2022 Winners & Shortlists

#THEMISSINGPEACE

Short List
BrandUN WOMEN LEBANON
Product/ServiceWOMEN'S RIGHTS NGO
EntrantLEO BURNETT Beirut, LEBANON
CategoryLive Broadcast / Live Streaming
Idea Creation LEO BURNETT Beirut, LEBANON
Media Placement LEO BURNETT Beirut, LEBANON
PR LEO BURNETT Beirut, LEBANON
Production LEO BURNETT Beirut, LEBANON

Why is this work relevant for Entertainment?

If you were to tune in to the first minute of LBC’s evening prime time news on November 15, 2021, you wouldn’t have understood a word. That’s because the sentences were scattered; the words missing half their letters. The presenter then went on to explain that this was done purposely: it was a stunt to allow viewers to experience first-hand what peace-building dialogues are like when half the population is missing from its representation. This stunt was then followed by an introduction to the campaign and an overview of the peace-buildings dialogues done in the past where women were missing.

Background

For years, the fate of Lebanon and its people has rested in the hands of half of the population: men. For years, women were missing from Lebanon’s political scene. And for over 40 years, so-called national dialogues and peace agreements were carried out by one gender: men. When 50% of the Lebanese population is not given a seat at the table, the decision-making processes put in place cannot and will not represent all the Lebanese society. And the dialogue will be missing. Through this campaign, UN Women Lebanon aimed to raise awareness on the importance of women’s engagement in peace and security deliberations in Lebanon. The idea was to pave the way to ensure that women are well represented in the upcoming peace-building conversations as equal participation is directly linked to more durable solutions and sustainable outcomes.

Describe the creative idea

o Women make up 50% of the population in Lebanon. o Yet, women have 0% participation in key decision-making o With 50% of the population absent from the dialogue, the conversation is missing. Our idea: Remove 50 % of the alphabets' letters, to create a dysfunctional alphabet and showcase the dysfunctional dialogue. The Missing Peace campaign wants to show what missing peace dialogues look like. It’s about time to complete #TheMissingPeace.

Describe the strategy

Through our strategic partnership with Twitter MENA, leading broadcast corporation LBCI and local newspaper Annahar, and for 1 day, we launched a mega stunt of dysfunctional news removing 50% of the letters from the online, broadcast, and print communication coming out of the country. We created the biggest media wall in the communication landscape of Lebanon and triggered the creation of a new dialogue by showcasing a dysfunctional one. This organic campaign rests on a meticulously planned pre-seeding strategy, leveraging the engagement of media partners and KOLs to both spread the word and direct traffic to the campaign microsite. We used Twitter platform as the main springboard and amplified the stunt on broadcast and print media bridging the online and offline worlds.

Describe the execution

On November 15 2021, Lebanese people woke up to a different media landscape. A special edition of Annahar circulated across the country with the front, back and 3 other pages (out of 12) missing half their letters. On Twitter, and throughout the day, news channels, NGOs, diplomats, and influencers were tweeting in gibberish using the hashtags #TheMissingPeace and مش_حرف_ناقص# for a first-hand experience on what a dysfunctional dialogue is. The UN Women tweet had 50% of its letters missing, prompting people to unlock the full letters upon liking or retweeting it or using the microsite to create their own dysfunctional tweets. Later in the evening, LBCI opened its prime- time news bulletin with a broken alphabet introduction dedicating 20 minutes to our topic. Targeted billboards were disseminated in key locations next to Lebanese governmental institutions to walk the talk in addition to conducting polls and discussion forums on Twitter Spaces.

Describe the outcome

Our 1-day campaign tackling a “niche” topic: TRENDED ORGANICALLY #1 FOR 3 DAYS despite a cluster of bad news garnering 14.7 interactions from +61 countries • +160 prominent celebrities/influencers/public figures engaged with our Tweet including Elissa (15.7M), Maya Diab (1.5M) and Nadine Labaki (761K) • UN Women Lebanon Twitter’s mentions jumped from 90 to 1000/weekly (+1036%) The conversation around women’s rights in Lebanon leveled up by 325% the week of the campaign finally putting women at the front seat of public debate In one day in a country of 6M: - +693M Total Impressions including a reach of 93.1M - 650K engagements - 68% of the yearly UN Women Lebanon mentions on Twitter +$658K in earned media: • Annahar: +500K website visits and 80,000 print impressions • LBC: +2.2M views on prime-time segment with 20 minutes free airtime -International coverage, including BBC and Period. Studio

Credits

Name Company Role
Malek Ghorayeb Leo Burnett Beirut Chief Creative Officer - Campaign Supervision
Nada Abi Saleh Leo Burnett Beirut Managing Director - Campaign Supervision
Natasha Maasri Leo Burnett Beirut Executive Creative Director - Developed initial idea & led overall campaign execution
Rana Khoury Leo Burnett Beirut Creative Director - Developed initial idea & led overall campaign execution
Farah El Beaini Leo Burnett Beirut Communications Supervisor - Developed initial idea & led overall campaign execution & Led Media & PR amplification
Grace Kassab Leo Burnett Beirut Associate Creative Director - Developed initial idea and led on Arabic writing
Carl Kaed Leo Burnett Beirut Senior Art Director - Design Lead & Execution
Orson Baz Leo Burnett Beirut Digital & Social Media Director - Digital planning & delivery/ Amplification & Analytics
Nathalie Abi Hanna Leo Burnett Beirut Senior Multimedia Designer - Design & Animation
Salma Bou Matar Leo Burnett Beirut Junior Art Director - Design Execution
Nancy Haddad Leo Burnett Beirut Multimedia Designer - Design & Animation
Hadi Afif Leo Burnett Beirut Content Manager - Digital planning & delivery/ Amplification & Analytics
Rand Weld Ali Leo Burnett Beirut Communication Executive - Campaign Execution
Razan Mneimneh Leo Burnett Beirut Communication Manager - Campaign Execution
Maia Sahyoun Leo Burnett Beirut PR Executive - Online and Offline analytics
Nay Baz Leo Burnett Beirut Senior Desktop Publisher - Production
Rana Bizri Leo Burnett Beirut Studio Manager - Production
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