Feb 07
by Farha Marfani
Category: Best Practices, HCSM, Social Marketing, Social Media
This blog post was co-written by Debra Noll, Account Director, Ogilvy Social Marketing.
Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials), Generation Next, “eighties babies,” describes the demographic cohort following Generation X, generation born after the Western post-World War II baby boom ended. Millennials generally describes those born in the 1980s and early 1990s. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
Jun 15
by Jennifer Wayman
Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Ogilvy Washington, Research + Insights, Social Marketing, Social Media
Quiz of the day: What is the most typical way in which people tell others about social issues and causes they want them to get involved with?
a) In person
b) Over the phone
c) Via text messages
d) Via social networking messages and invites
e) Via personal emails or email forwards
The answer: a) in person!
New findings from the Dynamics [...]
Jun 14
by Cara Perellis
Category: Public Health, Social Media
Social media, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, and location-based services like Foursquare, are forever changing the way epidemiologists discover, track, and study the spread of disease. Instead of waiting for health authorities to investigate an outbreak and not report on results for weeks or even months, victims from all over the world are coming together and [...]
May 31
by Jennifer Wayman
Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Media, Ogilvy Washington, Social Marketing, Social Media
How alike and different are Caucasians, African Americans and Hispanics when it comes to supporting causes?
Our latest release on the study Dynamics of Cause Engagement revealed interesting similarities and differences in how people of different ethnicities engage with causes.
Among the most interesting findings is the fact that social media play a greater role in cause [...]
May 27
by Farha Marfani
Category: HCSM, Public Health, Social Media
Last week, a couple of my colleagues and I had the chance to attend the International Healthcare Social Media Summit. We, along with over 150 people worldwide, joined the summit online via a livestream.
Hosted by GlobalHealthPR and convened at Spectrum Science in Washington, DC, the summit brought together social media and health communication experts and [...]
May 17
by Jennifer Wayman
Category: Behavior Change, Research + Insights, Social Marketing, Social Media
This post was originally posted to Ogilvy PR’s Womenology blog.
A recent study conducted by Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in partnership with the Center for Social Impact Communication at Georgetown University revealed the importance of supporting causes for women in the U.S.
8 in 10 women believe that supporting causes creates a sense of purpose and meaning [...]
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