Read Between the Ps

Can you think of creative ways of " packaging " the news items and the way they are presented, for a campaign? Am sure if you are hungry, you would have imagined what these campaigns have presented... columns seem like finger chips and paragraphs seem like cheese ! Have a look at a recent campaign for McDonalds in some Canadian Newspaper [via Coloribus ] Previous Campaigns on McDonalds discussed here: Sundial Campaign Rice Burgers Competitor Campaigns for McDs

I have earlier discussed campaigns on children – either to push them out of begging or on Child Labor . Here are some more campaigns on homeless kids.. A thought provoking campaign by Everest Y&R was executed in Mumbai in some food outlets. Termed “ tent-card ”, the ambient entails a child sitting inside the menu card kept on tables, and reads " Over two lakh children live in places you can never imagine. " A brief provided on the ambient… "A cutout of homeless kid was hidden inside tent-cards kept on coffee tables. Since the menu is printed on these tent cards, many people who casually lifted these tent cards were shocked to find a kid inside. Not only did it catch people unaware, but evoked immediate empathy towards the children living in such condition. As the result, from the 54 outlets where the activity was carried out, we collected over two lakh rupees within just over six weeks. The willingness of people to contribute has encouraged us to replicate these act...

A new campaign by Career Builder makes people introspect and find out how they would look if they stick to their current jobs… Called “ Age-o-matic ”, the campaign requires one to upload his/her photograph, and answer a few questions about the work culture a person has. Based on that, a “ scientific ” evaluation results in your modified photo – 50 years down the line – this is how you are going to look…. Incidentally, none of the photographs are really encouraging – so no matter what you do and where you land up, the truth of the matter is ...you WILL grow old!! Now that most of the people around me are making career choices and moves, this would be an appropriate place to check what you are in for. And if it isn’t that pleasing ( just like it wasn’t for me – as is evident in my predicted photograph ), well, maybe you could try Careerbuilder.com and stay optimistic!! ;) On a serious note, the campaign communicates through the humor line the importance of work pressure and culture o...