Can You Say ‘Drought’ in Multiple Languages? A Water Conservation Campaign for a Diverse Southern California Urban Water Institute August 27, 2015
Reaching Diverse Audiences TRANSCREATE In-language meaning TARGET Digital/Social ETHNIC MEDIA Expand outreach Spanish Language Preference $ RESOURCES Improve access to information TRUSTED SOURCE Organizations 2
PEOPLE 50%
AGE Millennials Gen XBaby Boomers Seniors Gen Z
RACE/ETHNICITY
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
EDUCATION
OWNERS AND RENTERS 44%56%
DROUGHT AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN SURVEY/FOCUS GROUPS Online Survey 450 respondents – English and Spanish 9 Focus Groups Los Angeles, Riverside, Irvine, San Diego Key take-aways Most doing something, and could do more Question their responsibility Negative response to water waste
“Turn”
The Reveal
Multi-lingual Campaign
Outdoor
Television TV produced in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese
Social Media 22
Social Media
Digital Strategy
MID-CAMPAIGN Media Impressions, Page Likes, Click through rate and 2 nd step engagement on website, Device rebate activity, water use reports by agency and community POST CAMPAIGN Survey results, overall activity on bewaterwise.com and es.bewaterwise.com, social media engagement, member agency and community organization feedback Optimizing for Results
Sue Sims Group Manager, External Affairs Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Contact Information