This is the final presentation I did in Madrid in April 2010. It's about doing. Basically it contains an argument against distilling rich conversations down into simple, light messages; that you can bring people into the richer story simply by getting them to do one, simple thing.

1. HOW TO GET PEOPLE
TO DO STUFF
@andywhitlock
nowincolour.com
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2. CASE STUDY: JOHNNIE WALKER BLACK LABEL
This was years ago, so I’m not knocking the agency that did
it. But it was a turning point for me in understanding the
wrong and right ways to think about rich ideas.
The following model is still commonly used by many brands...
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3. man vs
rich conversation:
machine
story-telling device: android
Like a lot of advertising, the rich idea was distilled into a
symbol/device that made the message potent and distinctive.
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4. man vs
rich conversation:
machine
story-telling device: android: “amplified”
But it was the device that the client wanted to amplify.
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5. man vs
rich conversation: neglected :(
machine
story-telling device: android: “amplified”
The richer conversation - and all its potential
meaning and opportunities - was left behind.
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6. SEE FEEL THINK DO
Does this really happen?
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7. CHANGE PERCEPTIONS > CHANGE BEHAVIOUR
“This made sense in an era when marketing was limited
to generating thoughts, but [...] things are often more
complicated to explain than they are to do.”
- Adrian Ho, Zeus Jones
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8. CHANGE BEHAVIOUR > CHANGE PERCEPTIONS
“If you want to change behaviour, change behaviour...
or give them something to copy”
- Faris Yakob
“We learn by doing, and doing changes how we think
about something.”
- Adrian Ho, Zeus Jones
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9. “GET PEOPLE TO SPEND MORE
THAN 2 MINUTES WITH OUR
SERVICE”
- Stephen Anderson, product strategist
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/the-art-science-of-seductive-interactions?type=powerpoint
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10. I believe that if you give people something to do it
can accelerate people into the richer conversation
something to do
rich conversation:
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11. DO FEEL THINK SEE
Yes, yes, it’s nice “flipping” models isn’t it ;)
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12. SOME EXAMPLES
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13. something to do:
discrimination
rich conversation:
of gay people
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16. something to do:
supporting
rich conversation: struggling
students
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18. something to do:
seeing who
rich conversation:
the smartest is
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20. something to do:
being kind to
rich conversation:
your body
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22. WHEN YOU PUT DOING AT THE HEART OF THINGS,
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY JOINED THE CONVERSATION
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23. “Marketers spend too much time trying to get people
to leap over the hurdle of "buy this, right now" and
not enough on "it's yours, here's how you keep it."
- Seth Godin
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24. You’ve already...
...judged someone’s ...felt what it’s like to ...enjoyed playful
sexuality support someone competitiveness
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25. STORY-TELLING VS STORY-DOING
man vs machine man vs woman
android
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26. FAST FOOD FOR THOUGHT
“Rich ideas that get you thinking but delivered in quick,
direct fashion.”
- Nik Roope, Creative Director, Poke
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28. CONCLUSION:
‘DOING’ BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE
CONVERSATION QUICKLY AND MEANINGFULLY
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