Sound Of Silence Objective To make hearing loss

#Sound. Of. Silence

Objective To make hearing loss no longer the ‘invisible condition’

Strategy By creating an immersive and visual experience that demonstrates hearing loss

Target audience ‘Millennials are changing the very face of nonprofit giving. ’ #1 - Millennials are always digitally connected #2 - Millennials are always sharing information with others #3 - Millennials want to be able to relate their own story to the cause they’re supporting. Sources: (Hawthorne, 2017)

Key Insights Lack of awareness amongst Millennials Partnership with a brand who have a huge following among Millennials Lack of precaution amongst Millennials to prevent hearing loss Educate the target audience with a medium they respond to Communicational barrier between those who can hear and those with hearing loss Engage and educate the target audience, in an immersive experience linked to hearing loss/deafness Sources: ("Hearing Loss Awareness Survey", 2017)

Phase 1 – Spotify Activation #Sound. Of. Silence • 30 minutes of disruptive audio abnormalities • Trigger for social media actvity among the users • 72% of 5. 7 mln UK Spotify users are Millennials • Spotify: collaborative, sincere, passionate Sources: (Music for everyone, 2017), (Cummings, 2016), (Cutlack, 2016), (Whatley, 2016)

Phase 2 – The Social Conversation What the heck happened on spotify today? GLITCH! It’s frustrating when your music wont play, isn’t it? 11 Million people in the UK have this problem every day Spotify has a glitch! WTF man : / Yeah I had the same thing! I’m trying to listen to my bae bieber! Yeah it sounded like it was under water!!? What is that? Buggsy malone is just not the same when he’s blowing bubbles. Mine sounded like a storm outside, wind and rain sounds, even some thunder? ? ? Oh Wow! Hearing loss is BAD! VERY BAD! The Fake news has been hiding this problem for years! The ear bud industry really has some BIG things to answer for! Announcing a travel ban for all ear bud company employees FAKE NEWS EVANGELISTS The spotify glitch is very suspicious. What are they doing with all our data? VERY Suspicious indeed! • Immediate response to people who complain or post about the ‘Glitch’ • Creating a conversation that will boost the virality of the campaign • Introducing Visualisation material to those affected Spotify is now being investigated in regards to connections with Russia. Rumour that there is tapes! Who’s tapes? Bad people! • Promoting the hashtag It’s frustrating when your music wont play, isn’t it? 11 Million people in the UK have this problem every day Sources: (Twitter. It's what's happening. , 2017)

Phase 2 – The Visualisation

Phase 2 – The Visualisation

Phase 2 – Organic and Paid Promotion Sources: (Music for everyone. , 2017), (Action on Hearing Loss, 2017)

Phase 3 – The Whisper Challenge - A two person game - One player wears noise cancelling headphones - The other player whispers phrases to them - The aim of the game is to lip read and guess correctly what the phrases are - The fourth most popular challenge on You. Tube

Phase 3 – The Stunt - Set in the open space of shopping malls. - Have a stage, encourage members of the public to do the whisper challenge. - Those who take part will receive a special three months free Spotify premium membership - Action on Hearing Loss and Spotify branding across media wall. - There will also be free tote bags given out throughout the event.

Cision Research 1. Search for content 2. Find key insights Media Lists Measurements 1. Tip-off 2. Press release 1. Track campaign coverage 2. Increased awareness

Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) Measured Using Cision: • social media mentions about the charity and campaign • #Sound. Of. Silence frequency • online & print media coverage • amount of participants during the event • social media posts and mentions coming from the promotional event

Round up Phase 3 Phase 1 Phase 2

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