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141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:12 PM Page 1 BUILD CREDIBILIT Y WITH COOL FOR INCREASED LOYALT Y & SUSTAINED PROFITABILIT Y Forward Thinking Industry Pioneers share key insights on penetrating today and tomorrow’s most lucrative market. Customization BIZ Tom Peters Business, Marketing and Leadership Guru Trends Raymond Riley Global Director of the Explore Group NIKE, INC. Credibility Loyalty Jane Buckingham CEO THE INTELLIGENCE GROUP Youth Trend Expert Roger VanDerSnick VP Marketing NASCAR Marty Bailey COO AMERICAN APPAREL The only all-encompassing marketing event spanning all youth segments built on corporate best practices. Teens Tweens Kids Fred Bullock CMO FIREFLY MOBILE Karen Driscoll SVP, Marketing and Strategic Planning NICKELODEON Jackie HernandezFallous Publisher TEEN PEOPLE College Matt Cohler VP Revenue FACEBOOK.COM Look inside for more segment-specfic speakers What’s Hot and What’s Not in… Marketing to 20 Somethings New for 2006 Carley Roney Editor in Chief and Co-founder THE KNOT Youth Market Research Marketing to the Family Allan Hauptfeld VP Consumer Research MGA ENTERTAINMENT Dean Kephart Group Manager TARGET Look inside for full details on these three multi-speakers symposia Stan Rogow CEO STAN ROGOW PRODUCTIONS Executive Producer LIZZIE MCGUIRE Tamra Seldin SVP Consumer Products AMERICAN GREETINGS George Stewart National Director YAHOO! MUSIC Chris Gaebler Director, Research and Strategy SONY ELECTRONICS Kevin George Director of Marketing, AXE Deodorants UNILEVER HPC Eugenio Mendez Coca-Cola Global Group Brand Manager THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Rob Volpe Director, Promotional Marketing WILD PLANET TOYS Michelle A. Cordial Director, Brand Management SUBWAY Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust Todd Cunningham SVP Brand Strategy and Planning MTV NETWORKS Sponsors Register today for exclusive access to: Over 80 speakers Over 70 sessions 90% Corporate Practitioner-Based Presentations 10% more content vs 2005 Meet tomorrow’s hottest music stars at our private concert! Networking meet and greet with Olympic Medalists! 5 live focus groups Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa// Huntington Beach, CA MARCH 27-29, 2006 TO REGISTER: Call 888-670-8200 Fax 941-365-2570 E-mail register@iirusa.com www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:30 PM Page 2 YOUTH MARKETING MEGA-EVENT 2006 Dear Marketer, Are you astounded at the increasing purchasing power of the youth market of today and tomorrow? It’s not enough to THINK about the future. Attracting them now will help keep them with you. They will grow with your company and your brands. Loyalty, retention, profit. But how? Start building these relationships by connecting your brands to your markets. Build Credibility. But, that’s not all. You need to Build Credibility AND Be Cool. Turn trends into profit. Secure them now and keep them forever. IIR’s ALL ENCOMPASSING YOUTH MARKETING MEGA EVENT is a one stop shop providing everything you need to achieve success in marketing to ALL SEGMENTS OF THE YOUTH MARKET. Competitive conferences advertise “power”. Yet, year after year their content and speakers remain stagnant while the YOUTH MARKETING MEGA EVENT evolves. If you are interested in hearing from LEADING EXPERTS AND PRACTIONERS, the power is right here – the power is with you. New for 2006: • More than 70 sessions • More than 80 speakers • Marketing to 20 Somethings Symposium • All keynote general sessions • More diverse industry representation • Meet & Greets with Olympic Medalists and their Brand Sponsors • Networking concert by tomorrow’s hottest stars It’s a fact. There has never been a more exciting OR more challenging time to be a marketer. That’s especially true in youth marketing. New media, new role models, new technologies and new priorities are all causing a shift in the way the world views “youth”. People ages zero to twenty nine collectively enjoy more independence, more possibilities and more options than ever before. It seems that as “they” continue to consider their place in history, the presence of loyalty and commercial preferences is more volatile than ever creating new opportunities for marketers to gain competitive advantage. The time is now to take your stand as a brand and leave your mark on this pivotal point in the development of tomorrow’s most lucrative market. The 2006 Youth Marketing Mega Event is the only all encompassing marketing event that provides marketers with the most actionable insights and best practices necessary to achieve profitable results. The topic areas covered at IIR’s event all stem from intense research with YOU – our target market. We asked what information you need to do your job better. We asked which companies you wanted to learn from. We are handing you exactly what you asked for. Don’t take our word for it – look inside – see for yourself. While we have introduced new content areas and, of course, recruited a 100% new speaker faculty, our one of a kind structure that you have grown to love has not changed – this is still the ONLY marketing event that brings content areas dedicated to kids, tweens, teens and college all together under one roof. And for 2006 we’ve expanded our reach even further to include an entire symposium on marketing to 20 somethings. Marketing to Mom and Youth Market Research continue to be critical to your success so we have dedicated entire pre-conference symposia to them as well. And in addition to all of this, we’ve lined up an all keynote cast for our general sessions whose topics are applicable to your business regardless of your specific segment targets. Theme Expert BIZ Tom Peters, Business, Marketing and Leadership Guru Jane Buckingham, CEO, The Intelligence Group, Youth Trend Expert Stan Rogow, CEO, Stan Rogow Productions, Executive Producer, Lizzie McGuire Roger VanDerSnick, VP Marketing, NASCAR Martin Bailey, COO, American Apparel Ray Riley, Head of the Explorer Group, Nike Faye Wong, Verb Campaign, CDC Mobile Marketing Association George Stewart, National Director, Yahoo! Trends Emotions Loyalty Credibility Customization Responsibility And Mobile! And Music! And those are just our general sessions! We’ve lined up an equally impressive group of speakers for each of our four tracks, all three of our pre-conference symposia and each of our three pre-conference workshops. Together this gives you a choice of over 70 sessions and access to over 80 expert speakers over three jam packed days. This event is fully customizable and allows you to pick and choose the sessions that address the exact challenges you’re trying to overcome for maximum productivity. Let’s not forget about the live focus groups. There’s 5 in all! I encourage you to look through the program in more detail – review our speaker faculty on page 3 and our agenda at a glance on page 4. Consider all the professionals you can network with listed on our past attendee list on page 3. Imagine how much fun the VIP access to Olympic Medalists, tomorrow’s hottest music acts and breakfast with business maverick Tom Peters would be. I’m confident that once you see this stellar cast, you will know that this is one conference you just can’t miss. About our Theme Build Credibility With Cool for Increased Loyalty and Sustained Profitability 10 words. 10 times as much meaning. Each component of our 2006 theme was selected carefully by our conference committee to ensure that this event delivers on the needs that were voiced in research with over 150 youth marketers. Credibility. This is key. Today’s corporate critics can see right through you. Your message had better be credible. Cool. Always vague in actual definition, but inherently relevant. Carrying this moniker can propel your brand status to new heights. Loyalty. It costs five times more to acquire a new consumer than retain an existing one.1 Profitability. After all, this is business. 1 sideroad.com Is this conference for me? The 2006 Youth Marketing Mega Event was designed to benefit Vice Presidents, Directors and Managers targeting the youth segment in the following disciplines: • Marketing • Branding • Consumer Insights • Market Research • Brand/Product Management • Direct Marketing • Sports Marketing • Event Marketing • Promotions • Packaging & Design • New Product Development • Marketing Strategy See you in Huntington Beach! • Advertising • Trend Forecasting All the best, • Innovation & Creativity • Public Relations Key themes were all raised by you as key areas that challenge your business and ones that need to be addressed to improve the performance of your brand, product or service. These include trends, business, emotions, responsibility, loyalty, credibility, new media and customization; collectively these comprise IIR’s most expansive youth marketing mega event yet. Department % • Graphics/Creative Direction Krista L. Iverson Conference Producer IIR Kim Rivielle Managing Director, Marketing & Business Strategy Division IIR • Strategic Alliances • New Business Development Title % Licensing 2% Media/Public Relations 2% • Strategic Planning Marketing 42% Other 4% Industry Breakdown % Designer 1% Analyst 2% C-level & President 3% Specialist 3% Design/Creative Services 4% Planner 4% Strategic Planning 6% Market Research 11% Other 12% Other 4% Retail 6% VP 12% Brand/Product Mgt 13% Business Development/Sales 15% Director 20% Business Services 15% Media 15% Telecommunication Services 7% Charitable Orgs/Educ Services 7% About the Conference Organizers The Institute for International Research (IIR), the world’s largest business conference organization, has offices in 32 major cities around the globe including New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Sydney. IIR’s conferences address the areas of finance, marketing, insurance, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and information technology. If you would like to learn more about IIR, please visit, www.iirusa.com. 2 To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. Health Care 1% Chemicals 1% Consumer Products Industrial Manufacturing 2% Manufacturers 31% Computer Software/Services 2% Advertising Agencies 2% Automotive and Transport 2% Leisure 3% Banking & Financial Services 3% Manager 42% 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 Who will I meet at the Youth Marketing Mega Event? High level executives from these companies have joined us as delegates for past Youth Marketing Mega Events: ABC American Express American Bible Society American Girl Bandalong Entertainment Binney & Smith BP Amoco Buena Vista Games Cadbury Adams California Tan Cartoon Network Discovery Communications Disney ESPN 10:31 PM Page 3 2006 Speaker Faculty Authors/Gurus/Academics Maria Bailey, Co-Author of Trillion Dollar Moms, CEO, BSM Media Jane Buckingham, CEO, The Intelligence Group Youth Trend Expert Ford Hatamiya, Training Manager/Senior Communications Specialist, Social & Health Services, Ltd./University Research Corporation Laurence D. Martel, Ph.D., President, The National Academy of Integrative Learning, Inc. Barbara Perry, Ph.D., Founder and President Barbara Perry Associates Tom Peters, Business, Leadership and Marketing Guru Paul Swangard, Managing Director, Warsaw Sports Marketing Center/University of Oregon Carmen Wong Ulrich, Author of Generation Debt Packaged Goods/Toys Kevin George, Director of Marketing, Deodorants Unilever HPC Heidi Haarstad, Product Manager, Manhattan Toy Alex Lipinski, Marketing Director, Deodorants/Old Spice, Procter & Gamble Eugenio Mendez, Coca-Cola Global Group Brand Manager, The Coca-Cola Company Eric Pettit, FLY™ Brand Manager LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Peter Schelstraete, Coca-Cola Global Group Brand Manager, The Coca-Cola Company Tamra Seldin, SVP Consumer Products American Greetings Herb Velazquez, Senior Design Manager Kimberly-Clark Corporation Rob Volpe, Director, Promotional Marketing Wild Planet Toys Rochelle Wainer, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Strategy & Insights, PepsiCo Entertainment/Media Gap Inc. JR Badian, Director, Strategic Marketing Loews Entertainment General Mills Heather Bowen, Marketing Manager, AOL Alice Cahn, Vice President, Programming and Development, Cartoon Network Keisha Wright, Senior Trendspotter ™ Marketing Manager, Teen People Magazine Matt Cohler, VP Revenue, Facebook.com Food Services Michael K. Baker, President & COO, Enpocket, Inc Sue Cross, VP Online, US Newspaper Markets Associated Press Michelle A. Cordial, Director, Brand Management SUBWAY Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust Fred Bullock, CMO, Firefly Mobile Todd Cunningham, SVP, Brand Strategy and Planning, MTV Networks Chuck Hemmingway, Brand Growth Marketing Director, Domino’s Pizza Karen Driscoll, SVP Marketing and Strategic Planning, Nickelodeon Apparel/Retail Jedd Gold, VP Brand Marketing & Promotions DIC Entertainment Allan Hauptfeld, VP Consumer Research MGA Entertainment Jackie Hernandez-Fallous, Publisher Teen People Magazine Jim Huntsman, President, Board of Directors All American Soap Box Derby Stacey Isenhower, Vice President Research Cartoon Network Ingrid Dragotta, Design I, Kids Team New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. Thomas Borgerding, President/CEO Campus Media Group, Inc. Dean Kephart, Group Manager, Target Matt Britton, Managing Partner, Mr. Youth LLC Jodi Klann, Associate Designer, Kids Team, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. Jeff Cole, Senior Planning Director, MOne Sherri Phillips, VP Marketing & Store Development, Levi Strauss Signature Raymond Riley, Global Director of the Explore Group, Nike, Inc. Misc Cynthia Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, Todobebe Stan Rogow, CEO Stan Rogow Productions, Executive Producer, Lizzie McGuire, Darcy’s Wild Life and Flight 29 Down Thomas E. Nickerson, Director Strategic Outreach, United States Army Accessions Command Roger VanDerSnick, VP Marketing, NASCAR Jeremy Welt, VP New Media Warner Brothers Records Christine Efken, Senior Research Associate, Doyle Research Associates Anita Frazier, Industry Analyst The NPD Group, Inc. Rachel Geller, Founding Partner and Chief Strategic Officer, The Geppetto Group Bill Goodwin, CEO, Goodwin Group Craig Bamsey, Director of Strategy Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve Jeanne Smith, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Zoup-ah! Laura Marriott, Executive Director Mobile Marketing Association Courtney Jane Acuff, Wireless Specialist Associate Director, Starcom IP Shereen Miller, Associate Director, Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated on Campus Samantha Skey, SVP Strategic Marketing Alloy Media Rachel Agronsky, General Manager for Communities Products, Sprint Nextel Martin Bailey, COO, American Apparel Jennifer Weiderman, VP Marketing, Keds Carley Roney, Editor-In-Chief and Co-founder The Knot Telecom Service Providers Christine Loredo, Senior Marketing Manager America Online George Stewart, National Director and Category Development, Yahoo! Music, Yahoo! Fisher-Price Peter Goodnaugh, Senior Manager, Consumer and Channel Insight, Samsung Electronics America Cheryl Wilbur, Director of Research and Brand Development, The Parenting Group Parent Magazine, Time Inc. Bill Bourdon, Vice President Zoup-Ah! Entertainment Teri Lucie Thompson, Director, Customer Marketing, State Farm Insurance Faye L. Wong, VERB Campaign Center For Disease Control & Prevention Diane Hessan, President & CEO Communispace Corporation Sean M. Holbert, Director of Marketing Services KL Communications, Inc. Robbin Jaklin, President, C&R Research/Teenseyes Mary Meehan, EVP and Co-founder, Iconoculture Paris Patton, Director of Innovation Research Sachs Insight Auto John Pigram, President, Research 360 Theresa Spafford, Lead Designer, Mazda Ali Pohn, VP/Chief Youth Officer, Strottman Electronics Keith Price, Senior Vice President, Greenfield Online Chris Gaebler, Director, Research and Strategy, Sony Electronics Lisa Strick, Account Director, Strottman Hasbro HEB Discount Guide Honda Kelloggs Kimberly-Clark We are pleased to offer the following registration discounts to our qualified delegates. Leapfrog • You are a TIA Member (20% off standard registration) Kraft • You are a MMA Member (20% off standard registration) Mattel • Someone from your company is a speaker at the 2006 event (15% off standard registration) Mazda • Someone from your company is a sponsor of the 2006 event (15% off standard registration) MTV Motorola • Three people from your company attend (15% off standard registration, all attendees must register at the same time) Nestle • Seven or more people from your company attend (20% off standard registration, all attendees must register at the same time) Neutrogena New Balance Nike Nickelodeon Old Navy PBS Pepperidge Farm Pepsi Pet Smart Pfizer SC Johnson Samsung Sony Ltd © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. © 2005 IIR H ldi Scholastic Sprint About the Conference Hotel: Located on the beach in beautiful Southern California, the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa offers the ultimate in Huntington Beach hotels. With luxury accommodations and conference facilities, this four-story Huntington Beach hotel is perched above the historic Pacific Coast Highway and provides stunning views from 517 guestrooms and 57 suites. Table of Contents Letter from the conference organizers . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Speaker Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Our Huntington Beach resort provides easy access to California attractions and offers a pedestrian walkway to eight miles of wide beaches where waves crash and surfers reign. Agenda at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5 The Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach hotel features three restaurants, a lounge, a retail-shopping plaza, more than 110,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space, and the Pacific Waters Spa providing treatments indigenous to Pacific Island cultures. Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 State Farm Special Interest Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8 Conference Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Concert with Tomorrow’s Hottest Stars . . . . . . . . . . .11 Conference Day 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Target Corporation Sponsors & Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Teen People Registration Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 The Coca-Cola Company Pricing Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Time Warner Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 TIA Unilever Viacom Verizon The only conference attracting today’s top youth marketers reaching youth from 0 to 29! Virgin Mobile Wendy’s and more. . . To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 3 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 A G E N D A 10:34 PM AT Page 4 A G L A N C E MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 Youth Market Research Symposium Marketing to 20 Somethings Symposium 7:30 8:15 8:30 7:30 8:15 8:30 Registration and Morning Coffee Chairperson’s Welcome Address Making Better Research Matter More Laurence D. Martel, Ph.D., The National Academy of Integrative Learning, Inc. 9:15 10:45 11:15 12:45 2:00 Todd Cunningham, MTV Networks 10:00 Sustaining Vision (Create Cult with Essence Not Hype) Theresa Spafford, Mazda Networking Break 10:45 11:15 Researching New Products & Commercials: Adpoting a Child-Centric Approach 12:00 Small Steps: Ethnography with the New Balance Kids Design Team 12:45 2:00 Ingrid S. Dragotta and Jodi Klann, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. Luncheon Revealing the Coca-Cola Formula News Consumption by Young Adults: An ASAP Case Study Sue Cross, Associated Press Luncheon Successfully Marketing to 20 Something Men Lifestage Marketing: Establishing Lifelong Relationships with Young Women 2:45 A Case Study: Moving Business Forward with Powerful Research Carley Roney, The Knot Networking Break 3:30 4:00 Networking Break Shopping Behaviors: Actionable Insights to Incorporate Into Retail Marketing Strategies Growing Up Is Hard to Do! How can youth marketers grow up with their audience? Rachel Geller, The Geppetto Group Conclusion of Marketing to 20 Somethings Symposium Peter B. Goodnaugh, Samsung Electronics America 4:45 Alex Lipinski, Procter & Gamble Networking Break Chuck Hemmingway, Domino's Pizza Achieving Access Online For Honest Feedback Anita Frazier, The NPD Group, Inc. 3:30 4:00 A Principled Approach to Regaining Relevance Eugenio Mendez and Peter Schelstraete, The Coca-Cola Company Keith Price, Greenfield Online 2:45 Activating a Brand Promise With Your 20 Something Audience 9:15 A New Tool for Observational/Design Research Allan Hauptfeld, MGA Entertainment and John Pigram, Research 360 12:00 Chairperson’s Welcome Address Playing Harder? You Bet. Working Harder? You’d Be Surprised. Chris Gaebler, Sony Electronics Herb Velazquez, Kimberly-Clark Corporation 10:00 Registration and Morning Coffee 4:45 Conclusion of Youth Market Research Symposium Jump in and out of the Symposia to customize your experience. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2006 7:00 7:00 8:00 8:15 10:45 11:15 Registration and Morning Coffee VIP Breakfast with Tom Peters Chairperson’s Welcome Address Managing Business to Meet the Needs of an Ever Evolving Consumer Leveraging Your New Toolbox: Harvesting the Role of New Media in Marketing Jeremy Welt, Warner Brothers Records 12:00 Tom Peters 9:45 Networking Break Luncheon with Special Presentation from Sachs Insights A Glimpse into Youth: 2006 & Beyond Jane Buckingham, The Intelligence Group Track Sessions Begin. Sessions are 45 minutes with 15 minutes for transition. You are free to attend any session in any track. 1:15 KIDS: TWEENS: TEENS: COLLEGE: KIDS: Fun, Funny and Fearless: Research Rules in Kids Commercial Television Launching the Next Big “Gotta Have it” For Tweens Connecting Credibly to Teens Christine Loredo, AOL Mobile College Advertising Channels: The Other “Non-Traditional” Media Thomas Borgerding Campus Media Group, Inc. TEENS: COLLEGE: R U Ready 2 Talk Teen? Tapping into the Pulse of Campus Life with Student Brand Ambassadors Stacey Isenhower and Alice Cahn, Cartoon Network 2:15 Lisa Strick, Strottman and Eric Pettit, LeapFrog Enterprises KIDS: TWEENS: Nickelodeon: Kids Start Here Capturing the Next-Generation Tween Fan: Sports Marketing Strategies for the Immersion Age Karen Driscoll, Nickelodeon Paul Swangard Warsaw Sports Marketing Center/University of Oregon 3:00 Networking Break KIDS: TWEENS: TEENS: COLLEGE: You’ve Got Questions, They’ve Got Answers: LIVE KID PANEL! Tween Talk: LIVE TWEEN PANEL! Teen to Teen to You. Let’s Get Real. LIVE TEEN PANEL! LIVE COLLEGE STUDENT PANEL! Christine Efken Doyle Research Associates Jackie Hernandez-Fallous and Keisha Wright Teen People Magazine Mary Meehan, Iconoculture 4:30 Matt Britton, Mr. Youth LLC Keynote A: Lessons From Behind The Camera: Moving From Trends to Emotions for More Meaningful Connections Or Shereen Miller Sports Illustrated on Campus Keynote B: The Next Step: Engaging Students on Their Terms Matt Cohler, Facebook.com Stan Rogow, Stan Rogow Productions, and Executive Producer of Lizzie McGuire 5:30 6:15 4 Recess with Olympic Athletes - Brought to you by N-Vision Concert Networking Reception Featuring Tomorrow’s Hottest Names - Brought to you by 12 to 20 To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. 3:30 Jackie Hernandez-Fallous and Keisha Wright, Teen People Magazine 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:35 PM Page 5 A G E N D A AT A G L A N C E MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 Marketing to Mom & The Family Symposium WORKSHOPS 7:30 Registration and Morning Coffee 8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome Address Successfully Marketing an Image to Moms Workshop A: 8:30 The Many Faces of Mom 9:00-4:00 Beyond Hanging Out: Getting the Most From Your Ethnographic Experiences Mary Meehan, Iconoculture Barbara Perry, Barbara Perry Associates Dean Kephart, Target 9:15 10:00 A Big Brand Case Study: Build Relationships with Moms Teri Lucie Thompson, State Farm Insurance 10:45 Networking Break 11:15 How to Speak Mom Workshop B: 9:00-12:00 360 Integration of Packaging, Design and Color Cheryl Wilbur, Parent Magazine, Time Inc. 12:00 Using Entertainment Marketing to Communicate Your Brand Message to Moms Bill Goodwin, Goodwin Design JR Badian, Loews Entertainment 12:45 Luncheon Workshop C: 2:00 Building Blocks for a Healthy Future – Reaching Kids Individually and Through the Family 2:00-5:00 Reaching Teens with Innovative Promotions Ford Hatamiya, University Research Corporation 2:45 Build Lasting Brand Associations with Hispanic Families – Before, During and After Childbirth Cynthia Nelson, Todobebé 3:30 Networking Break 3:45 Mom Talk, LIVE MOM PANEL! 5:00 Kickoff Keynote: The Customization Generation Ray Riley, Nike, Inc. 6:00 Welcoming Networking Event: Keg Party Brought to you by Campus Media Group Maria Bailey, BSM Media 4:45 Sean M. Holbert, KL Communications, Inc. Conclusion of Marketing to Mom & the Family Symposium WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2006 7:00 9:45 Morning Coffee Chairperson’s Recap 8:00 Marketing Responsibly But Profitably: Moving From Awareness to Action, 7:45 Faye Wong, VERB Campaign, Center for Disease Control Prevention 8:45 Growing Up With Your Consumer: NASCAR, the All-American Soap Box Derby and Levi Strauss Signature Partner to Reach Kids, Adults and Families Networking Break 10:15 Building Trust as a Credibly Cool Brand Marty Bailey, American Apparel 11:00 The Mobile Future is Now: Leveraging Mobile for Youth Marketing Moderated by MMA with panel featuring: AOL, Starcom IP, ENpocket, Inc.and Sprint Nextel Roger VanDerSnick, NASCAR, Sherri Phillips, Levi Strauss Signature, 11:45 Music and Music Fans Have Migrated Online…Marketers Should “Mingle” George Stewart, Yahoo! and Jim Huntsman, All American Soap Box Derby 12:30 Luncheon Track Sessions Begin. Sessions are 45 minutes with 15 minutes for transition. You are free to attend any session in any track. 2:00 KIDS: TWEENS: TEENS: COLLEGE: Exploring the Life Cycle of Entertainment Licenses: From Fad to Evergreen The iPod is Not a Toy…or is it? Keds Be Cool For Teens: A Case Study The Post-High School Non-Collegiate Consumer Thomas E. Nickerson, US Army Rob Volpe, Wild Planet Toys Jennifer Weiderman, Keds Tamra Seldin, American Greetings Properties KIDS: TWEENS: TEENS: COLLEGE: Zoup-ah! : Taking Ownership of the Culinary Category for Kids and Their Families Aging Down: Appealing to the Tween Consumer (and their parents) Out on the Town: Dining With Teens Bill Bourdon and Jeanne Smith, Zoup-ah! Entertainment Fred Bullock, Firefly Mobile Rochelle Wainer, PepsiCo and Robbin Jaklin, Teenseyes The Booming College Market: An In-Depth Look at the Largest and Wealthiest Class in History Samantha Skey, Alloy Media KIDS: TWEENS: TEENS: COLLEGE: The Role of a Lifetime: The Benefits of Role Play Toys The Marketing and Licensing Behind Re-Launching a Classic Brand For Tweens Building Consumers For Life Breaking Barriers Using New (and old) Communication Techniques to Get Your Message to the College Student Kevin George, Unilever, HPC and Jeff Cole, mOne TM © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. 3:00 3:45 Networking Break 4:15 Heidi Haarstad, Manhattan Toy Jedd Gold, DIC Entertainment 5:00 Michelle A. Cordial, Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust The Future of Media Craig Bamsey, Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve 6:00 Conclusion of Conference To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 5 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 P R E 11/15/05 10:35 PM Page 6 C O N F E R E N C E S Y M P O S I A PRE CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM A: YOUTHA:MARKET MONDAY, RESEARCH MARCH 27, 2006 YOUTH MARKET RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM A 7:30 Registration and Morning Coffee 8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome Address 8:30 Making Better Research Matter More 12:00 Small Steps: Ethnography with the New Balance Kids Design Team The New Balance Kids Design Team employed our version of ethnographic research within a quick-to-market timeline without a large budget allocated for research. This presentation will show how we used this research to fuel strategic innovation and to achieve New Balance’s mission of total customer satisfaction. KEYNOTE In this engaging session, Dr. Martel, perhaps the nation's leading developer of research and systems for the study of learning and retention, will reveal the key insights that every researcher and marketer must know as revealed in his book: “The 7 Secrets of Learning Revealed.” This session will demonstrate key strategies and techniques for truly understanding youth today based on patterns of brain development and learning. This must-attend session will also relay specific techniques and processes utilized by Dr. Martel to advance the movement that encourages innovations in learning and the way schools and corporations teach and talk to youth. Focusing on how youth learn and process information best, Dr. Martel will encourage you to look at your audience from a critical perspective. The deeper understanding of the youth mind at work that you will gain, will certainly improve your success rate in understanding their needs and translating that into product development, message creation and innovation. This fascinating overview of the youth mind at work will translate into the intelligence necessary to build deeper and more meaningful relationships with your audience. • What does “NB Kids Only” mean to customers and the marketplace? • How does ethnographic research prevent design repetition and stagnation? • What are ways we use grass roots ethnography with limited resources and time constraints? • How do we use ethnographic storytelling to drive design and marketing? Ingrid S. Dragotta, Design I, Kids Team, NEW BALANCE ATHLETIC SHOE, INC. Jodi Klann, Associate Designer, Kids Team, NEW BALANCE ATHLETIC SHOE, INC. 12:45 Luncheon 2:00 Achieving Access Online For Honest Feedback Greenfield Online has developed a teen sampling capability that is unrivaled in the industry, we are able to survey teens directly, rather than survey teens through their parents. We wanted to understand the full-impact this type of difference would have and conducted a study comparing responses among: • Teens surveyed directly Laurence D. Martel, Ph.D., President THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INTEGRATIVE LEARNING, INC. • Teens surveyed through their parents • Parents responding for themselves and their teens 9:15 A New Tool for Observational/Design Research We will provide insight into the differences in response when comparing how teens respond when asked directly vs. their response via their parents. These responses will range from media consumption through spending and familiarity with consumer brands. Understanding consumer behavior and how they interact with packages/products is key to developing successful new innovations. This session will show how a new tool, K-C’s Consumer Vision System, provided fundamental insights that guided design work. Keith Price, Senior Vice President, GREENFIELD ONLINE 2:45 This session will cover: A Case Study: Moving Business Forward with Powerful Research • Benefits of ethnographic/observation research Why do research? Many times, companies make assumptions about their • Issues with current observational techniques, especially in “discreet” categories consumers, their retailers, or their competitors that are outdated or even completely • Consumer Vision System overview and use incorrect. Basing strategic or tactical decisions on these assumptions can have a • Insights gained and design implications on example projects negative effect on the company’s performance. Research can provide the critical Herb Velazquez, Senior Design Manager, KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION insight to making more informed and better decisions that moves business forward in the right direction. 10:00 Sustaining Vision (Create Cult With Essence Not Hype) In keeping up with youth consumers, one must consider the most current pop culture and societal trends to be sure that the message conveyed to the consumer is on point and relevant. This could potentially collide with more traditional research that can be conducted and analyzed over significant time periods. Even more of a challenge arises when working on projects that will not be introduced into the marketplace for years to come – how can you be sure that you are staying “on trend” and up to date when you’re not always quite sure what up to date will be? • Making research actionable • Demonstrate strategic plans, sell in tactics and end results • How research can improve the final product you ultimately take to market • How research can keep you from making costly mistakes Anita Frazier, Industry Analyst, THE NPD GROUP, INC. 3:30 Networking Break 4:00 Shopping Behaviors: Actionable Insights to Incorporate Into Retail Marketing Strategies • Understanding the major differences between trends and fads • Leveraging unique opportunities for creative alternatives in the youth market • Insights into sensitivities in dealing with youth in research environments for maximum relationship building Why do new products fail? Often, features and benefits have been endlessly tested pre-launch, and products nevertheless hit the sales floor with a resounding thud. • Methods for trend tracking In the technology world, value propositions are becoming more complex. Benefits • Strategic integration are not easily conveyed in 30 second clips. Theresa Spafford, Lead Designer, MAZDA • Online chatter and sales floor level training are the best ways to gauge and 10:45 Networking Break then execute winning messaging strategies. • “Buzz” norms can be established through online tracking to determine the viability of 11:15 Researching New Products & Commercials: Adopting a Child-Centric Approach in-store versus traditional marketing activity. Gathering input from kids can help new products become more exciting, new characters more involving and commercials more motivating. However, much of the research carried out with pre-teens mistakenly uses techniques directly lifted from research with adults. A more sophisticated and child-centric approach is called for. • Post-launch competitive intelligence on floor level “buzz” can further influence marketing activity in-store and elsewhere. • New product launches are made or broken by the active support of sales floor staff; This presentation uses models from child psychology for comprehending how children view new ideas, and identifies a number of best practices and new methods to get the most out of research with pre-teens: this support, traditionally bought by incentives, can also be taught through training and in-store support. • Understanding what kinds of research responses children are capable of • Creating the best research materials • The advantages/drawbacks of different research methods 4:45 Conclusion of Youth Market Research Symposium • Keeping the process fun for kids • How to analyse data from kids 5:00 • Managing client expectations Allan Hauptfeld, VP Consumer Research, MGA ENTERTAINMENT Kickoff Keynote - see page 7 for details The Customization Generation John Pigram, President, RESEARCH 360 6:00 Welcoming Networking Event – “Keg Party” Free Beer for All Conference Attendees. Campus Media Group will introduce their college media channels and give away great prizes. 6 To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. Peter B. Goodnough, Senior Manager, Consumer and Channel Insight SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA • Learning from studies in child psychology 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:38 PM Page 7 P R E C O N F E R E N C E S Y M P O S I A PRE CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM B: MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 MARKETING TO MOM & THE FAMILY SYMPOSIUM B 7:30 Registration and Morning Coffee 8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome Address 8:30 KEYNOTE • Understand the power of using entertainment as a way to touch and interact with your consumers. • Learn how to identify a core asset your company has that you are not currently using. Successfully Marketing an Image to Moms • Learn how to turn a real marketing problem into a new market opportunity. Target gives back over 2 million dollars every week. This giving is directed to organizations and programs that support the arts, education and social services. A key focus for our marketing efforts is to ensure that families are aware of the organizations and programs that we support. By marketing to families and moms, we increase participation in those programs and organizations as well as continue to build a brand that is respected and valued. • Review real case studies of brands that have benefited from using entertainment as a marketing tool. JR Badian, Director, Strategic Marketing, LOEWS ENTERTAINMENT 12:45 Luncheon 2:00 • Studies of successful image campaigns directed to families The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Building Blocks for a Healthy Future is a federally sponsored program that targets parents and caregivers of children ages 3 to 6. Building Blocks was crafted around six prevention principles, based on more than 20 years of research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. These six principles are family-related “protective factors,” situations and conditions that decrease a child’s chances for engaging in drug-related and other risky behaviors. They include communication, involvement, consistent rules, role modeling, choosing friends, and monitoring a child’s activities. • Share marketing tools used in each campaign • Discuss media mix in reaching families • Highlight metrics used to determine level of success • Explore the value and impact of research in building and refining campaigns Dean Kephart, Group Manager, TARGET 9:15 The Many Faces of Mom With the definition of Motherhood undergoing constant change, how can marketers understand what messages will resonate with this savvy, powerful, and influential consumer? In this presentation, Mary Meehan will provide an overview of the Mommy landscape and discuss the values and motivators that influence the behaviors and lifestyles of these women. The profiles of Mothers that will be discussed include: • This case study will provide marketers from all industries insights into more effectively communicating with parents to reach kids with messages. • Understand the role that parents and caregivers play in reaching the 3- to 6-year-old target audience. • Identify the challenges encountered in designing a substance abuse prevention initiative for young children. • The Millennial Mom: Raising a Buddy • The Gen X Mom: Raising Little Einsteins • Describe creative methods used to reach out to parents/caregivers and youth in this age range. • The Latina Mom: Raising a New Generation • The Boomer Mom: Raising Mini-Me • Recognize the importance of providing early intervention and prevention messages to provide more effective and long-lasting outreach. • The Grandmom: Raising the Next Generation • Identify key partners, stakeholders, and channels for assisting with disseminating communications and products. Mary Meehan, EVP and Co-founder, ICONOCULTURE 10:00 A Big Brand Case Study: Build Relationships with Moms Microsites, mommy-friendly merchandise, and money worksheets for kids. Learn how the State Farm brand has leveraged its “good neighbor” roots to create relevancy in the moms’ market. Ford Hatamiya, Training Manager/Senior Communications Specialist, SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES, LTD./UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION 2:45 Teri Lucie Thompson, Director, Customer Marketing, STATE FARM INSURANCE 11:15 How To Speak Mom Parenting Magazine’s proprietary study What Really Matters to Moms, goes beyond simple fact-finding to understand not just what Moms’ top priorities are, but also how these priorities affect her brand choices and purchase behavior. What’s eye-opening is not the priority areas themselves - time, money, health and well-being, for example - but the unique perspective that Moms have on them. They talk about them, think about them, and act on them in different and often surprising ways. Attendees will get the inside scoop on how to “speak mom” – a language that will give them a real advantage in the marketplace. • Hear how Mom’s perspective serves as a filter through which she screens your messages and makes her product and brand choices. • Find out where your real leverage is for serving up product information, packaging, and performance in powerful and motivating new ways. • The Statistics – Hispanic Birth Rates, Family Size, Spending Habits and $$ Opportunity • Reaching across geographic and demographic boundaries – leveraging cultural clues to build brand awareness • Reaching Hispanic families with an integrated strategy – Case Studies: Wal-Mart Baby Fairs & NBC/Telemundo Health & Fitness Events • Developing a brand association in multiple mediums: Case Study: Todobebé Cynthia Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, TODOBEBÉ 3:30 Networking Break 3:45 Mom Talk A Live Panel Discussion with today’s gatekeepers – Real Live Moms! • Leave with practical, actionable implications and ideas you can implement immediately! • Eighty-five percent of the household spending is controlled by the mother. But how does marketing to her children affect her decisions? Cheryl Wilbur, Director of Research & Brand Development, The Parenting Group, PARENT MAGAZINE, TIME, INC. • Today’s mom market is comprised of three distinct generational cohorts. How do Boomer moms compare to Gen X and Gen Y moms? 12:00 Using Entertainment Marketing to Communicate Your Brand Message To Moms • What if you could ask moms anything? What would you want to know? Here is your chance! Our panel will address your deepest desires for insights into the Mom Market. Learn how to use the excitement of entertainment to communicate your brand message to moms. JR takes us through a specific Loews brand objective to attract moms during Maria Bailey, Chief Executive Officer, BSM MEDIA the weekdays to help increase sales. He will also demonstrate how external brands who want to target moms partner with Loews to help increase awareness and excitement of Build Lasting Brand Associations with Hispanic Families – Before, During and After Childbirth With the explosive growth of Hispanic families, marketers must find innovative and creative ways to develop a relationship with this consumer in order to sustain awareness and grow market share. In many US cities, the Hispanic market is the “general market”. 10:45 Networking Break © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. Building Blocks for a Healthy Future – Reaching Kids Individually and Through The Family 4:45 Conclusion of Marketing to Mom Symposium their product or service and create an association with Hollywood! 5:00 Kickoff Keynote The Customization Generation ACG, the Nike ACG Comvest. The Comvest has recently won a variety of awards including; 2005 BusinessWeek/IDSA Gold Award, 2005 ID Magazine “Best of Category” and ISPO’s Best of Show in 2004. Ray joined Nike as one of the core founders of the Equipment Group for Nike in 1995 as the Global Director of R&D. He then co-founded the Nike Timing and Nike Eye-ware businesses in 1996 and 1997. In 1999 he then co-founded the techlab business. The Nike Triax watch was the most important product from the equipment start-up venture that went on to win numerous design awards including the prestigious BusinessWeek/IDSA Design of the Decade Award. Raymond Riley, Global Director of the Explore Group, NIKE, INC. One of the key characteristics of today’s youth generation is customization. From music, to ring tones, to clothes, to sneakers, to chicken fingers in a favorite sauce, this generation wants it their way and no other. Raymond Riley, Global Director of the Explore Group at Nike, Inc. will expand on this cultural phenomenon and forecast its implications for marketers across verticals. About Ray. Ray is the founder and global director of the Explore Group. Explore is an advanced concepts design team spearheading new growth opportunities for Nike, Inc. Over the last five years Explore has been the silent force behind some of the most innovative new business concepts for Nike. Explore is an underground skunk-works design team that has been responsible for the Nike Philips joint venture, the Nike Lego joint venture and one of the latest new innovations from the Explore team and To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Prior to Nike, Ray was one of the industrial design managers at Apple Computer. 6:00 Welcoming Networking Event – “Keg Party” Free Beer for All Conference Attendees. Campus Media Group will introduce their college media channels and give away great prizes. Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 7 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 P R E 11/15/05 10:38 PM Page 8 C O N F E R E N C E S Y M P O S I A PRE CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM C: MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 MARKETING TO 20 SOMETHINGS SYMPOSIUM C 7:30 Registration and Morning Coffee 8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome Address 8:30 Playing harder? You bet. Working harder? You’d be surprised. Young people often get a bad rap for their work ethic, yet many of the legendary inventions and ideas have come from 20 somethings. Sony, Apple and Microsoft were all founded by people under 30. Is there something about technology that inspires young people to think and work creatively? Or is there something about being young that makes technology more than just a mix of hardware and software? • Challenge some myths about “the younger generations” • Personal, flexible media consumption • Growing role of new technology (iPods, Sidekicks, etc.) in young adults' use of information • An international breadth of interest - The rising importance of immediacy - Decision-making in an interactive environment Sue Cross, Vice President/Online, U.S. Newspaper Markets, ASSOCIATED PRESS 12:45 Luncheon 2:00 20 something men could be considered one of the most elusive and difficult to engage consumer groups. Finding ways to get them to want to spend time with your brand can be a challenge. Marketing instinct drives many to try to interrupt their lives with messages about a brand. • Review some lessons from industrious young people • See how technology is part of work and play for the millennium generation – what have we done and what can we do to enhance this? • Learn how companies can benefit from viewing this market as more than another segment Domino's has taken a different strategy that encourages 20 something men to actually spend time and interact with the brand. Find out how and why. Chris Gaebler, Director, Research and Strategy, SONY ELECTRONICS 9:15 Successfully Marketing to 20 Something Men Chuck Hemmingway, Brand Growth Marketing Director, DOMINO'S PIZZA Activating a Brand Promise With Your 20 Something Audience A brand’s promise that is durable and consistent while bonding with its audiences deeply and passionately can be a monumental challenge – especially in a world where choice and change are the currencies-of-record. There is almost no clearer environment for identifying, crafting, growing and experiencing the results of an activated brand promise than in the dynamic world of recently graduated college students. Not only are they savvy about the media and marketing around them, but they bring this unique expectation about brands that can’t be overlooked and serves as the pivot point between success and failure. 2:45 KEYNOTE Lifestage Marketing: Establishing Lifelong Relationships With Young Women Motivated by the excruciating process of planning her own wedding and the realization that the world of weddings was outdated, cluttered and chaotic, Carley Roney cofounded The Knot (www.theknot.com) in 1996. By connecting directly with brides through the site’s trustworthy online communities and modern voice, The Knot brand has grown to become the nation’s leading wedding media company, and has extended its online brand into books, magazines, TV shows, and a new brand for the young and married, The Nest. In this rare appearance, Carley Roney shares the strategies that have helped propel The Knot franchise to the number one spot with young brides to be. As MTV’s Senior Vice-President of Brand Strategy & Planning, Todd Cunningham will provide a framework worth consideration with actionable options for building brand success with early 20 somethings. What better tool to leave the conference with than more choice and more change, right? • How to build trust with your audience • How to speak in their voice Todd Cunningham, SVP of Brand Strategy & Planning, MTV NETWORKS • How to get the word out without advertising 10:00 A Principled Approach to Regaining Relevance • How to succeed in the online community space This session will explore principles for relevancy in the life of today’s 20 something. Garnering learnings from marketing initiatives with both Secret and Old Spice, Alex Lipinski will share actionable insights that can be applied to both new and traditional brands to build on and maintain relevance in this market. Carley Roney, Editor In Chief and Co-founder, THE KNOT 3:30 Networking Break 4:00 Growing Up Is Hard to Do! How can youth marketers grow up with their audience? Alex Lipinski, Marketing Director, Deodorant/Old Spice, PROCTER & GAMBLE Youth marketers today know that the appeal of their products and services has to extend beyond the traditional teen market to young adults. This dramatic shift in frame of reference changes how these consumers think about and connect to brands. The Geppetto Group has undertaken a breakthrough multi-disciplinary study that sheds light on the unique needs, beliefs and values of the young adult segment. Via ethnography, focus groups and proprietary quantitative research, Geppetto’s presentation will help youth marketers grow up with their consumers. Geppetto will provide insight on such issues as: 10:45 Networking Break 11:15 Revealing the Coca-Cola Formula In 2006 Coca-Cola celebrates 120 years refreshing the young in body and mind. It is time to reveal how the brand has reached and maintained its market position around the world for all those 20 somethings. The formula will be uncovered. We can’t release more information… for now. • How do the driving issues of young adults impact brand decision making? Eugenio Mendez, Coca-Cola Global Group Brand Manager, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY • How can brands relate to young adult challenges and pleasures? • What does it take to create a brand young adults can believe in? Peter Schelstraete, Coca-Cola Global Group Brand Manager, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY • How can brands become symbolic rites of passage? Rachel Geller, Founding Partner and Chief Strategic Officer, THE GEPPETTO GROUP 12:00 News Consumption by Young Adults: An ASAP Case Study Today's young adults tell us that credible news and current events are very important to them, but old broadcast and print models didn't always fit their media consumption habits. In September 2005, the Associated Press launched ASAP to bring 20 something consumers credible news, the international breadth they seek, but in "gently disruptive" formats and multimedia story-telling styles that suit new distribution channels designed to fit the way they live, buy and learn. Kickoff Keynote The Customization Generation The Comvest has recently won a variety of awards including; 2005 BusinessWeek/IDSA Gold Award, 2005 ID Magazine “Best of Category” and ISPO’s Best of Show in 2004. Ray joined Nike as one of the core founders of the Equipment Group for Nike in 1995 as the Global Director of R&D. He then co-founded the Nike Timing and Nike Eye-ware businesses in 1996 and 1997. In 1999 he then co-founded the techlab business. Raymond Riley, Global Director of the Explore Group, NIKE, INC. One of the key characteristics of today’s youth generation is customization. From music, to ring tones, to clothes to sneakers, to chicken fingers in a favorite sauce, this generation wants it their way and no other. Raymond Riley, Global Director of the Explore Group at Nike, Inc. will expand on this cultural phenomenon and forecast its implications for marketers across verticals. About Ray. Ray is the founder and global director of the Explore Group. Explore is an advanced concepts design team spearheading new growth opportunities for Nike, Inc. Over the last five years Explore has been the silent force behind some of the most innovative new business concepts for Nike. Explore is an underground skunk-works design team that has been responsible for the Nike Philips joint venture, the Nike Lego joint venture and one of the latest new innovations from the Explore team and ACG, the Nike ACG Comvest. 8 To Register Call 888-670-8200 Conclusion of Marketing to 20 Somethings Symposium fax 941-365-2507 The Nike Triax watch was the most important product from the equipment start-up venture that went on to win numerous design awards including the prestigious BusinessWeek/IDSA Design of the Decade Award. Prior to Nike, Ray was one of the industrial design managers at Apple Computer. 6:00 Welcoming Networking Event – “Keg Party” Free Beer for All Conference Attendees. Campus Media Group will introduce their college media channels and give away great prizes. Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. 5:00 4:45 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:39 PM Page 9 P R E C O N F E R E N C E W O R K S H O P S PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 12:45 Luncheon for Workshops Attendees WORKSHOP A: 9:00-4:00 WORKSHOP B: 9:00-12:00 BEYOND HANGING OUT: GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCES 360 INTEGRATION OF PACKAGING, DESIGN AND COLOR • Use of color and improved design to engage youth consumers • Understanding what youth look for in packaging All markets today, particularly the youth market, require us to be in touch – not only with • Communicating with your consumer with market and trend appropriate graphics, look and feel what is “out there” – emerging trends, but also with what is “in here” – our own biases and ability as a team to creatively translate those trends into innovative customer • Connecting creative output back to research and strategy experiences. About Goodwin Founded by President and CEO Bill Goodwin, Philadelphia-based Goodwin has utilized its vast expertise in the area of branding, packaging, licensing and brand revitalization for youth-oriented products and services to partner with and counsel some of the world’s leading brands, including Campbell Soup Company, Disney, Hasbro, Johnson & Johnson, Mattel, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart. Participants in this workshop will be introduced to team ethnography, a process that transforms a “tool” into an impactful organizational learning experience. The approach, developed over thirty years, helps teams take a do-it-yourself approach to ethnography that delivers on the promise of “seeing the world with new eyes.” In this experiential workshop, we will focus on the three critical stages of team ethnography: “From our humble beginnings in the toy industry nearly a decade ago, our work (some call it work, we call it fun) now includes candy, food and beverage, games, personal care, electronics, entertainment, education, pharmaceutical, publishing, licensing, sports, and others,” notes Goodwin. “In fact, many of our client relationships span the length of our existence.” 1. The Get Ready Work 2. The Fieldwork Experience 3. Making Meaning – the Now What? Working in teams, focused on specific youth segments, we will begin at the hotel, go to Goodwin’s primary focus has always been to help their clients – companies who care about today’s youth -- “connect with kids, tweens and teens, by developing brand experiences that enhance their lives.” In fact, designing valued relationships with kids™ is more than a company slogan; it is a passion. Goodwin combines expertise with innovative marketing strategies, smart design solutions, and a complete understanding of their clients’ businesses and markets. Their ultimate goal is to help their clients leverage their brand power to reach kids, and build enduring relationships with them. Huntington Beach for the fieldwork, and return to the hotel to explore both what was learned and how to facilitate a team’s ability to build actionable insights from Or ethnographic data. This workshop will be led by Barbara Perry, PhD, a cultural anthropologist who pioneered the use of team ethnography in business settings. Barbara Perry, Cultural Anthropologist, BARBARA PERRY ASSOCIATES Goodwin’s expertise lies in the fact that their unique culture combines people from multiple disciplines to partner with their clients throughout the design process, yielding phenomenal results. Goodwin has worked closely with clients as they have explored an array of strategic cost-cutting, best practice implementation, return-on-investment projection, market research, competitive benchmarking, innovation engagement, speed-to-market maximization, results analyses and more. About Your Workshop Leader: Barbara Perry Barbara Perry, PhD, is founder and president of Barbara Perry Associates. BPA is a “virtual” organization. The associates are a network of distinguished, senior consultants with a variety of specialties, who come together on a project basis. Dr. Perry brings a cultural anthropologist’s perspective to her work with organizations. In her twenty years of consulting to Fortune 500 companies across a broad variety of categories, the focus has been on supporting their effectiveness as a team to not only see new opportunities, but be able to realize them. “We take pride in the benefits we have provided kids through increased and improved product offerings, and our clients through hundreds of millions of dollars in realized revenue,” comments Goodwin. She pioneered the use of ethnographic methods to get closer to the consumer. Her emphasis is on developing internal, cross-functional capability to go out into the consumer’s environment and see with new eyes the underlying values and assumptions that give meaning to their experience and drive their behavior. Her proprietary methodology is being applied in a variety of ways including: Goodwin’s services have grown to include consulting, ideation, naming, identity, positioning, research, product design, promotion, illustration, photography, copywriting, new media and interactive (web sites, games, advergames, presentations, animation, music and sound design) for campaigns ranging from new product line launches, designing POP, promotional and advertising materials, creating collateral systems to trend tracking and forecasting. • Human Centered New Product Development • Market Development • Brand and Communication Strategy Bill Goodwin, CEO and President, GOODWIN • Internal Organization Development Dr. Perry’s publications include works on developing a team-based culture, dialogue, hope, organizational learning and the use of anthropological methods to nurture innovation. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and internal seminars. Or WORKSHOP C: 2:00-5:00 © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. REACHING TEENS WITH INNOVATIVE PROMOTIONS In today’s cluttered environment, promotion strategies are key to reinforcing brand messages and getting and staying top of mind with teen consumers. This in-depth workshop will examine strategies for innovative promotions and introduce creative elements that can be incorporated into promotion strategy development and execution. Interactive exercises with fellow workshop attendees will provide key takeaways you can immediately apply to your business plans back at work. To enhance this workshop experience, Teen Vogue will be on hand to share lessons learned from their interaction with their IT GIRL panel. They will demonstrate how they have been able to weave insights provided by the panel as well as the panel itself into promotion strategy to make sure their content, brand and marketing continue to evolve with their ever changing consumer. Interactive exercises with the IT Girl online panel will conclude the session. Sean M. Holbert, Director of Marketing Services, KL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. “ Great! Super-informative! ” “ Very interesting – I loved it!” “ Excellent! Useful!” “ Great coverage on youth trends! To Register Call 888-670-8200 ” fax 941-365-2507 speakers – all had great insights “Excellent into the marketplace! ” Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 9 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 M A I N 11/15/05 10:40 PM Page 10 C O N F E R E N C E MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1: TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2006 7:00 Registration and Morning Coffee 10:45 Networking Break 7:00 VIP Breakfast with Tom Peters 11:15 Leveraging Your New Toolbox: Harvesting The Role Of New Media in Marketing Start your conference experience off right; have breakfast with Tom Peters. Perhaps one of the most successful business leaders today, his conversation is sure to enlighten and inspire you to get the most professional value from the 2006 Youth Marketing Mega Event. 8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome Address Warner Brothers Records reaches kids and adults of all ages with marketing messages promoting their various recording artists. Priority to them is staying ahead of the curve and reaching their audience in the most innovative and creative ways. Much of these initiatives are founded in new media, keeping in mind that new may not always be related to the most technologically advanced. This session will demonstrate the newest of the new via a case study for various ages and a look ahead towards what’s coming down the pipe. 8:15 Managing Business to Meet the Needs of an Ever-Evolving Consumer • Blogging what’s next Space is limited to attendees who register in groups of 3 or more. • The impact of DVR, VOD, TiVo for marketers The youth consumer is fun. The youth consumer is provocative. Marketing to the youth consumer probably even keeps you young – in tune with what’s going on, what’s hot and what’s not. But more important to you as a marketer, the youth consumer is your business. To frame the next 2 exciting days, Tom Peters will remind us why we’re all here in Huntington Beach in the first place – to be better business people, to be more effective leaders and to be inspiring to those who work for us and with us. As Tom’s book titles indicate, his passion is passion: Destruction & Disruption & Reimaginings … Talent Liberation for a Brand You/WOW Projects World … Creativity, Game-changing Innovation & Sustained Entrepreneurship. His other passion is to induce leaders to vigorously embrace the “Technicolor Times” and partake of a diet of audacious, disruptive re-imaginings and excellent adventures. • Understanding media multi-tasking • Translating brand equity into the digital world • Best practices for integration of new technology into 360 campaigns • Appropriateness of capturing the newest of the new Jeremy Welt, VP New Media, WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS 12:00 Lunch Sponosred by Generation Debt: How Youth View and Manage Personal Finances Today’s youth is inundated by mixed messages regarding personal finances: Credit card companies solicit them, they’re tempted by pimped rides and cool cribs, the cost of college has skyrocketed (the average college student graduates almost $20,000 in debt), the safety nets of previous generations have frayed or given way, school and career choices may promise either sky-rocketing CEO/celebrity compensation or a job that gets outsourced to an emerging market. Get ready to be energized by who Business Week has deemed “business’ best friend and worst nightmare.” Tom Peters, Business, Management and Leadership Guru 9:45 Through traditional qualitative research and innovations such as self-reported video documentaries and longitudinal ethnography, Sachs Insights explores the financial realities and mythologies of today’s youth as they research, discover, adopt (and abandon) financial brands, beliefs, and habits. A Glimpse into Youth in 2006 and Beyond Jane Buckingham, Youth Trend Expert, will share key trends and high points of interest for today’s youth consumer. Applicable to youth of all ages, she will identify trends and insights that can be immediately applied to business so you can be more relevant and credible now and in the future. Paris Patton, Director of Innovation Research, SACHS INSIGHTS Carmen Wong Ulrich, Research Consultant, SACHS INSIGHTS and Author of “GENERATION DEBT” • Macro and micro trends that will affect your business • What’s hot, who’s hot and what’s over • Role of new technology in their life: Online communities, blogging and what’s next? • A generation scarred from 9/11 and natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Tsunami, what’s the impact on their outlook on life? • Marketing to reach this generation Jane Buckingham, CEO, THE INTELLIGENCE GROUP, Youth Trend Expert Each session is 45 minutes in length followed by a 15 minute transition period. You may attend any session in any track. A: Kids 1:15 Fun Funny and Fearless: Research Rules In Kids Commercial Television B : Tw e e n s 1:15 Entering into the preschool arena means not only appealing to the children, but gaining parental approval as well. On August 22, 2005, Cartoon Network launched “Tickle U” – a new block of preschool programming dedicated to the promotion of fun and laughter in the lives of children. Cartoon Network is “fun, funny and fearless” and so are Pre-K aged children. • A look at the creation of a mediabased preschool business designed to reach audiences across all screens • How we built an environment based on what preschoolers understand AND find funny • How research drives content selection and program design longterm and short-term • Understanding what Parents want for their children and how to apply that knowledge • Earning Mom’s trust – any new venture for their kids must meet with Mom approval in order to gain brand awareness and trial Alice Cahn, Vice President, Programming and Development, CARTOON NETWORK Creating awareness, trial and buzz through promotional partners and the internet to drive retail support and tween demand. FLY™, the world’s first pen-top computer for tweens is going to be the hottest new youth product for 2005. It didn’t achieve that status by accident. The launch of this new computing and entertainment platform designed especially for Tweens was carefully orchestrated to drive maximum awareness and “virtual trial” long before the product reached stores in October 2005. Learn how LeapFrog successfully created a new high tech consumer “edu-tainment“ product category. • Distill complex product technology into simple consumer messages • Drive awareness on somebody else’s dime 1:15 Connecting Credibly to Teens Use technology and entertainment two things that resonate with teens, to develop compelling and participatory programs. This session will demonstrate how to reach the very difficult and opinionated teen audience in an innovative manner with new and old media that drives participation and buzz. • The marriage of technology and entertainment • Interactive and participatory campaigns that create viral marketing • Using online and the mobile phone to reach the youth demo • The power of PR • Using product placement in a way that does not alienate your consumer Christine Loredo Senior Marketing Manager AMERICA ONLINE • Get tweens to engage with product promotions through on-line, demo and at retail Lisa Strick Account Director STROTTMAN Eric Pettit FLY™ Brand Manager LEAP FROG ENTERPRISES, INC. look at “ Enlightening marketing to today’s youth! Stacey Isenhwer, Vice President, Research, CARTOON NETWORK 10 To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • ” Track Chair: Diane Hessan, President & CEO, COMMUNISPACE CORPORATION 1:15 College Advertising Channels: The Other “Non-traditional” Media For today’s youth marketers, the focus of their attention and potential ad dollars have been on nontraditional media like Advergaming, Blogvertising, and Podcasting. This advancing technology and the advertising options that complement it do offer exciting potential for reaching youth. But have we prematurely qualified these options as effective ways to reach youth? Is it safe to say that traditional forms of youth media have fallen to the way side? Campus Media Group, Inc., will talk about the other “non-traditional” advertising channels that exist to reach 18-to-24-year-olds, and why today’s top brands still use them. CMG will also demonstrate how using campus media correctly can create brand ambassadors on college campuses nationwide. • Understanding today’s college campus • Media options • Tips on using campus advertising channels correctly • Empowering students to be brand ambassadors on campus Media Covered: • College Print • College Radio • Campus OOH • Student Intercept/ Street Teams • College Events Thomas Borgerding, President/CEO CAMPUS MEDIA GROUP, INC. Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. • Encouraging a child’s laughter means understanding what they think is funny Launching the Next Big “GOTTA HAVE IT” for Tweens D: College C: Teens 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:41 PM Page 11 M A I N A: Kids 2:15 Nickelodeon: Kids Start Here B : Tw e e n s 2:15 Reaching and connecting with your audience is your first priority as a youth marketer. Keeping up with the lightspeed pace of changing technologies, introductions of new marketing mediums and opportunities can be a daunting task unto itself. In this session, we will survey new and innovative ways to reach kids today as well as identify best practices for actually building a connection with them. Capturing the Next-Generation Tween Fan: Sports Marketing Strategies for the Immersion Age 2:15 R U Ready 2 Talk Teen? 1st Part Turning Trends into Stand-out Marketing Messages and Promotional Programs • Integrating new and traditional media • Understanding the role of sports in today’s youth culture • What form of technology is the best way to reach kids? • Defining the “fan experience” in the Immersion Age • Technology Reality Check: Where are they? • Showcasing current best practices in reaching the next-generation fan • Word of Mouth marketing • Providing Sports Marketing strategies that build customer value and loyalty Paul Swangard Managing Director WARSAW SPORTS MARKETING CENTER/UNIVERSITY OF OREGON • Discover Gen Y trends • Learn what’s driving the trends • Learn the most effective way to market to teens (including peer-topeer activation) NICKELODEON 2:15 Two Part Session Hosted by Teen People. Teens are tech-savvy media pluralists who have access to multiple media and are driven to use each medium for different purposes. Given teens’ propensity to multitask, it is essential that advertisers get their messages to teens via the most effective vehicles. Jackie Hernandez-Fallous, Publisher of Teen People Magazine and Keisha Wright, Sr. Trendspotter Marketing Manager will share insights from Teen People’s Annual Trendspotter Study and Segmentation Study and demonstrate how advertisers are using these insights to effectively reach teens. Karen Driscoll SVP Marketing and Strategic Planning D: College C: Teens Today’s sports industry enjoys billion dollar businesses and millions of loyal customers. But generational differences and the increasing role of new media channels are forcing Leagues, Teams, Events and Brands to rethink what fans will want from sport and what they will consider sport in the future. • Resonating: Maintaining the emotional connection C O N F E R E N C E Companies looking to break through the clutter on campus are increasingly looking to create their own network of campus influencers while leveraging the power and relevance of peer-to-peer marketing. Learn how Mr. Youth, the nation’s fastest growing youth marketing agency, has helped some of the nation’s leading companies including Microsoft, JetBlue Airways, and Victoria’s Secret utilize student rep networks to achieve stated objectives on campus. At the session you will learn: • Best practices on recruiting the right student ambassadors to represent your brand • How to utilize technology to build a scalable network that is managed to succeed • Proven student ambassador marketing tactics to move the needle on campus • Developing a measurement system that makes student reps accountable for their actions • How to avoid common pitfalls of student rep programs Jackie Hernandez-Fallous, Publisher TEEN PEOPLE MAGAZINE Matt Britton, Managing Partner, MR. YOUTH LLC Keisha Wright Sr. Trendspotter™ Marketing Manager, TEEN PEOPLE MAGAZINE 3:00 3:30 You’ve Got Questions, They’ve Got Answers: Kids, ages 6 - 9, answer Your Questions 3:30 You know the tremendous influence kids have over family behavior, habits and spending but do you really know what’s important to kids and why and how and when they exercise their influence? Get answers from kids to the questions that are relevant to you and your company. • How do kids feel about advertising and marketing, • How do kids learn about what’s new and how some things become trends • Learn what types of decisions kids care about influencing and can influence • Discover what kids really care about when it comes to spending their own money or influencing how families spend their money Ali Pohn VP/Chief Youth Officer STROTTMAN 4:30 Networking Break Tween Talk: An interactive panel that will address what’s really on the mind of today’s tweens and how their mindsets could impact your business. 3:30 Today’s tweens are a dynamic, ever-changing segment. Join us for an interactive session where tweens take the stage to share their world with you and answer questions that can help you in developing your marketing initiatives. Jackie Hernandez-Fallous, Publisher TEEN PEOPLE MAGAZINE, Keisha Wright, Sr. Trendspotter ™ Marketing Manager, TEEN PEOPLE MAGAZINE Topics covered in the discussion with the tween panel will include: • Emerging trends • Everyday worries or concerns • What’s hot and what’s not? • Purchase decisions and the decision-making process • Specific questions from conference attendees 4:30 © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. Live College Student Panel! Marketing to the 18-24 demographic has changed. Today’s college student is a different student – influenced by the fast age of the internet, instant messenger, cellular phones and more. As savvy consumers, they have become weary of all the constant solicitation and marketing on their campuses. In addition to your questions, this panel will focus on the following: • Brand “must haves” • Most popular trends on campus • Student brand preferences and awareness • The most effective way to reach college students in their environments • What brands have risen above the clutter with successful impact The Next Step: Engaging Students on Their Terms With their instinct for authenticity and cynicism towards commercialism, college and high school students demand that advertisers and marketers play by their rules. They ignore and reject mass advertising initiatives imposed from above, yet respond to (and even solicit) marketing that is grassroots, relevant, and resonant. In this session I’ll discuss Facebook’s new marketing programs, which are already enabling dozens of leading brands to develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship with the youth market and engaging millions of students every day. • Facebook is the #1 website for students nationwide. Millions of American students use Facebook daily: 1 in 3 college students in the US logs on to Facebook every day, and 1 in 2 college students in the US logs on to Facebook every week • Facebook users’ seamless intermingling of commercial and non-commercial interests highlights both the challenges and the opportunities in marketing to the student demographic • Facebook’s innovative and integrated advertising properties show how marketers can connect with students where it matters most to them • Facebook has built a leading brand in the student market from the bottom up, and bottom-up grassroots marketing can be a powerful force for major brands too In this engaging session, you will have the unique opportunity to see this executive producer in front of the camera for a change - sharing tips and insights from successes and failures he’s seen behind the camera. Stan Rogow, CEO, STAN ROGOW PRODUCTIONS, Executive Producer of LIZZIE MCGUIRE, DARCY’S WILD LIFE AND FLIGHT 29 DOWN Recess with Olympic Athletes Matt Cohler, VP Revenue, FACEBOOK Many brands have had success rubbing shoulders with the likes of Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan and Derek Jeter. However, most marketing budgets can’t afford to make commitments to such big names. There are alternatives that have just the same star power, encourage good will and deliver a brand message. Olympic Gold Medal Sprinter Shawn Crawford, 2-time Olympic Silver Medal Hurdler Terrence Trammell & World Champion Sprinter Me'Lisa Barber, along with their brand counterparts, will share success stories from leveraging the timeliness and experiential marketing with Olympic Medalists. Brought to you by N-Vision Call 888-670-8200 3:30 Shereen Miller, Associate Director, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED & SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ON CAMPUS Christine Efken, Senior Research Associate, DOYLE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Lessons From Behind The Camera: Moving From Trends to Emotions for More Meaningful Connections To Register Teen to Teen to You. Let’s Get Real. 2nd Part: LIVE TEEN PANEL • Talk to real teens that will discuss ad hits and misses and respond to questions from marketers There are certain truths that are applicable to all walks of life and relevant to all stages of personal development. And unlike trends, these don’t change with the times, they may evolve, but they are in some way always there - these are emotions. Stan Rogow, executive producer of such youth culture phenomena as Lizzie McGuire, Darcy’s Wild Life and most recently Flight 29 Down, argues that only when you can successfully portray and tap into these emotions can you really start connecting your brand or property with consumers – not riding the coattails of the latest trends or fads. 5:30 Tapping into the Pulse of Campus Life with Student Brand Ambassadors fax 941-365-2507 6:15 Concert Networking Reception Featuring Tomorrow’s Hottest Names Every year, 12to20 brings the hottest new teen music artists to the Youth Marketing Mega Event Cocktail Reception. In 2005, Tyler Hilton and Jesse McCartney performed for our conference attendees and definitely put on an amazing show! Be sure to join us this year to see who will be hot in 2006! Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 11 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 M A I N 10:43 PM Page 12 C O N F E R E N C E MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2006 7:00 Morning Coffee 7:45 Chairperson’s Recap 8:00 Marketing Responsibly But Profitably: Moving From Awareness to Action The debate about “who is responsible for the obesity crisis in the U.S.” has captured headline news for several years. The “blame game” and “teflon response” has often dominated the debate between the public and private sectors. There have been threats of obesity lawsuits as well as the passage of state legislation that governs the sale of soda and snack foods in school vending machines; and, there are now selfregulation guidelines from some trade groups. In addition, the Institute of Medicine has convened a committee of scientific experts to study marketing to children and will issue a report with their recommendations in Fall, 2005. Some companies are beginning to do their part by introducing healthier product choices, labeling their healthier products for easy consumer identification, and supporting intervention/education efforts. The debate has served its purpose in raising national awareness and concerns about childhood obesity. However, a focus on the debate versus taking action only keeps obesity in the “spin cycle.” It is time for everyone to take a big step toward action. At this session, the audience will learn: • Obesity is a BIG problem. • Obesity touches each of us in our everyday life. • We must all own obesity as a national health problem. • It is a huge challenge, but we are the solution. Faye L. Wong, VERB Campaign, CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION 8:45 10:15 Building Trust as a Credibly Cool Brand Youth today are corporate critics. They know they’re being marketed to and to a large extent, they’re fine with that. However, try too hard to not seem like you’re marketing, they can see right through it and come on too strong with a sell message, they’re likely to shut you right out. In today’s competitive and cluttered categories, you cannot afford severed relationships. Perhaps one of the most authentically cool brands in the youth market today, American Apparel’s Chief Operating Officer walks us down that fine line. • Is “buying your way in” transparent or worth the investment? • Building relationships that are in the spotlight without appearing to “sell out” • Remaining authentic to consumers who understand the business of marketing Martin Bailey, Chief Operating Officer, AMERICAN APPAREL 11:00 The Mobile Future is Now: Leveraging Mobile for Youth Marketing The youth demographic are at the core of mobile’s success, with over 45 million under 25s using mobile devices today. 80% of those devices are text messaging enabled – creating a new medium to target the youth market. Mobile provides always on, always available, anytime marketing for you and your brand. Adding mobile to your overall marketing strategy is key to reaching the youth demographic. The Mobile Marketing Association brings together industry experts for a discussion on mobile marketing best practices and how to best leverage the emerging mobile channel in support of a brand’s overall marketing strategy for this key demographic. The panel discussion will cover: • How to build a campaign around youth using the mobile channel • Impact and effective uses of: text and premium text campaigns, downloadable mobile content, mobile web banners, mobile search • Specific case study examples will be discussed from a variety of perspectives by key players in the rapidly evolving mobile space. MODERATOR Laura Marriott, Executive Director, MOBILE MARKETING ASSOCIATION Growing Up With Your Consumer: NASCAR, the All-American Soap Box Derby and Levi Strauss Signature Partner to Reach Kids, Adults and Families The All-American Soap Box Derby, an official youth initiative of NASCAR, is the premier youth and family oriented racing program involving boys and girls ages 8-17. The AASBD promotes the core values of teamwork, the spirit of competition, perseverance and an emphasis on family. This year at the annual championship, 502 local champions representing 43 states and four foreign countries qualified and competed in three divisions for trophies and college scholarship money. In the past 10 years, overall race participation has doubled, with approximately 45 percent being girls. In 2005, the Levi Strauss Signature™ brand has entered into a multi-year agreement with the All-American Soap Box Derby (AASBD) to become the title sponsor of the championship event. • A historical outlook on the growth of the All American Soap Box Derby, an official youth initiative of NASCAR • How and why NASCAR targets a youthful, family-oriented AASBD audience • Dissecting the AASBD marketing campaign and Public Relations strategies • The success story from title sponsor Levi Strauss Signature™ • The value of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Driver Jimmie Johnson serving as AASBD National Spokesperson • Overall contributions from NASCAR and corporate sponsors that help grow the AASBD brand and the NASCAR fan base PANEL PARTICIPANTS Heather Bowen, Marketing Manager, AOL Courtney Jane Acuff, Wireless Specialist - Associate Director, STARCOM IP Michael K. Baker, President & Chief Operating Officer, ENPOCKET, INC. Rachel Agronsky, General Manager for Communities Products, SPRINT NEXTEL 11:45 Music and Music Fans Have Migrated Online…Marketers Should “Mingle” Music has always been a powerful marketing platform in traditional media, including television, radio, print and concerts. The marketing fundamentals have not changed, but as music consumers have rapidly migrated online, they have embraced their ability to control the how, what, where and when of digital music content to create MY Music Experience, MY Music Videos on Demand, MY radio station, MY playlists on MY portable device. Content, Search, Personalization and Community are the 4 consumer engagement pillars that have catalyzed this migration. The tools that drive the 4 pillars such as instant messaging, ratings systems, playlist generation, downloads and legal file sharing all provide more meaningful, relevant ways to reach and mingle with these more passionate consumers of all ages. Current (live) examples of how marketers are leveraging online music will be shared. • Engage and enable the music fan throughout their entire online music experience by leveraging the 4 consumer pillars: - Search (desktop, mobile, video, audio, TV) - Content (discovering, organizing, consuming, creating, publishing, distributing) - Community (connecting, filtering, sharing, influencing) - Personalization (rating, customizing, refining) Roger VanDerSnick, Vice President, Marketing, NASCAR Sherri Phillips, Vice President, Marketing & Store Development, LEVI STRAUSS SIGNATURE Jim Huntsman, President, Board of Directors, ALL AMERICAN SOAP BOX DERBY 9:45 George Stewart, National Director and Category Development Officer, YAHOO! MUSIC, YAHOO! Networking Break 12:30 Luncheon Each session is 45 minutes in length followed by a 15 minute transition period. You may attend any session in any track. A: Kids 2:00 Exploring the life cycle of entertainment licenses: From Fad to Evergreen B : Tw e e n s 2:00 • Explore effective ways to launch properties The toy aisle has changed over the past decade. Browse the stores today and you’ll find portable video players, games that plug into your TV and cellphones. Are these really toys? How do kids and tweens define toys in this iPod world? Learn about the various high tech “toys” that kids and tweens are playing with today. See the results of research with Wild Planet’s Kid Inventor Team and how they think of toys. • Use the medium as the message • When do kids and tweens really start to want an iPod? • Manage timing of product introductions • How do kids and tweens think about technology? • Know how to utilize brand extensions • How do marketers of more traditional entertainment products survive? 2:00 Learn more about Keds, a classic iconic brand that has been around since 1916, as the brand was repositioned to be relevant to the teen and young adult consumer. Find out how the Keds team set clear brand goals and strategies, selected a relevant aspirational spokesperson, Mischa Barton of the OC, evolved their product offerings, doubled their marketing investment, and leveraged the new imagery and messaging through all consumer touch points (advertising, in-store, on-line, events, and more). • Developing a brand strategy that gets new consumers into the franchise but stays true to the Keds DNA • Finding the best aspirational and relevant spokesperson 12 To Register Call 888-670-8200 fax 941-365-2507 Track Chair: Diane Hessan, President & CEO, COMMUNISPACE CORPORATION Keds Be Cool For Teens: A Case Study Email register@iirusa.com • 2:00 The Post-High School, Non-Collegiate Consumer The 18-22 year old consumer has been typically categorized as the college consumer. Thus, marketers tend to rely on techniques and strategies that focus on the lifestyles and assumed activities that occur on campus. However, there is a large number of 18-22 year olds who are not on campus and may not even be in college. This audience has traditionally been underserved by mainstream marketing and has the potential to be a major opportunity area for brands that have not traditionally located this consumer. • Post High School Destinations – every 18-22 year old is not on campus! Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. What makes a property a quick short-term hit vs. an evergreen brand that lasts for generations? This session will explore the life cycles of entertainment licenses using case studies from Care Bears, Holly Hobbie, Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street, and more, and discuss ways to extend a brand for long-term success. The iPod is Not a Toy…or Is It? D: College C: Teens 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:44 PM Page 13 M A I N A: Kids B : Tw e e n s D: College C: Teens Rob Volpe Director, Promotional Marketing WILD PLANET TOYS • Extend the life cycle of your license/brand C O N F E R E N C E • A comparative study: college v. non-college – are they the same consumer? • Develop a compelling marketing plan with multiple consumer touch points to reach this new younger consumer Tamra Seldi Senior Vice President, Consumer Products, AMERICAN GREETINGS PROPERTIES • Alternative media and mediums to distribute your message to supplement your college attending consumer base • Having patience to stay the course and stick to the strategy for 2006, 2007, and beyond Jennifer Weiderman, VP, Marketing, KEDS Thomas E. Nickerson, Director Strategic Outreach, UNITED STATES ARMY ACCESSIONS COMMAND Paced, “ High Informative, Loved it! 3:00 Zoup-ah!™: Taking Ownership of the Culinary Category for Kids and Their Families 3:00 Zoup-ah! is an entertainment and lifestyle brand that creates programming, products and related attractions designed to bring families together in their homes and at their tables. In this presentation, participants will learn about Zoupah!’s continuing journey in creating an entertainment driven and socially responsible lifestyle brand. ” Aging Down: Appealing to the Tween Consumer (and their parents) 3:00 Attendees will learn: • The value of focusing on and listening to what adults and kids want from your product or service • Tips and tricks for deciphering the numerous styles of marketing and how to determine what will be most successful for your specific campaign • The rationale for developing multiple brand platforms in tandem • The significance of building “founding partnerships” with brands and community leaders • The magic of messaging, graphic design, and photography to capture the imagination of both the adult and tween demographic • The unique steps and challenges involved with creating programming that leverages “healthy behavior modeling” • Tapping into the penetration of a product for an older audience to carve out a new tween category Bill Bourdon, Vice President of Business Development, Partner, ZOUP-AH! • What experiential marketing can deliver Jeanne Smith, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, ZOUP-AH! Fred Bullock, Chief Marketing Officer, FIREFLY MOBILE 3:45 4:15 The Role of a Life Time, The Benefits of Role Play Toys 4:15 Kids start role playing early in their life time. What benefits if any do role play toys have for a child. • Learn the benefits from play • What defines role play toys • Learn the benefits of role play toys • Age categories for role play toys © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. Heidi Haarstad, Product Manager, MANHATTAN TOY 5:00 The media landscape has been transformed- it is more diverse, participatory, and global than ever. How must marketers evolve to create connections with the youth market? To Register Call 888-670-8200 The Alloy College Explorer study shows the college market has expanded this year in nearly every market metric, gaining in aggregate size, spending power, and discretionary income. Overall spending among college students has increased almost 16 percent and discretionary spending has soared to a record $41 billion. Overall 16.5 million students head back to campus, up four percent over last year and representing the largest college class in history. • Money, Money, and More Money • What teen dining trends are HOT? • What drives visitation and loyalty? • How does the occasion impact selection? • Does the company they are with make a difference? • What’s on teens’ dining wish list? • Conscientious Consumers “Green” and “Cool” Rochelle Wainer, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Strategy & Insights, PEPSICO Samantha Skey SVP Strategic Marketing ALLOY MEDIA 4:15 • Evolving Evolution • The College Bubble • Entertain me! • Optimistic … or Entitled? 4:15 Building Customers for Life Subway recently began talking to kids and teens in an effort to build customers for life. Find out how this adult brand began to define messaging at the various life stages – while staying true to itself. • Finding messages for your adult brand that resonate with kids and teens • Understanding attitudes, needs and purchase behaviors at each life stage • Effectively communicating product benefits to different audiences • Being responsible marketers • Benefits later in life of educating kids on making responsible choices today • Changing touch points of varying life stages Michelle A. Cordial Director, Brand Management SUBWAY FRANCHISEE ADVERTISING FUND TRUST • Identification of their cultural currents in youth culture and its impact on the future of media • Sharing of tenets that will guide brands towards cultural relevance in the youth market fax 941-365-2507 How to make an impact on an increasingly valuable, and increasingly elusive, campus coed. Networking Break As the marketplace gets increasingly competitive, companies are bringing back the brands of yesterday hoping to cash in on their built-in equity and nostalgic appeal. This session will look closely at how to best re-launch a brand and hopefully turn it from classic to evergreen. • Case study of DIC Entertainment’s re-launch of classic brands including Strawberry Shortcake and Trolls • Defining the difference between re-launching and repositioning • Identifying the right target demo • How do you know if you have a brand worth bringing back – the importance of timing and positioning • How licensing takes the driver’s seat in re-launching a classic entertainment brand The Future of Media The Booming College Market: An In-Depth Look at the Largest and Wealthiest Class in History Robbin Jaklin, President, C&R RESEARCH/TEENSEYES The Marketing and Licensing Behind Re-Launching a Classic Brand For Tweens Jedd Gold, VP, Brand Marketing & Promotions, DIC ENTERTAINMENT 3:00 Meeting the demands of today’s teens is not an easy task, especially for dining. Factors such as service, environment and food & beverage all play a role. Pepsi will share findings from a custom study revealing key drivers that motivate teen decision making and engender loyalty. Explore the restaurant landscape through the eyes of a teen and see firsthand the rationale behind their decision making and how they prioritize the different factors that go into making any decision. These insights will allow you to make more educated decisions when considering marketing partnerships with food service as well as tailor your own brand needs to align with the priorities of teens today. Appealing to the heart and minds of youths and their parents can be an extremely effective marketing strategy and also one of the most challenging to pull off. Reaching two audiences at the same time truly requires a clear strategy and some creative tactics. • The role of market research and social trends in evaluating a new category creation opportunity Out on the Town – Dining with Teens Email register@iirusa.com • Breaking Barriers Using New (and old) Communication Techniques to Get Your Message Through to the College Student Today’s college student is far more wired and savvy than we ever were. They are the MeTV generation and know an ad when they see it. But contrary to conventional thinking, this group is ok with your marketing message as long as they are getting something in return. Find out how Unilever brands like Axe and Degree are capitalizing on this by delivering magnetic marketing to this group. • How should you view a gaming strategy? • How do you focus on magnetic marketing? • Find out why content is king and why social networking is your best friend. • Learn how to get breakthrough creative ideas through your boring company. Kevin George, Director of Marketing, Deodorants, UNILEVER HPC Jeff Cole, Senior Planning Director, MONE Craig Bamsey Director of Strategy FAITH POPCORN’S BRAINRESERVE Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 13 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 A B O U T 10:45 PM O U R Page 14 S U P P O R T E R S Conference Supporters Campus Media Group, Inc. is a leading national youth media and marketing agency. Today’s national brands and top agencies trust CMG to provide strategic media planning, buying, and management services. CMG offers pure advertising channels such as national high school and college newspapers, postering on campus, database marketing, student intercept, customized sampling, and event promotion to reach youth. They are proud to have helped bring companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Google, Nintendo, Warner Bros., and Hardee’s to campus. For more information, visit www.CampusMediaGroup.com. 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The Geppetto Group, a WPP Group plc company, is a New York-based, awardwinning advertising agency and marketing consultancy dedicated exclusively to the kid, teen and young adult audiences. We believe that the best solutions come from thinking not about any one marketing discipline, but rather from thinking about the consumer first. It is our mission to be audience-specific and discipline neutral; thereby bringing ideas to our clients that spring from a superior understanding of what motivates these unique audiences. Clients The Geppetto Group serves are: Reebok, NFL, Frito-Lay, The Coca-Cola Company and Pfizer, among many others. DropCards are a custom designed plastic card that contain a PIN number on the back that can be used to access data, also known as "stored value content." This content can pretty much be anything that can be delivered electronically (downloaded), or redeemed with a pin number. 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Founded by president and CEO Bill Goodwin, Philadelphia-based Goodwin has utilized its vast expertise in the area of branding, packaging, licensing and brand revitalization for youth-oriented products and services to partner with and counsel some of the world’s leading brands, including Campbell Soup Company, Disney, Hasbro, Johnson & Johnson, Mattel, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart. “From our humble beginnings in the toy industry nearly a decade ago, our work (some call it work, we call it fun) now includes candy, food and beverage, games, personal care, electronics, entertainment, education, pharmaceutical, publishing, licensing, sports, and others,” notes Goodwin. “In fact, many of our client relationships span the length of our existence.” Goodwin’s primary focus has always been to help their clients – companies who care about today’s youth -- “connect with kids, tweens and teens, by developing brand experiences that enhance their lives.” In fact, designing valued relationships with kids™ is more than a company slogan; it is a passion. Goodwin combines expertise with innovative marketing strategies, smart design solutions, and a complete understanding of their clients’ businesses and markets. Their ultimate goal is to help their clients leverage their brand power to reach kids, and build enduring relationships with them. Goodwin’s expertise lies in the fact that their unique culture combines people from multiple disciplines to partner with their clients throughout the design process, yielding phenomenal results. Goodwin has worked closely with clients as they have explored an array of strategic cost-cutting, best practice implementation, return-on-investment projection, market research, competitive benchmarking, innovation engagement, speed-to-market maximization, results analyses and more.“We take pride in the benefits we have provided kids through increased and improved product offerings, and our clients through hundreds of millions of dollars in realized revenue,” comments Goodwin. Goodwin’s services have grown to include consulting, ideation, naming, identity, positioning, research, product design, promotion, illustration, photography, copywriting, new media and interactive (web sites, games, advergames, presentations, animation, music and sound design) for campaigns ranging from new product line launches, designing POP, promotional and advertising materials, creating collateral systems to trend tracking and forecasting. Mr. Youth® has been built from the ground-up by a handful of highly experienced, creative, and dedicated promotional marketing executives. Most of Mr. Youth’s® clients like the fact that they can expect to reach us at the oddest hours with a peculiar request and still get the answers they need. Come meet some of the brains behind Mr. Youth®. We look forward to meeting you in person. Since 1967 The NPD Group has provided reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. 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Reminiscent of a turn of the century Spanish mansion, Pacific Waters Spa is opulent in form and function. Inhale the rich color palate and indulge in the appropriately lavish amenities as you escape the stresses and strains of everyday life. Perusing the services and treatments offered at Pacific Waters Spa in advance of your visit is highly recommended. You are also encouraged to call the professional Spa Concierge for assistance with scheduling treatments to maximize the therapeutic benefit of your experience. Par: 70 Yardage: 6,643 Rating: 69.9 Slope: 117 Holes: 18 For the Champagne Coneisseur in you: Red Chair Lounge Additionally the Spa Concierge can assist in scheduling your favorite therapist and guarantee their availability when you visit. Choosing a treatment or a series of treatments is just the beginning; a trip to Pacific Waters Spa can only be complete when you allow time to exploit all of the wonderful amenities available to you. Come early or stay late and enjoy the dry sauna, steam rooms, lounges with private outdoor relaxation areas, whirlpools, our state of the art fitness center, and our “cutting edge” Salon. Enjoy! The perfect place to unwind, meet friends, enjoy billiards or sit by the fire and warm your heart. The Red Chair Lounge specializes in a wide-variety of Premium Spirits, Infused Martinis and Signature Cocktails. Our signature high back chair is complimented by warm colors, rich wood paneling and both indoor and outdoor seating. At the Red Chair Lounge we celebrate the finer things in life including Champagne. Make everyday a special occasion and relax with a bottle at half price. Open: 4:30pm to 7pm daily. Hit the High Seas: Sport Fishing For The OC in you: Surfing Adventures Sport fishing is a sure way to experience the beautiful Pacific Ocean. We can refer guests to local companies that offer fishing charters, whale watching and coastal cruises insuring fun for the whole family. Learn how to catch the perfect wave from a company dedicated to the history and soul of surfing. Toes on the Nose gives private and semi-private surfing lessons taught by one of their fourteen team riders. REGISTRATION DETAILS GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE NOW! Group Discounts are Available - Send Your Whole Team! Contact Aloycia Bellillie at (212) 661-3500 ext. 3702 or e-mail abellillie@iirusa.com Five Easy Ways to Register • % h FAX PHONE MAIL (941) 365-2507 (888) 670-8200 or internationally at (941) 951-7885 Customer Service - IIRNY, P.O. Box 3685, Boston, MA 02241-3685 ok EMAIL register@iirusa.com f www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com INTERNET HOTEL & TRAVEL: All hotel bookings should be made through The Global Executive’s Internet booking site. Please visit www.globalexec.com/iir to make your reservation. If you do not have Web access, or need additional assistance, please call The Global Executive at (800) 516-4265 or (203) 431-8950 or send them an email at conf@globalexec.com. CANCELLATIONS: Should you be unable to attend for any reason, please inform IIR IN WRITING no later than 10 business days before the conference and a credit voucher for the full amount will be issued. If you prefer, a full refund less a $395 non-refundable deposit will be issued. No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received after 10 business days before the conference DATE & VENUE: March 27-29, 2006 Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa 21500 Pacific Coast Highway Huntington Beach, California 92648 Telephone: 714-698-1234* Fax: 714-845-4990 *This number is for general information only Substitutions of enrolled delegates may be made at any time. Please indicate upon registration whether you are eligible for a discount. No two discounts can be combined. If, for any reason, IIR decides to cancel this conference, IIR does not accept responsibility for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by the registrants. Program content subject to change without notice. © 2005 IIR Holdings, Ltd. Your registration for attending the “Youth Marketing Mega Event” includes: • Full conference presentations • Luncheons, Networking and Refreshment breaks • Documentation including speaker presentations and handouts • Sponsor hall pass Any disabled individual desiring an auxiliary aid for this workshop should notify IIR at least two weeks prior to the workshop. PAYMENTS: Payment is due within 30 days of registering. If registering within 30 days of the event, payment is due immediately. Payments may be made by check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Diners Club or American Express. Please make all checks payable to the “Institute for International Research, Inc.” and write the name of the delegate(s) on the face of the check, as well as our reference code: M1809. If payment has not been received prior to registration the morning of the conference, a credit card hold will be required. FEES: Register by December 9, 2005 CONFERENCE DRESS CODE: Casual and comfortable attire is suggested. We recommend bringing a sweater, as the conference room may be cool. Register by January 27, 2006 Register by February 24, 2006 Standard & Onsite Fee Conference Plus Symposia $2,790 $2,990 $3,190 $3,390 Conference + Full Day Workshop $2,595 $2,795 $2,995 $3,195 Conference + 2 Half Day Workshop $2,595 $2,795 $2,995 $3,195 Conference + 1 Half Day Workshop $2,245 $2,445 $2,645 $2,845 Conference Only $1,795 $1,995 $2,195 $2,395 Symposia Only $1,395 $1,395 $1,395 $1,395 VIP Breakfast with Tom Peters To Register Call 888-670-8200 Space is limited to attendees who register in groups of 3 or more. fax 941-365-2507 Email register@iirusa.com • Web www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com 15 141078dzab M1809 QXP6 11/15/05 10:13 PM Page 16 YOUTH MARKETING MEGA EVENT REGISTRATION FORM Please complete and return this entire form to: • % Fax Call ok f Email Internet Institute for International Research 708 Third Avenue, 4th Floor New York, NY 10017-4103 (941) 365-2507 (888) 670-8200 or (941) 951-7885 Mail Institute for International Research, New York P.O. 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Jane Buckingham CEO Roger VanDerSnick VP Marketing THE INTELLIGENCE GROUP NASCAR Youth Trend Expert Marty Bailey COO AMERICAN APPAREL The only all-encompassing marketing event spanning all youth segments built on corporate best practices. Kids Tweens Karen Driscoll SVP, Marketing and Strategic Planning NICKELODEON College Teens Fred Bullock CMO FIREFLY MOBILE Jackie HernandezFallous Publisher TEEN PEOPLE Matt Cohler VP Revenue FACEBOOK.COM New for 2006 Carley Roney Editor in Chief and Co-founder THE KNOT Youth Market Research 10% more content vs 2005 Meet tomorrow’s hottest music stars at our private concert! Networking meet and greet with Olympic Medalists! 5 live focus groups What’s Hot and What’s Not in… Marketing to 20 Somethings 90% Corporate Practitioner-Based Presentations Marketing to the Family Allan Hauptfeld VP Consumer Research MGA ENTERTAINMENT Dean Kephart Group Manager TARGET Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa// Huntington Beach, CA TO REGISTER: Call 888-670-8200 Fax 941-365-2570 E-mail register@iirusa.com MARCH 27-29, 2006 www.youthmarketingmegaevent.com