Telstra Productivity Indicator 2010 Report
Australia’s productivity gap – the difference between productivity expectations and action – has widened from 29 per cent in 2009 to 34 per cent this year, according to new Telstra research.
Underlining the findings of the Government’s Intergenerational Report, the Telstra Productivity Indicator research found that improving customer service and productivity are the key priorities for Australian organisations, ranking 78 per cent and 76 per cent respectively
The Productivity Indicator also found that only 42% of decision makers measure productivity, have a target and know what that target is compared with 49% in last year’s report.
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Howorth Shortlisted for Asia Pacific PR Awards
Howorth has been shortlisted for the 2009 Asia Pacific PR Week Awards for its work with Telstra. The campaign, Identifying Australia’s Productivity Gap, positioned Telstra as a thought leader in the area of business challenges and the supporting role of IT and telecommunications. The PR driven idea led to an integrated campaign for the Telstra including events, above the line advertising and direct mail. The winners will be announced 11 November 2009 in Hong Kong.
Commendations for Ogilvy PR at this year’s PRIA Awards
Howorth’s campaigns for Telstra and Livewire and Impact’s campaign for Coca-Cola received commendations at this year’s NSW PRIA Awards held in Sydney in September.
The Howorth campaign for Telstra Enterprise & Government, Identifying Australia’s Productivity Gap, positioned Telstra as a thought leader in the area of business challenges and the supporting role of IT and telecommunications. The PR driven idea led to an integrated campaign for the Telstra including events, above the line advertising and direct mail.
For Livewire, Howorth was engaged under a part-paid, part-pro bono contract to officially launch and drive awareness for a new online and social network for young Australians aged between 10 and 21 currently living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability.
With just three weeks to deliver the entire campaign and create talkability, Howorth created a launch campaign, which saw Livewire rated as the ‘most searched’ topic on Google. More than 50 media interviews were conducted with key Livewire spokespeople, resulting in 250 radio, print and online stories touching every state within the country. These stories created more than 37 million opportunities for Australians to see, read or hear about Livewire via online, newspapers, magazines and radio media coverage, effectively reaching all Australians over the age of ten at least twice.
Impact Employee Communications/OgilvyEarth was engaged to develop and implement a communication strategy to launch Live Positively within Coca-Cola South Pacific. The strategy needed to kick-start the Live Positively journey by educating, inspiring and uniting associates. The Coca-Cola community locally and globally has heralded this communication campaign as a great success. Within Ogilvy PR Worldwide the event has also been recognised, with Ogilvy Earth’s global network requesting knowledge sharing to drive further work with Coca-Cola globally as Live Positively is rolled out.
Howorth and Telstra unearth the Australian productivity gap
Challenge
To create a versatile thought leadership platform relevant for finance and information executives. To create a robust platform for Telstra to communicate its ‘productivity’ value proposition and expertise to the corporate sector.
Insight
The key benefit of Telstra’s ICT solutions is achieving more with less resources, so Howorth identified an opportunity for the client to become a thought leader on the topic of productivity.
Creative idea
To bring the topic to life, Howorth recommended Telstra commission independent research to investigate how productivity is viewed by decision makers in Australian business and government organisations. The report, The Telstra Productivity Indicator, identified the phenomena of the ‘productivity gap’, where senior managers place high value on productivity but don’t have tools to effectively measure or manage it. The report was complemented by a white paper commissioned by ACIL Tasman, looking at the role of ICT in delivering productivity benefits.
Campaign
The research was launched to media via a series of high level media briefings supported by third party case studies demonstrating productivity initiatives. The Howorth team also reached out to social media to ensure Telstra was associated with the productivity conversation.
Outcome
Telstra took public ownership of the productivity debate and the term “productivity gap’ become part of the media vernacular during the first news cycle. The innovative idea also became the foundation for all of Telstra’s employee and customer communication. Impressively, Howorth achieved 75% of the annual coverage target in just four weeks
