks of the Games are equivalent to that needed for any Fortune 500 company • At the same point before Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, Lenovo only needed to commit one-third the number of products and technicians
Lenovo’s Second Olympic Games: By the Numbers 201 10,500 80 Participating Nations 2,508 Athletes
Lenovo’s Second Olympic Games: By the Numbers 39 302 17 15 13 7 7 Cities Competition Sites Non-competition Sites 84 38 28 15 7 Sports Disciplines Events
Lenovo’s Second Olympic Games: By the Numbers 20,000 10,000 14,400 Journalists 6,400 Computer Equipment
Qingdao Sailing Hong Kong Equestrian Tianjin Football Shanghai Football Qinhuangdao Football Shenyang Football Technology Geography: Beijing and Beyond BEIJING
Technology Implementation • Lenovo has already devoted significant time, resources and product to the 2008 Olympic Games • More than 30 Lenovo staffers are now working with various partners configuring the equipment for upcoming test events • Two of three hardware deliveries complete, including approx. 2,000 pieces of equipment installed at the BOCOG Integration Test Center: • 300 servers • 800 desktop computers • 800 computer monitors • 70 notebook computers
The Test Phase: Find, Fix and Test Again • Lenovo is now running tests at the Integration Test Center • 42 test events to identify technology issues and solutions • Competitive sporting test events begin in June 2007, end weeks before August 8, 2008 • Lenovo successfully supported first test competition, the World Women’s Softball Championship, from August to September 2006 • Year-long test period far exceeds time allocated to an average project, sports or otherwise
Preparing the Sites Behind the Scenes: Non-Competition Venues • Information technologystaff training Human resources Next phase is building hardware infrastructure to support core business functions Services support Performancetesting Email and officearchive Moving plan for theIntegrated Laboratory
Keeping Athletes Connected: Lenovo Internet Lounges • Lenovo will operate and staff seven Internet Lounges in the Olympic Villages • 5 in Beijing • 1 in Hong Kong (equestrian competition) • 1 in Quingdao (sailing competition) • Athletes, trainers, coaches can e-mail, surf the Web, socialize and interact with fans, families and friends • Internet Lounge for media in the Main Media Center • Lenovo technicians will staff a help desk
500 Days of Lenovo Advertising • Advertising campaign launching on China Central Television (CCTV) • Start March 27 and continue every day until the Games begin • Daily 25-second spots • Primetime before CCTV 1’s 7:00 p.m. news • Daytime on CCTV 5, nation’s most-watched sports channel • Eight sets of commercials feature different phases of the Olympic Games, including preparation of venues, Opening Ceremonies, test events, etc. • Ads tie in with the “New World, New Thinking” marketing initiative
Lenovo Marketing Kick-off • Completing 1,000-town road show • Reached small towns in China, average population about 250,000 • More than 2 million citizens reached • Full-day events with athletes, government officials, Lenovo spokespersons • Provided first PC experience to thousands of Chinese, donated to schools • Brought Olympic Games to cities outside Beijing • Olympic Games national road show - current and potential small and medium business (SMB) customers • Approx. 200 mid- and large-sized Chinese cities