Is the end of poverty in sight?
By Reuben Turner on 12 May 2017Read moreSpend five minutes on social media and you’ll convince yourself the world is going backwards and downwards, and that progress is a myth. But elsewhere in the world there’s a new degree of optimism driven by the SDGs and...
1Do you think bullfighting belongs to another age?
By Marc van Gurp on 2 May 2017Read more6.3 million views in 4 days on Facebook is the result of this striking and unusual video from France. It is the message from FLAC (Federation of Leagues Against Corridas), the organisation fighting the cruelty of bullfighting. The chosen moment for...
The Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness address NIMBYism
By Marc van Gurp on 1 May 2017Read moreThis campaign from The Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness (TAEH) was launched last week and received a lot of attention from Canadian national press although it’s a local campaig. Perhaps this is because of the approach that responds to the...
TV2 Danmark finds a clever way to get people out of their boxes #AllThatWeShare
By Tom Megginson on 26 April 2017Read moreI watch a lot of PSAs (and make quite a few myself), and I have to say that this one cut through my crusty old cynical social marketer carapace. It’s long, but it’s a good long watch: Here’s the thing:...
We can turn it off, in Aleppo they can’t.
By Marc van Gurp on 23 April 2017Read moreSmart fundraising campaign from Amnesty International in Switzerland. We can turn off TV if we don’t want to see the terrible pictures from Aleppo in Syria. The Syrians, on the other hand, do not have this possibility. Amnesty ask with...
Suicide attempt survivors answer questions you’d never ask in person
By Marc van Gurp on 22 April 2017Read moreTonight on #YouCantAskThat, brave suicide attempt survivors speak frankly about their struggles, hoping to change how we talk about suicide. pic.twitter.com/YjuqA6X2Tx — ABC TV Australia (@ABCTV) April 19, 2017 Actually, this is not a psa but an advertisement for...
Spoof TV: 15 Minute Care Makeover
By Marc van Gurp on 21 April 2017Read moreUNISON, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, found out that nearly two-thirds of councils in England and Wales are still commissioning 15-minute care visits. How ridiculous little that is shows the union in this recently launched satirical sketch. The two-minute...
The war on drugs doesn’t work. Any questions?
By Marc van Gurp on 20 April 2017Read moreThis spot is a kind of remake from a widely discussed anti-drug classic ad from 1998. ‘Kind of’ because it explains that the war on drugs is a war on people. And that was not the message 18 years ago. The...
Uncertain Terms campaign highlights risks of sexting
By Marc van Gurp on 19 April 2017Read moreEach year, the Canadian Children of the Street Society comes with a new chapter of their awareness campaign about online sexual exploitation. It is actually more than a campaign, it is a program named Predator Watch program. The aim is to prevent sexual...
Hands-on work really do change lives of newcomers
By Marc van Gurp on 18 April 2017Read moreThis video contains three 15-second spots from the Afghan Woman’s Organization (AWO) based in Canada. Each spot shows a simple intervention to the life of a newcomer. The ads are shot in a single take and uses staging inspired by live theatre...