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Making it memorable. Communicating the message through media Workshop, Topic 2 Bernadette Bhacker Project director. Method. Master different forms of media Film Web Internet Print Mobilise the community Engage and sustain the interest of the Media. Case study.
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Making it memorable Communicating the message through media Workshop, Topic 2 Bernadette Bhacker Project director Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Method • Master different forms of media • Film • Web • Internet • Print • Mobilise the community • Engage and sustain the interest of the Media Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Case study Salim and Salimah, Safe and Sound السلامة مع سالم و سالمة Pioneer child occupant safety campaign in the Arab world Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Achievements • Recipient of IRTE International “Best Campaign” road safety film award 2007 • Member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Committee • WHO ‘partner in health’ Oman Country Office • Signatory to European Road Safety Charter • Campaign website reached top of Google and Yahoo searches for Oman road crashes, road safety • Media coverage in national and GCC press, WHO Global and MENA newsletters and Shell global newsletter • Stimulated debate and empowered individuals to act Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Objectives To change behaviour by:- • raising awareness of the risk of death or trauma to children due to dangerous driving and lack of restraint use; • convincing all drivers to buckle children in car safety seats or seatbelts appropriate to height and weight; • highlighting individual responsibility for road safety. Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
FilmDoesn’t your child deserve a safe ride? The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. Ezra Pound Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Making a movie • Requirements: • PC/laptop • Camera • Software - Windows movie maker • Action: • Create a story board • Write and test dialogue • Source actors – use celebrity • Rehearse • Film • Edit • Burn to DVD • Upload to your website and blog, youtube, facebook, into a powerpoint, share it online on a pptsharing website Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Website – English and Arabic Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Your website • Window to the world • Recognisable domain name • Easy navigation • Images • Layered information • White space • Film and audio • Interactive • Newsletter sign up • Email a friend • Social media; digg it, delicious, Stumbleuponit, Reddit, Technorati • Feedback • Profile your topic in free online survey (survey monkey) Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
One Life Your choice newsletter Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Market it • Search engine optimization • Tags • Blog • Social media • Newsletter • Ezines • Track users Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Print materials Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Posters, merchandise… Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Graphics ‘The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. ‘Ezra Pound Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Outreach • screening of the film in shopping malls for GCC Traffic week, to universities/colleges, schools, embassies NGOs and mosques, companies, clubs and associations • distribution of 5000 DVDs and merchandise inside Oman and abroad • brand partnering with McDonalds to distribute posters/leaflets in branches; • distribution of merchandise to clinics, schools etc Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
Print media Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org
“All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players Global NGO Meeting www.salimandsalimah.org