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Focus: how to promote the Big Promise action http://thebigpromise.org/

Already planned

  • Mails to existing email lists
  • Facebook banners
  • Offline commercials
  • Print ads with urls
  • Celebrity promises
  • Promise explorer' to allow people to see what's there – filter the promises in different ways eg by fulfilment time, location.
  • Plan to use existing international network to approach people in target countries who have opted into relevant communications – a 'warm' list.
  • Blog release – provide relevant tags, images, networking links etc.
  • Ability to make multiple promises may come.

Ideas

  • Youtube videos – low-fi videos of people making or carrying out their own promises. Lots of potential for these to be reused or re-edited together later. Competition for funniest video?
  • Young people really fired up via lots of activity in schools for Make Poverty History. Chance to go back to them and report on progress as well as 'reactivate' them.
  • Approach a media partner – good 'linear' stories which can be followed over time. Student papers? Radio partner for podcast?
  • Encourage people with longer-term promises to blog about it?
  • Get celebs to talk about their promises on their own sites or networks. Eg If Stephen Fry were to tweet it… Talk at gigs.
  • Could people make group or collective promises, or match promises? Or make promises about encouraging others to take part?
  • Encourage people to mention promises and progress in their status updates.
  • Take a look at my43things – might like to partner, or just use ideas, such as 'cheer someone on'.
  • Power of a 'moment' (eg Comic Relief Red Nose Day) Have a Promise Day to focus attention.
  • Is there a way people could 'follow' their friends' or favourite celebrities' promises?
  • Ability to nudge people through the widget. How can it be used to nudge leaders? Video footage?




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