Title | CHOOSE FOR CHANGE |
Brand | P&G |
Product / Service | SHIKSHA |
Category | B04. Business Citizenship / Corporate Responsibility & Environmental |
Entrant | LEO BURNETT INDIA Mumbai, INDIA |
Idea Creation | LEO BURNETT INDIA Mumbai, INDIA |
Media Placement | MEDIACOM Mumbai, INDIA |
PR | MADISON COMMUNICATIONS Mumbai, INDIA |
Production | RED ICE FILMS Mumbai, INDIA |
Name | Company | Position |
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Rajdeepak Das | Leo Burnett India | MD-India & CCO - South Asia, Leo Burnett |
Saurabh Varma | Leo Burnett India | CEO, Leo Burnett South Asia & Publicis Communications India |
Dheeraj Sinha | Leo Burnett India | MD - India & CSO - South Asia, Leo Burnett |
Manasvi Abrol | Leo Burnett India | Creative Director |
Abhisek Patnaik | Leo Burnett India | Creative Strategist |
Ashish Gautam | Leo Burnett India | Creative Strategist |
Ashish Sharma | Leo Burnett India | Copywriter |
Nikhil Lotankar | Leo Burnett India | Art Director |
Nitin Menon | Leo Burnett India | Copywriter |
Peter Joseph | Leo Burnett India | Creative Strategist |
Sagar Parab | Leo Burnett India | Creative Director |
Rakesh Hinduja | Leo Burnett India | Executive Director & Branch Head, Mumbai |
Abhimanyu Khedkar | Leo Burnett India | Vice President |
Aditi Shivdasani | Leo Burnett India | Brand Partner |
Ajeeta Bharadwaj | Leo Burnett India | Executive Vice President & Head of Planning, Mumbai |
Sushrita Mukherjee | Leo Burnett India | Brand Strategy Director |
Falgun Busa | Leo Burnett India | Producer (Leo Burnett India) |
Robby Grewal | Red Ice Films | Director |
Gary Grewal | Red Ice Films | Director |
Eeshit Narain | Red Ice Films | DOP |
Vandana Singh | Red Ice Films | Executive Producer |
Priyank Misra | Red Ice Films | Producer |
Hanif | Red Ice Films | Music Director |
Abhishek Desai | Procter and Gamble India | Associate Director |
Ravi Chamoli | Procter and Gamble India | India Communications Lead |
Rishi Jain | Procter and Gamble | Assistant Brand Manager |
Somdutt Sarkar | Procter and Gamble India | Design Manager |
Shibani Shah | Procter and Gamble India | India Communications |
Our idea was to communicate the positive impact people's choices make on the lives of a million children, through the story of one child, Appu - a boy who wanted to go to school. And his father who didn’t have the heart to tell him there are no schools nearby. Every day, we see Appu, getting ready for school. But his father tries distracting him in different ways, even getting the villagers to help out, either by luring him with a toy ship, scaring him with a fake roar, or by pretending a scooter breakdown. Days go by as Appu’s hope goes down, so does his father’s - who dreams of his child reaching for the stars someday. Then one day, he receives that golden call and surprises Appu with an actual school that P&G Shiksha built. The joy on Appu’s face is summed up by his father’s emotion.
The film titled #ChooseForChange captured the interest and emotions of the public, inspiring them to make their own little choices to change the lives of millions. In a way, P&G Shiksha told the story of a million children, through the story of one child. The film was produced during the months of February, 2018 and eventually launched on May 2nd, 2018. Living predominantly on YouTube and the social media channels of P&G Shiksha. With TIER 1 influencers such as India’s cricket team captain and celebrity moms, the influencer strategy voiced Shiksha along with the individual brand stories such as Ariel, Tide, Gillette etc. The PR strategy concluded on May 31st, but the conversation was alive till June 27th through various publications like Logical Indian.
RESULTS Overall viewership of over 100 million making it the most viral campaign in P&G India’s history. 69+million on YouTube and 30+million through Facebook. It was also one of the first P&G India campaigns shared through WhatsApp. Approximately 1 million brand engagements. Shares - 76,916 Likes/Reactions - 876,604 Comments - 13,478 New subscribers and followers on social media - 10,400 Brand Purchase Intent saw an uplift of 15% on average amongst P&G products. Breakdown as follows - Whisper - 23% Tide - 16% H&S - 16% Ariel - 15% Gillette - 10% At the time of the campaign launch, Shiksha had helped build and support 1500 schools positively impacting the lives of 1.2 million children. That number has now grown to 1800 schools and 1.4 million children. While that increase in figure cannot be accredited to the campaign itself, it shows that Shiksha’s momentum is on the rise.
Shiksha is P&G India’s flagship CSR program. Since the last 12 years Shiksha has built and supported 1500 schools positively impacting 1.2 million children. With such a huge impact, Shiksha had low awareness amongst the consumers who bring about this change with their everyday purchase. The film of Appu became P&G India’s most viral campaign in history with over a 100 million views and over 1 million engagements with the brand on YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp and media. The film of reignited the Shiksha brand story and got everyone to talk about how they can #ChooseForChange.
With Shiksha being part of the P&G India family, the target audience was the cumulative target audience of all P&G brands. With a wide range of products targeting different demographics, mothers took centre stage as in India, mothers are the biggest purchase drivers in the FMCG category and the ones most likely to make a brand choice at a supermarket/grocery store. Inspiring them to add intent to their everyday purchase and #ChooseForChange. The film aimed to communicate to the people the impact their everyday purchase can and has made in the lives of millions of children. Launched on YouTube along with other social media channels of Shiksha, the approach was to gain maximum visibility. Shared by 'celebrity moms' and other influencers who not only relate to the purpose of Shiksha, but also the individual P&G brands such as Ariel, Tide, Whisper, Gillette etc.