Heart & Stroke Foundation: Undeading

This case study describes how the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Canada, created a zombie-themed event and digital campaign to teach CPR, targeting people aged 18-24.

Heart & Stroke Foundation: Undeading

Agency: Agency59Client: Heart & Stroke Foundation

Section I — Basic information

Business Results Period (Consecutive Months): October 2012 - November 2012

Start of Advertising/Communication Effort: September 26, 2012

Base Period as a Benchmark: November 2011

Section II — Situation analysis

a) Overall assessment

Someone goes down on the ground right in front of you on a crowded sidewalk. Cardiac arrest. What do you do? Most would call 9-1-1. Which is good. But only a few would know how to administer CPR. And that, unfortunately, can be the difference between...

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