THE THIRD WAY: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Richard Edelman

New Media Academic Summit

June 23, 2010

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This is not a party broadcast.

Don’t panic.

PHASE ONE PAID MEDIA

MASS AUDIENCE

Advertising

PHASE TWO EARNED MEDIA

BROADCAST

Public Relations “Messaging”

RELATIONSHIPS

PHASE THREE OWNED & SOCIAL MEDIA

Viewed by >600,000

in first 24 hrs

Direct Channels

STRATEGIC EQUIVALENCE

“There is now strategic equivalence for the first time between paid, earned and owned media”

Randall RothenbergInteractive Advertising Bureau

Rise of CCO

NEW MANDATE FOR PRBeyond Communications to Strategy & Policy

Performance & Purpose

Consumer Justification

Corporate + Brand

Green is Green

OPERATING IN A WORLD WITHOUT TRUSTWhich stakeholder should be most important to a CEO’s business decisions?

Government3%

7% Employees

11% Society at Large

13% Customers

14% Shareholders

All stakeholders are equally important

52%

Source: 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer: When a CEO makes business decisions for his or her company, which stakeholder SHOULD BE most important to a CEO’s business decisions?

PR IS THE ORGANIZING FORCE

Mobile

Print/Broadcast/Radio

Digital Properties

Mainstream

Social

ConsumerJournalismBlogging

Mobile

Events

Web

Owned

Employee Content

Consumer GeneratedNew Influencers

Public Engagement

New Media

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MEDIA IS MASS & NICHEPlayers differ by country, but trend is consistent

Pre-selected

Mass AppealLong Tail/Niche Content

Pre-defined

People need info from multiple sources, voices and to hear it 3-5

times to believe it

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Movies

Print

Video Games

Computer

Music

TV

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MEDIA CONSUMPTION: PEOPLE NOW MULTI-TASKING

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

Once: 6%

Twice: 16%

3 times: 35%4-5 times: 25%

6-9 times: 6%

10+ times: 5%

DK: 7%

Minutes of media consumed by

8 –18 year-olds per day

3-5 times: 60%

Source: 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer

MEDIA IS SOCIAL & PORTABLEPeople now have a portfolio of information sources

Source: PEW/Various

37%51%61%46%63%33%

internet users contribute to news creation

social networking users get news from people they follow

Americans get their news online vs. 17% from newspapers

Increase in time spent on social networks in ’08, surpassing e-mail

Americans get their news from 4-6 online media platforms daily

of cell phone owners now access news via their phones.

+100% 471M

-7% 120M

+1107% 74M

-22% 47M+6% 52M

+20% 25M+9% 20M

+35% 54M

0% 34M

-44% 15M

+14% 14M

65% 47M

-12% 19M

SOCIAL MEDIA IS LOCAL23% Follow Journalists on Social Networking SitesSocial networking surpassed email by time spent.

MEDIA EVOLVES

Integrated consumer generated content

New Advertising

High-end mediawill be paid, not free

Niche Influencers

CONDÉ NAST MULTIMEDIA APPROACH

Consumer Ownership

Content Amplification Time

DigitalMagazines

ExceptionalContent

Mobile

Magazines

WebProperties

DigitalVideo

Events

IntegratedMarketing

Inception

ConsumerJournalismBlogging

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STRATEGIC PIVOT FOR PR

Core Strategy & Creative

Inform the conversation with compelling content

Discussion & Participation

Dialogue

Execution/Vendor

One-way Communications

Pitching

Earned Media

THE THIRD WAYThe Evolution of PR

Mainstream Media

OwnedMedia

Public Engagement

New Media

SocialMedia

Listen with new intelligence

Participate in the conversation--real time/all the time

Create and co-create content

Socialize media relations

Champion open advocacy

Build active partnerships for common good

Embrace and navigate the complexity

TENETS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTAdvancing Shared Interests in a World of Inter-dependence

Increased Trust

Changed Behaviors

Engaged Communities

Commercial Success

NEW APPROACH TO MEDIA RELATIONS

Requires VideoPopular Voice

ImmediacyAggregating Content

MULTI-FACETED MEDIA ENGAGEMENT

36 MILLION CHILDREN ENROLLED THROUGH 60,000 SCHOOLS

Outreach to Influencers

CelebrityInvolvement

MediaPartnerships

PublicInvolvement

SOCIAL MEDIA: GO WHERE PEOPLE ARE

(TWITTER PORGRAM)

Digital Embassies + Consumer Generated Content

"We have the most powerful distribution mechanism that has been created in a generation“ -- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

"Companies formerly known as advertisers now have to figure out how to create conversation on Facebook...that's how the flavor program developed by marketing firm Edelman Digital enabled Ben and Jerry's to increase its fans from 300,000 to 1 million in just six weeks.“

-- David Kirkpatrick, The Facebook Effect

DIRECT: EVERY COMPANY IS A MEDIA COMPANY

Owned Channels

Viewed by >300,000

people daily

Mobile

Print/Broadcast/Radio

Digital Properties

Mainstream

Social

ConsumerJournalismBlogging

Mobile

Events

Web

Owned

Employee Content

Consumer GeneratedNew Influencers

New Media

NEW MANDATE REQUIRES NEW SKILLS

Public Engagement

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Content

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Top 50 Influencers in the UK debate on Printing and The Environment

RESEARCH: ENGAGE AUDIENCES WHENEVER AND WHERE-EVER

Identify Idea Starters

New Scientist

Scientific American Cambridge

University Press

Greenpeace International

Provide them with Relevant Content

WHO IN TURN, ENGAGE AMPLIFIERS TO BUILD CONVERSATIONS

Printing and Environment Conversation

Antalis

BBC

Beacon Press

BERR

BITC

Blackwell Publishing

BPBreem

British Print

BSI Gloabl

BSI Group

BTCV

Business Link

CABECABI

Cabinet Office

Cambridge University Press

Canon

Carbon Trust

CBI

Centre For Alternative Technology

Climate Care

Computerweekly.com

DARDNI

DBO

DCFS

DEFRA

Department For Transport

Dept For Culture Media And Sport

Dept of Communities

DFIDDMA

DOE NI

EcotricityEnergy Star

Envergy Saving Trust

Environment Agency

Envirowise

Envisionw

ESRC

EU Energy Star

European Comission

Financial Times

For The Future

Forest Stewardship Council

Forestry CommissionFreecycle

Friends Of The Earth

Future Forests

Geoff Neal Litho

Global Action PlanGlobal Reporting Initiative

Good Energy

GPS Colour Graphics

Green Dot Compliance

Green Mark

Greenpeace

Greenpeace International

Guardian

Healeys Print Group

Health And Safety Executive

Health Protection Agency

HM Treasury

Horner Brothers

Howard Smith Paper Group

HP

IEMA

Independent

Ingenta Connect

IPCC

ISO

JG Environmental

London Better Together

London Development Agency

London Fashion Week

Loughborough University

Mayor Of London

Met Office

NAPM

National Assembly For Wales

NERC

Netregs

New Scientist

NISP

NY Times

OECD

Office Of Public Sector Information

OGC

Oxfam

Panning Portal

PEFC

People and Planet

Print Week

Printing Talk

Pureprint Group

Recycle More

Recycle Now

Recycling Appeal

Ricoh UKRobert Horne

Routledge

Scientific American

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SD Comission

Seacourt

Springerlink

Sustrans

Teachernet

Telegraph

Tesco

The Carbonneutral Company

The Countryside Agency

The Ecologist

The Environment Trust

The European Union

The Fairtrade Foundation

The Planning Inspectorate

The Scottish Executive

The Times

The United Nations

The University Of Sheffield

The Woodland Trust

Total Print Expo

Trading Standards Central

Treehugger

UK Government Sustainable Development

UnescoUniversity College LondonUniversity Of East Anglia

University of Oxford

University Of Sussex

Waste Online

Waste Watch

What PCWHOWorld Land Trust

WRAP

WRI

WWF

Xerox

Transport For London

GALVANIZING IDEAS

Stimulates Action

Can evolve

Crossesmultiplechannels

Substanceand ‘legs’

CONTENTCompelling and Entertaining Easily Shared

DELIVER CONTENT ACROSS 4 SCREENS

PR PROFESSIONALS REQUIRE NEW SKILL SET

Listen with intelligence

Digital natives

Create compelling and entertaining content

Creative across multi-channels

Strategic counselors

Experts across both corporate and brand marketing

NOTE OF CAUTIONHigher Standards

Don’t pretend to be journalists

PR IS THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS

Two Dimensions

Encompass a broader set of media options, from Mainstream to New to Social to Owned

Engage stakeholders in long-term social relationships, as all communications become public