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RE: RAND celebrity PSA for military sexual assault survey

Thanks for trying on Colbert.  I think Fallon, Kimmel or Clooney would all be fantastic so please reach out to them as you would like. 

 

On Politics Aside, I look forward to talking next week about some ideas.  If you do have a chance to at least ask Valerie Jarrett if she’s free on the evening of November 13 or on November 14 that would be great but we can talk more about the shape of the panel when we talk.

 

Thanks and safe travels this week!

 

Naveena

 

From: Lynton, Michael [mailto:Michael_Lynton@spe.sony.com]Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 10:30 AMTo: Ponnusamy, NaveenaCc: Diamond, DavidSubject: Re: RAND celebrity PSA for military sexual assault survey

 

So a couple of things.  Colbert has turned us down. Who do you want me to move on to. Can try Falon or Kimmel.  Or Clooney or a film actor. As to politics aside happy to try and engage hollywood. Let's talk on the phone next weeks as to how best to do that. I am traveling in Europe this week.  And yes Valerie Jarrett is an old and close friend and happy to reach out to her in any way you would like me to.  M

On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:38 PM, "Ponnusamy, Naveena" wrote:

Hi Michael,

 

Just wanted to check back in to see if you thought Stephen Colbert or anyone else might be a possibility to participate in this.  I’m told that they’ve recorded one PSA already (without a celebrity) but are hoping to still make more if we are able to recruit someone.  One thing I might mention in case it wasn’t obvious already is that they PSA itself won’t mention anything related to sexual assault (since that would bias the results)—so they want a celebrity to participate who wants to support the military and service members on this important issues, but the PSA itself will have a message focused on getting people to take a workplace survey.

 

Thanks again for your help.  I’ll also just take a moment here to introduce the Politics Aside idea I mentioned to you briefly.  Could we revisit the Hollywood and Policy theme again and recruit some big names (e.g. George Clooney, Kevin Spacey) to participate on a panel with you moderating?  It was a hit last time and so we wanted to look at how we might freshen it up for 2014.  Another angle is related to a conversation I had with the head of production for Funny or Die about their work with the White House promoting Healthcare.gov.  Could we tie in that to talk about how policymakers and politicians use media to promote policy issues?  They were working with Valerie Jarrett in the White House- do you know her?  And maybe this is a place to tie-in someone like Colbert, Stewart or John Oliver? 

 

Would love to get your thoughts when you have a moment on all of the above.

 

Thanks!

Naveena 

 

 

From: Ponnusamy, NaveenaSent: Friday, June 20, 2014 11:22 AMTo: 'michael_lynton@spe.sony.com'Subject: Fw: RAND celebrity PSA for military sexual assault survey

 

Michael,

Thanks for your thoughts on a celebrity that might appeal to this demographic for this important initiative. I think they'd be thrilled to have Channing Tatum. Other recent ideas thrown around: Steve Carrell, Tina Fey, Chris Rock, John Stewart, country music stars like Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen, and Leah Turner. See below for a quick overview. We can connect the PR folks with the right agent as you suggest. Let me know if you need any other info.

Thanks,Naveena 

From: Hiday, JeffreySent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 05:52 PMTo: Ponnusamy, NaveenaSubject: RAND celebrity PSA for military sexual assault survey 

Naveena,

 

Here’s some detail on our forthcoming survey on workplace and gender relations for the U.S. military – and why we need a series of killer PSAs to support it.

 

·         This is a controversial – and important – survey because it will measure whether the military is making progress on the incidence of sexual harassment/assault

·         First time the military has outsourced the survey

·         A huge survey – the biggest ever of its sort – with more than 500,000 service members invited to participate

·         Critical that a high proportion of those invited participate

·         Many efforts will be made to drum up interest/participation, including direct emails to service members, but PSAs will be a vital element

·         Ketchum PR will produce the PSAs (Ketchum is cost sharing -- charging less than its usual pro bono rate)

·         Target audience is service members aged 18 to 25, both men and women

·         We think humor will be the best approach – perhaps tempered, ironic humor with a “pivot” to a serious message about the survey

·         One idea is to Steve Carell or someone else from The Office enthusing about much they “love” surveys (service members complain about “survey fatigue”) – perhaps while dressed as soldiers or officers

·         Another idea is to have a comic celebrity dressed as a general address the camera directly and intone some kind of “we want you” message to service members to take the survey – this might actually be shown in black and white and made to be like a WWII propaganda short

 

We have other ideas but that’s a start. Hope that helps!

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

 

Jeffrey Hiday

Director, Office of Media Relations

RAND Corporation

Twitter: @hidayj

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