Pete Cashmore of Mashable interviews David Jones, global CEO of Havas and Euro RSCG Worldwide and co-founder of One Young World, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Among the topics: David’s new book, Who Cares Wins, and the power of social media to effect change.
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Not all global businesses are headed by forward-thinking leaders like Unilever’s Paul Polman or Marks & Spencer’s Sir Stuart Rose. But within large corporations there are often senior executives who understand that a move toward social responsibility and sustainability is the way forward. At the Global Social Business Summit in Germany in 2010, delegates were predominately from the nonprofit sector, but there were also a number of people from major corporations looking for ways to adopt social business initiatives and apply them to their own businesses.
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One of the biggest global TV hits of the past few years has been Mad Men—a program about the birth of consumerism in the traditional advertising world, which aired primarily on “traditional” media. Not only does the success of this show help to make the point that so-called traditional media is not yet dead, but it is also a great demonstration of the shift from a world of image to a world of reality.
The marketer’s job used to be about creating the best possible image for any product. No matter how divorced from the truth that image might have been.
Consider the signature “It’s toasted.” It sounds like the slogan for a delicious and nutritious food product. But the following exchange from the above-mentioned TV show reveals it is anything but:
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Guardian Sustainable Business is hosting a live broadcast of Unilever’s debate on how consumers can be inspired to turn positive intentions into actions. The event will see an international panel of experts–Unilever CEO Paul Polman; David Jones, global CEO of Havas and Euro RSCG Worldwide; Tensie Whelan, president of the Rain Forest Alliance; and Malini Mehra, founder and CEO of Indian nonprofit Centre for Social Markets–come together to discuss how companies, brands, and people can help motivate the mainstream.
The event will be live-streamed on Tuesday, November 22, at 9 a.m. (EST) or 2 p.m. (GMT). Click here to register your interest or submit a question to the panel.
