YouTube and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity have announced the launch of ‘Good Work’, a partnership designed to bring together the transformational power of creative minds, with the issues that need them most.
YouTube and Cannes Lions have collaborated with creative agency Ralph, to create a YouTubeChannel designed around ‘the blank page’ concept. It showcases briefs from non-profit organisations worldwide seeking creative support to increase the public’s engagement with the critical issues they address.
Using their global reach, YouTube and Cannes Lions will now issue a call-to-arms to creatives around the world. Creative people from any industry are invited to submit a one-minute (or less) video ad to address one or more of the non-profit briefs.
A panel of expert judges, chaired by Craig Davis, Chief Creative Officer Publicis Mojo and founder of the world’s first brand-centric social media platform, Brandkarma, will shortlist the most powerful ideas, and winners will be invited to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June to meet the non-profit heads and showcase their work.
How Good Work will work:
• Creatives can today access youtube.com/goodwork where they can view briefs from around the world
• Creatives will have six weeks to create and upload their video ads of maximum 60 seconds duration. The deadline is 23:59 GMT on 9 May 2011
• In May, the most groundbreaking videos will be shortlisted by a jury of leading creative directors
• At the beginning of June, Good Work jury chair Craig Davis will review the shortlisted submissions and identify five outstanding submissions
• The winners will be invited to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June 2011
• The winners and Craig Davis will participate in the Good Work Seminar at the 58th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to discuss how creative minds can positively impact today’s most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges
• Beyond the Festival, YouTube and Cannes Lions plan to establish ‘Good Work’ as a platform to connect creatives with non-profits on an ongoing basis.
Craig Davis, the Jury Chair of ‘Good Work’, said: “As a global creative community, some of our most potent work tackles issues that severely challenge humankind. At our best, we attract attention, shift attitudes, and motivate behavioural change; with the world facing more complex and confounding problems than ever before, there is a need for creative minds to solve them.
Congratulations to YouTube on recognizing its potential as a platform for mass collaboration, and on initiating this project. I’m proud and excited to help make it happen.”
Anna Bateson, Director of YouTube Marketing, EMEA, said: “‘There are many not-for-profits lacking the resources to elevate their campaigns and reach new audiences and there are many creatives willing to dedicate their time to worthy causes without knowing where to begin. ‘Good Work’ can help bridge this gap. Using video in its many different forms is such a powerful way for non-profits to communicate. YouTube’s audience can also be a big part of the solution.”
Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, said: “We are delighted to be joining forces again with YouTube to launch ‘Good Work’, a global competition and an exciting opportunity for creatives around the world to showcase some brilliant ideas that will benefit non-for-profit organisations. Creativity is the very essence of what the Cannes Lions Festival is all about and so to be able to offer a global creative platform for such a worthy cause is an enormous privilege.”
Chris Hassell, Creative Director of Ralph, said: “It’s been a pleasure to work with the team at YouTube and Cannes Lions to develop such an exciting and inspiring project on the most far-reaching, and exciting video platform in the world. We look forward to seeing the great work from creatives and the results it achieves for the NPOs.”
For more information and full terms and conditions, please visit www.youtube.com/goodwork
58th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, 19-25 June 2011, Cannes, France
The International Festival of Creativity, also known as Cannes Lions, is the world’s leading celebration of creativity in communications. As the most prestigious international annual advertising and communication awards, over 24,000 entries from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy honouring the most creative film, print, outdoor, interactive, radio, design, sales promotion & activation, film craft and integrated advertising, as well as the best media, direct marketing, PR, titanium and creative effectiveness ideas.
The Festival is also the only truly global meeting place for advertisers, advertising and communication professionals. Over 8,000 delegates from 95 countries attend seven days of exhibitions, screenings, as well as over 50 high-profile seminars, 20 workshops and master classes presented by renowned worldwide industry leaders. As the networking and learning opportunity of the year, Cannes Lions is the must-attend event for anyone involved in brand communication.
Important dates:
Delegate registration open now
2011 entries open now, close 25 March
Festival Dates: 19-25 June 2011
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