The Business of Behavior
Companies increasingly recognize that if societies falter, their business can’t succeed. Accordingly, many enterprises acknowledge that it is a business imperative to get people to change individual behaviors around such issues as driving safely, eating healthier, taking medications regularly, staying out of debt and others.
Through corporate responsibility commitments, sustainability initiatives, philanthropic contributions, [...]
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Introducing OgilvyEngage
May 16
by Jennifer Wayman
Category: Behavior Change, Behavioral Economics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ogilvy Washington, Public Health, Public Safety, Social Marketing
Join Ogilvy and the Washington Business Journal for “Socially Responsible Behavior Change as a Business Imperative” on April 19
Apr 12
by Michaela Thayer
Category: Behavior Change, Behavioral Economics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ogilvy Washington, Social Marketing
Please join us for an Ogilvy Exchange on Thursday, April 19, 8-9:30 a.m. at our Washington, D.C., office.
How do the components of our personal behavior, such as our attitudes, our motivations, or our abilities drive the purchase of Better-For-You-foods, prompt reduced use of energy, promote adherence to medication regimes and adoption of healthier lifestyles, and [...]
Museums and Libraries Are Promising Venues For Behavior Change
Mar 19
by Chris Beakey
Category: Behavior Change, Ogilvy Washington, Public Health, Social Marketing
How social marketers can leverage museums and libraries to affect behavior change in targeted audiences.
Social Media Week Event Wrap Up: The Impact of Social Media in Healthcare
Feb 15
by Lauren Belisle
Category: Behavior Change, HCSM, Ogilvy Washington, Social Marketing, Social Media
This morning we welcomed more than 100 social media and health enthusiasts to the Ogilvy Washington office for our social media week panel, The Impact of Social Media in Healthcare.
The panelists and audience discussed many facets of the same challenge: leveraging social to improve health.
A few highlights and common threads throughout the morning:
Using online [...]
Ogilvy Washington Social Media Week Events on healthcare and more
Feb 03
by Lauren Belisle
Category: HCSM, Ogilvy Washington, Public Health, Social Marketing, Social Media
You might think that after the Super Bowl there’s nothing to look forward to until President’s Day weekend – but you would be wrong! Washington, DC is one of 12 cities worldwide hosting Social Media Week from February 13-17 and Ogilvy Washington would love to see you at one of our events.
In social marketing and [...]
Tell Me a Story: A Novel and Effective Way to Promote Behavior Change
Feb 03
by Chris Beakey
Category: Behavior Change, Ogilvy Washington, Social Marketing
One of the first rules for those of us in the creative writing business is show, don’t tell. In other words, don’t tell me that the 12-year-old in your story who’s heading off to her first day at a new school is scared or nervous. Show me how she feels by making me feel it [...]
To Blog or to Tweet, that is the question…
Jan 06
by Mason Essif
Category: Best Practices, Media, Ogilvy Washington, Social Marketing, Social Media
My apologies to Shakespeare, but the recent The Year in News 2011 put out by The Pew Research Center for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) is helping me answer that question. PEJ has been putting out their analysis for five years and it is an excellent tool to help us media relations professions better understand what’s [...]
The Role of Optimism in Social Marketing
Jan 05
by Lisa Charnitski
Category: Behavior Change, Ogilvy Washington, Social Marketing
When I arrived home for the holidays, I rifled through my bookcase looking for a good read. I stumbled upon a book I had purchased for a psychology class in college, “Learned Optimism,” by Martin Seligman, Ph.D.
A professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and past president of the American Psychological Association, Seligman describes a [...]
Proceed Until Apprehended
Oct 13
by Jim Cowen
Category: Ogilvy Washington, Social Media
“Proceed until apprehended,” the rallying principle for social media experimentation & execution shared by Brandon Friedman, Director of Online Communications for the Department of Veterans Affairs captured the pioneering spirit of all of the panelists from the October 6th Ogilvy Exchange: Can the Department of Defense realize the full power of social media? The experienced [...]
Can the Department of Defense realize the full power of social media?
Oct 05
by Jim Cowen
Category: Ogilvy Washington, Social Media
Nielsen reported recently that social networks and blogsites now account for more than 22 percent of Americans’ time spent online, more than twice than that of online gaming. To put that in perspective, Nielsen lists 75 categories as “other,” which combined accounts for only 35 percent of Americans’ time online. Read the full report here: [...]
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