Overcoming “It won’t happen to me”
Agency
JWT Sydney, The Campaign Palace
Client
NSW Rural Fire Service
Awards
Silver
Best State Campaign
Case Study
Summary
This case shows how strong insight and a great creative idea overcame a problem that plagues so many behaviour change campaigns – how to get people to face up to risk and act in their own interest? It is the story of how we changed the optimistic ‘she’ll be right’ Aussie attitude to living in a high-risk bush fire area, from complacency to preparedness, by stimulating an urgent sense of vulnerability. The campaign triggered an emotional response so strong that it motivated the highest Bush Fire Survival Plan downloads and completions ever achieved in NSW by an astonishing margin.
Case study
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Credits
| Author & Account Director | Sari De | ||||||||
| Account Director | Holly McDavitt | ||||||||
| Art Director | John Koay | ||||||||
| Producer | Vicky Rhedey | ||||||||
| Producer | Damien Whitney | ||||||||
| Print Producer | Tara Broughton | ||||||||
| Senior Finished Artist | Matt Townsley | ||||||||
| Group Account Director | Toby McKinnon | The Campaign Palace | |||||||
| Senior Planner | Karen Dwyer | The Campaign Palace | |||||||
| ECD & Copywriter | Reed Collins | The Campaign Palace | |||||||
| CD & Copywriter | Karl Fleet | The Campaign Palace | |||||||
| Director | Dave Klaiber | Plaza Films | |||||||
| Photographer | Andreas Smetana | Andreas Smetana Productions | |||||||
| Group Manager, Corporate Communications | Anthony Clark | NSW Rural Fire Service |
