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<title><![CDATA[Creating A Unique City Brand Called Chennai]]></title>
<link>http://wanabee.wordpress.com/?p=329</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Saawan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This one is my dream project. I created the following identity for city branding of Chennai. It was ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This one is my dream project. I created the following identity for city branding of Chennai. It was supposed to be proposed to the TamilNadu Government or the Tourism Board for realization. When I saw the <a title="Link to an outside website." href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/new-belfast-branding-aims-to-make-city-world-class-13897799.html" target="_self">new city branding of Belfast</a>, I thought it would be nice for Chennai if it could get branded.</p>
<p><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennai_black.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-330" src="http://wanabee.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/chennai_black.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="258" /><br />
</a><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennai_white.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331" src="http://wanabee.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/chennai_white.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="258" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Importance of the Logo:</strong></span></p>
<p>Tamil is an ancient language and has been the mother tongue of the people of TamilNadu. It has a rich culture and heritage associated with it. Tamil is widely spoken in Chennai. To show the richness and closeness of Chennai and Tamil, the type used to write CHENNAI has been created in such a way that it resembles <a title="Link to an outside website." href="http://www.ancientscripts.com/images/tamil.gif" target="_self">Tamil script</a>. Marina Beach stands as an important landmark for Chennai. It’s the main tourist attraction and it comes first to anyone’s mind when they think of Chennai. So, at the bottom of the logo, there’s MARINA camouflaged as a wave along with the colors of the sea.</p>
<p>The swirls at the top of I show that the city stands for fun, frolic and joy. The color scheme is chosen in such a way that it aptly complements the qualities of the city. The yellow and red colors stand for warmth and scorching summer. The blue color of the beach complements this as it stands for cool.</p>
<p>I learnt reading Tamil while traveling in buses where I get to see boards written both in Tamil and English. I used to compare and contrast and started reading it! It came in handy while designing the identity.</p>
<p><!--more--><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Collateral:</strong></span></p>
<p>I created sample designs of Tee's and cap to promote the brand. My friends and classmates - Sowmya and Varsha,  created ads and postcards respectively and they can be viewed in the presentation below. Also, we'd the idea of printing the brand identity on the bus livery.</p>
<p><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennaitee01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-332" src="http://wanabee.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/chennaitee01.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="230" /><br />
</a><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennaitee02.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-333" src="http://wanabee.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/chennaitee02.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="223" /></a><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennaitee01.jpg"><br />
</a><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennaicap.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-334" src="http://wanabee.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/chennaicap.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="260" /></a><a href="http://wanabee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chennaitee01.jpg"></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Presentation:</strong></span></p>
<p><a title="Download Presentation" href="http://yours.saawan.googlepages.com/Branding Chennai - Presentation.exe" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-335" src="http://wanabee.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/branding_pres.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="372" /></a></p>
<p>I created a presentation which includes more information on the branding of Chennai. Download the presentation by clicking the image above or <a title="Download Presentation" href="http://yours.saawan.googlepages.com/Branding Chennai - Presentation.exe" target="_self">click here</a>. If any official related to TN Govt., or the Tourism Board of India is reading this post, please go through the presentation for better understanding.</p>
<p><strong>© 2008 Saawan. All Rights Reserved.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stoke]]></title>
<link>http://grassrootsfootballmanager.wordpress.com/?p=22</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>grassrootsfootballmanager</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Posts in consecutive days! A new record for me.
Yesterday&#8217;s post got me thinking further abo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Posts in consecutive days! A new record for me.</p>
<p>Yesterday's post got me thinking further about the debate around the branding of Birmingham. The city is actually lucky. It has a lot of positives and a lot going for it. Definitely not perfect, but certainly enough there for a decent brand.</p>
<p>It got me thinking, what about other places. Lets say, how easy would it be to brand the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke-On-Trent" target="_blank">Stoke-on-Trent</a>?</p>
<p>Ok, so the Stoke area does already have the brand of being the Potteries, but I mean the city.</p>
<p>Stoke-on-Trent was consituted by the bringing together of six towns (Stoke, Hanley, Burslem. Tunstall, Longton, and Fenton) and in that lies one of its problem. It has a lack of identity. Actually in the centre of Stoke itself there is very little, mainly just the railway station and the Council administrative offices (and plus a very decent sports outlet, <a href="http://www.bournesports.com/" target="_blank">Bourne sports</a>). It's commercial centre is in Hanley. Or really should I say retail centre rather than commercial centre.</p>
<p>That's another of Stoke's problems, now with the demise of the coal, steel and gradually the pottery industries, there is little industry driving the commercial sector forward. (There is only one top ten accountancy firm in Stoke and the largest legal firm is based in neighbouring Newcastle-upon-Lyme). Other than the obvious pottery names like Wedgwood and Royal Doulton the only other big business names from the area are Bet365 and Phone4U. However it would be amiss of me to say that people aren't working very hard to rectify this. But it is a long process when you have had the industrial heart ripped-out and it not replaced.  </p>
<p>So how to go about branding Stoke-on-Trent? Who knows, that is up to others and not me. However, following on from yesterday's final comment it does seem to have a couple of slight advantages over Birmingham in relation to personalities and sport. </p>
<p>It is well known that Robbie Williams is from the city (Burslem to be precise) and there is Nick Hancock, Anthea Turner and Bruno Brooks to challenge Birmingham's Jasper Carrot.</p>
<p>However it is currently in sport that Stoke could be classed as being "ahead". It not only boasts the current number one and 13 time world champion <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Taylor" target="_self">Phil Taylor</a> but for the 2008-09 season it has a team containing the city's name playing in the Premiership. Unlike Birmingham and Birmingham City!! </p>
<p> See I did finally get around to the subject of football again eventually!  </p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Chianciano e Urbino si parla di Place Branding]]></title>
<link>http://italianbranding.wordpress.com/?p=51</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Luca Taddei</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[
Il mese di Giugno si é aperto all&#8217; insegna del Place Branding.
E&#8217; una maratona di idee]]></description>
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<p>Il mese di Giugno si é aperto all' insegna del Place Branding.</p>
<p><strong>E' una maratona di idee, iniziative, storie, incontri e dibattiti che ci accompagnerà fino all' Estate</strong>, permettendoci di capire qualcosa di più sul legame tra brandig e territorio, tra città e genius loci.</p>
<p>Si parte con la <strong>Decima edizione della Summer School organizzata a Chianciano Terme, come vuole la tradizione, dai docenti e dagli allievi del <a href="www.esseffeci.org/dwld/4/Progetto%20Formativo%20Master%20Comunicazione%20e%20Media%20Comundus.doc?PHPSESS">Master in Comunicazione e Media (Università degli Studi di Firenze).</a></strong></p>
<p>Il tema di quest' anno é il rapporto tra brand e stereotipi: <strong>Branding vs. Stereotyping</strong>.</p>
<p>Il programma (lo avete <a href="http://www.e-italici.org/it_data/fil/il_programma_della_x_summer_school_del_master_in_comunicazione_e_media.pdf">QUI</a>) é ricco, <strong>con contenuti intelligenti e ospiti di qualità</strong>: particolarmente interessanti sono le lezioni sul genius loci con Piero Trupia, il seminario con Robert Spenser della Waseda University di Tokyo, l' intervista al Sindaco di Firenze Domenici, le lezioni del Prof. Bechelloni, le riflessioni sugli Italici con Piero Bassetti, presidente di Globus et Locus; e il Convegno <em>Vivere di Gusto</em>, <em>Olio e vino valore del territorio</em>.</p>
<p>Come vedete, la Summer School é di spessore, e vale la trasferta nella bella Chianciano.</p>
<p>A Chianciano dal 3 al 19 e <strong>poi diretti ad Urbino, dove si terrà una due-giorni (19-20 Giugno) su "Urbino, città l(u)ogo ideale - Cantiere nazionale pratiche e idee sul brand”.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fanoinforma.it/Eventi/art6048/26_maggio_08/urbino_citta_luogo_ideale.html"><strong>Durante il convegno</strong></a><strong>, verrà inaugurato un laboratorio di studi e ricerche sul marchio, con la sinergia di imprese e università. Lungo le strade e le piazze della città, verranno inoltre presentati e "raccontati" i brand del territorio.</strong></p>
<p>Sono ottimi progetti, non c' é che dire...</p>
<p><strong>voi che ne pensate?<a href="http://italianbranding.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/urbino_1.jpg"></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>SimoDG</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA["Zukunftsfähig"... made in Bremen?]]></title>
<link>http://ingeniusloci.wordpress.com/?p=31</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 06:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andreas Müller</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kaum eine Branche transportiert „Zukunftsfähigkeit“ greifbarer und spektakulärer als die Luft-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://ingeniusloci.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/am_portrait2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-38" style="border:0 none;margin:2px;" src="http://ingeniusloci.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/am_portrait2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="130" height="121" /></a>Kaum eine Branche transportiert „Zukunftsfähigkeit“ greifbarer und spektakulärer als die Luft- und Raumfahrt. Wer hat nicht schon einmal voller Erstaunen und Begeisterung einen Raketenstart im Fernsehen verfolgt oder das majestätische Abheben eines Airbus bewundert? Luft- und Raumfahrt transportiert aber noch mehr: Aufbruch, Grenzüberschreitung, Ingenieursleistung, Wissenschaft, Hochtechnologie und nicht zuletzt Arbeitsplätze für Spezialisten und Hochqualifizierte. All dies sind Eigenschaften, mit denen sich jede Stadt wohl gerne Schmücken würde, mit denen sie sich vom Wettbewerb differenzieren könnte. In diesem Sinne ist das tatsächliche Vorhandensein eines Luft- und Raumfahrtclusters in einer Stadt natürlich die nötige Voraussetzung. Daneben gilt es aber vor allem, die Qualitäten einer solchen Stadtstärke zu kommunizieren, denn kommunikative Bescheidenheit hilft im Wettbewerb um Einwohner, Studenten, qualifizierte Arbeitskräfte und Unternehmen sicher nicht weiter.<br />
Was hat Luft- und Raumfahrt nun mit Bremen zu tun? Sehr viel! So wurden beispielsweise Teile des mit weltweiter Presse bedachten <a href="http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&#38;q=columbus+weltraumlabor&#38;btnG=Google-Suche&#38;meta=" target="_blank">Columbus Weltraumlabors</a> für die internationale Raumstation ISS in Bremen gebaut. Presse, die für das Branding Bremens als Zukunftsstandort von hoher Bedeutung ist, wenn Sie eine Verbindung zwischen Produkt und Stadt herzustellen vermag.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Die Qualitäten Bremens als Luft- und Raumfahrtstandort sind nicht nur faktisch durch Unternehmen wie z.B. <a href="http://www.eads.net/1024/de/eads/locations_extern/locations/europe/germany/bremen.html" target="_blank">EADS</a>, <a href="http://www.dlr.de/" target="_blank">DLR</a> oder <a href="http://www.ohb-system.de/" target="_blank">OHB Systems</a> vorhanden, sie prägen auch die Wahrnehmung der Bremer Bürgerinnen und Bürger bereits deutlich (vgl. <a href="http://ingeniusloci.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/branding_bremen_preko.pdf" target="_blank">Image- und Identitätsanalyse für Bremen und Bremerhaven</a> des Lehrstuhls für innovatives Markenmanagement LiM 2008). Außerhalb der Stadtmauern, in Deutschland und dem nahen Ausland wird die Marke Bremen dagegen kaum mit dieser Branche in Verbindung gebracht und auch kaum mit ihren "zukunftsfähigen" Werten verbunden.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Umso wichtiger ist daher eine gezielte Außendarstellung Bremens als Zukunftsstandort der Luft- und Raumfahrt auf nationalem und internationalem Niveau. Ein hervorragende Chance dazu bietet die <a href="http://www.ila-berlin.de/ila2008/home/index.cfm" target="_blank">Berliner Airshow</a> (ILA – International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences). Vom 27. Mai bis 1. Juni 2008 präsentiert sich Bremen damit erstmals auf einer der weltweit wichtigsten Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellungen. Insgesamt 16 Unternehmen und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen stellen dort sich sowie ihre Entwicklungen und Dienstleistungen auf dem Gemeinschaftsstand vor.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Neben der Teilnahme an Messen wäre die Ausrichtung eines solchen Luft- und Raumfahrt-Großevents in Bremen ein deutliches Signal, um sich selbst und der Welt zu zeigen: Bremen ist zukunftsfähig!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Andreas Müller</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Nachtrag vom 31.05.08: Die Netzeitung <a href="http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/weltraum/1036057.html" target="_blank">berichtet</a> über Bremer Unternehmen auf der ILA</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Branding Bremen!]]></title>
<link>http://ingeniusloci.wordpress.com/?p=18</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 19:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andreas Müller</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Der renommierte Place Branding Experte Simon Anholt stellt in seinem 2007 erschienen Buch „Competi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><a href="http://ingeniusloci.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/am_portrait3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-39" style="border:0 none;margin-left:2px;margin-right:2px;" src="http://ingeniusloci.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/am_portrait3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="118" height="111" /></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;">Der renommierte Place Branding Experte <a href="http://www.simonanholt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simon Anholt</a> stellt in seinem 2007 erschienen Buch <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Competitive-Identity-Management-Nations-Regions/dp/0230500285/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books-intl-de&#38;qid=1211049680&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">„Competitive Identity“</a> fest, dass jede Stadt, die sich im Wettbewerb um Einwohner, Touristen, Studenten und Unternehmer behaupten möchte, sich als erstes mit der Frage auseinandersetzen muss: <strong>„Wie werde ich wahrgenommen?“</strong>. Eine klare Vorstellungen, wie die eigenen Bürger und wie externe Zielgruppen eine Stadt wahrnehmen, welche Bilder und Emotionen in ihren Köpfen existieren, bilden die Grundlage für für ein nachhaltiges Place Branding.<br />
Eine repräsentative Studie, die sowohl die Innensicht der Bürger (Identität) als auch die Außensicht Externer (Image) untersucht und in Beziehung setzt, bietet den lokalen Politikern, Marketingexperten und allen Personen, die zur Gestaltung der Stadt beitragen, ein gemeinsames Fundament zur Ausrichtung ihrer stadtbezogenen Aktivitäten. Daneben lassen sich konkrete strategische und operative Empfehlungen zur Entwicklung einer Stadtmarke ableiten, die die Wahrnehmungen der internen und externen Zielgruppen zur Basis hat.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;">Der <a href="http://www.lim.uni-bremen.de" target="_blank">Lehrstuhl für innovatives Markenmanagement (LiM)</a> an der Universität Bremen erarbeitete von Mai 2007 bis Mai 2008 eine solche repräsentative Identitäts- und Imageanalyse für die Städte Bremen und Bremerhaven. Gefördert wurde diese durch den europäischen Fonds für Regionalentwicklung (EFRE). Auftraggeber waren zum einen der Senator für Wirtschaft und Häfen des Landes Bremen sowie die <a href="http://www.marketing.bremen.de/" target="_blank">Bremen Marketing mbH</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;">Das City Branding Team um Markenexperte Prof. Dr. Christoph Burmann – Dipl. Ökonom Michael Schade und Dipl. Geograph Andreas Müller befragte über 6000 Personen im In- und Ausland nach deren Vorstellungen von den Städten Bremen und Bremerhaven. In enger Kooperation mit Dr. Klaus Sondergeld, Leiter der Bremen Marketing mbH, entstand ein umfangreiches und detailliertes Bild der internen und externen Wahrnehmung Bremens und Bremerhavens, das in folgender Zusammenfassung am 10.4.08 der Presse vorgestellt wurde:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;"> <a href="http://ingeniusloci.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/branding_bremen_preko.pdf">branding_bremen_preko</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Presseresonanz zur LiM Studie:</span> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://ingeniusloci.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/am_portrait4.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-40" style="border:0 none;margin:2px 0;" src="http://ingeniusloci.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/am_portrait4.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="111" height="104" /></a><em>"... die besondere, vorherrschende Atmosphäre, den einzigartigen, innewohnenden Charakter eines Ortes", </em>so beschreibt wikipedia den Begriff <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_loci" target="_blank">"genius loci"</a>. Begreift man Städte als Marken, so bildet der genius loci einer Stadt den authentischen Markenkern. Das Branding einer Stadt macht sich nachfolgend zur Aufgabe, authentische Elemente einer Stadtmarke nach außen an potentielle Zielgruppen wie z.B. Touristen, Investoren und Studenten zu vermitteln, um sich im hart umkämpften Markt der Städte zu positionieren und von den Mitbewerbern zu differenzieren.<br />
Doch wie findet man den genius loci einer Stadt heraus? Was ist authentisch für London, New York, Bern, Hamburg, Bremen oder Heidelberg? Entspricht es dem, was man draussen in der Welt von diesen Städten bereits denkt? Hat eine Stadt vielleicht schon ein besonders gutes oder schlechtes Image oder ist sie außerhalb ihrer Stadtmauer etwa noch gänzlich unbekannt? Wie prägt die mediale Berichterstattung Vorstellungsbilder von Städten? Welche Rolle spielt die Realität beim Branding von Städten? Welche Anforderungen werden auch oder gerade durch die mediale Vernetzung an das Markenmanagement von Städten gestellt? Ist eine Werbekampagne wie bspw. <a href="http://www.sei.berlin.de/" target="_blank">"Be Berlin"</a> <a href="http://ingeniusloci.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/rotes_rathaus_berlin3.jpg"></a>ausreichend, um die Vorstellungsbilder einer Stadt in den Köpfen von Menschen nachhaltig zu ändern?  Oder schlägt sich die negative Presse zur <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,528713,00.html" target="_blank">Werksschliessung von Nokia in Bochum </a>auch langfristig negativ auf das Image der Stadt als Wirtschaftsstandort nieder?<br />
Wie könnte eine Stadt auf solche Presse reagieren? Über welche strategischen und operativen Möglichkeiten verfügt das Markenmanagement von Städten? Sind etablierte Konzepte des Product- oder Corporate Branding einfach übertragbar auf Räume?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mit diesen und weiteren Fragen zum Thema Markenmanagement / Branding von Städten setzt sich dieser Blog in Zukunft auseinander. Ich hoffe auf rege Beteiligung und spannende Diskussionen.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Luca Taddei</dc:creator>
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<p>Per il secondo anno consecutivo, <strong>Sydney si conferma la città più forte in termini di "brand recognition"</strong>, superando Londra, Parigi e la nostra Roma.</p>
<p>E più in generale, <a href="http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/societa/200803articoli/30718girata.asp">l' Australia é l' unico Paese insieme al Canada </a>a vantare più di una città tra le prime dieci classificate: <strong>oltre a Sydney, nella graduatoria spicca anche il nome di Melbourne, salita in un anno dall' ottavo al sesto posto.</strong></p>
<p>L' indice di riconoscibilità, ideato dal ricercatore britannico <strong><a href="http://www.earthspeak.com/">Simon Anholt</a></strong>, <strong>evidenzia la percezione che le più importanti città del mondo producono nell' immaginario globale, con un approccio che tratta l' immagine del territorio alla stregua dei brand commerciali</strong>. Quest' anno, il sondaggio ha coinvolto <strong>10.300 persone</strong>, interrogate in merito al <strong>patrimonio culturale, politico e umano e al potenziale di investimento e le attrazioni turistiche delle 40 città in questione.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.connecting-managers.com/index.jsp?doc=2753"><strong>E Sydney si è piazzata al primo posto</strong></a>, perchè ritenuta la migliore per <strong>la bellezza, per il clima, per l’ospitalità dei suoi abitanti e per le sue strutture pubbliche.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Altro segreto sembra essere una pervasiva vocazione democratica</strong>. Nell’annunciare il risultato, il premier del Nuovo Galles del Sud Morris Lemma ha detto che Sydney è una città generosa, tollerante e aperta, in cui possono prosperare iniziative come il <a href="http://arte.stile.it/articoli/2007/02/22/mardi_gras.1192124.php"><strong>30/o Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras</strong> </a>a cui hanno assistito 400 mila persone.</p>
<p><strong>Queste sono le prime dieci posizioni nella classifica del City Brands Index 2008: Sydney, Londra, Parigi, New York, Roma, Melbourne, Barcellona, Vancouver, Amsterdam e Montreal. </strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">The principles behind branding a country are not significantly different to the strategies applied to branding a corporation for e.g. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18pt;margin:0 0 0 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">·</span><span style="font:7pt;">         </span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:small;">Ireland – With help of Hollywood, Ireland creates ebullient images of a windy, green island full of freckled, red-haired children along with award-winning, creative advertising of a unique product like Guinness. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-18pt;margin:0 0 10pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">·</span><span style="font:7pt;">         </span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:small;">Croatia - In the aftermath of the Balkan conflict, war-torn Croatia was left with a very negative international image. The chosen strategy was one of re-branding and aggressively promoting<span>  </span>one sector that would prove the easiest win – upper market tourism. Croatia is now seen as a country of lovely beaches and picturesque towns for the more experienced traveller. Based on this attractive image, investors and tourists brought much-needed revenue to the economy, in turn raising its international profile</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">I love both London and New York for different reasons. </span></span><span><span style="font-size:small;">New York is where I aspire to live, New York is appealing and sexy! Think Sex and City! <span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">Despite being nicknamed (some may disagree with this and that’s fine!) <a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2007/12/have-your-say-l.html" target="_self"><strong>the Capital of The World,</strong></a> London is cosmopolitan but not sexy <span> </span>– the Big Smoke’s most famous icons include <a href="http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/beefeaters" target="_blank"><strong>Beefeaters</strong></a> protecting the Crown Jewels, <a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp" target="_blank"><strong>Her majesty the Queen</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href="http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/big-ben" target="_blank"><strong>Big Ben</strong></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders" target="_blank"><strong>Eastenders</strong></a>? </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5lYv1i8yw" target="_blank"><strong>Click here</strong></a> for a snippet of Eastenders]</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>In your opinion, what makes London so charming? And how could we make London sexy without losing its cosmopolitan side? <span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span>J</span></span></span></p>
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<p>Em breve encontrarão neste espaço algumas reflexões que pretendo partilhar!</p>
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<p>O meu obrigado pela visita e até breve.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Luca Taddei</dc:creator>
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La valorizzazione del territorio é una strategia che ha nella comunicazione una risorsa essenzia]]></description>
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<p><b>La valorizzazione del territorio é una strategia che ha nella comunicazione una risorsa essenziale ma non autosufficiente. </b></p>
<p><b>Non c' é buona comunicazione se non ci sono buoni contenuti e i buoni contenuti, quando il campo d' azione é il place branding, si traducono in servizi, opportunità, iniziative che rendano migliore la vita di chi abita o visita il territorio.</b></p>
<p>Per questo trovo particolarmente importante l' annunciata diffusione di <b><a href="http://www.google.it/transit">Google Transit</a>, il servizio di localizzazione pensato per venire incontro alle esigenze di chi utilizza i mezzi pubblici.</b></p>
<p>Dopo l' avvio sperimentale nelle province di <b>Firenze e Torino</b>, grazie alla collaborazione delle rispettive aziende di trasporto pubblico, <b><a href="http://www.macitynet.it/macity/aA31377/index.shtml">Google Transit arriverà presto a Genova e in Veneto</a></b>, <b>con l' obiettivo di sensibilizzare i cittadini all' uso dei mezzi pubblici con informazioni aggiornate e personalizzate.</b></p>
<p>Più precisamente, la web-application di Google permette di <b>pianificare il tragitto da un luogo di partenza a quello di destinazione, indicando dettagliatamente dove recarsi per prendere il mezzo più vicino e quali sono orari e tempi previsti di percorrenza: il sistema fornisce poi la durata della distanza da trascorrere a piedi fino alla fermata, il numero di autobus da usare e il nome della fermata a cui scendere.</b></p>
<p><b>Pensate solo a quanto questo sistema possa favorire il soggiorno e gli spostamenti degli stranieri, sempre più (com' é giusto che sia) esigenti sul fronte dei servizi.</b></p>
<p>E' insomma una buona notizia, resa ancora più buona dal fatto che <b>l' Italia é stato il primo Paese europeo a sperimentare il progetto.</b></p>
<p>Primi, una volta tanto.</p>
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<dc:creator>Luca Taddei</dc:creator>
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<p><b>Il digitale é una risorsa indispensabile nel lavoro del city manager: oltre a facilitare le operazioni di routine, offre attraverso il web uno straordinario patrimonio di conoscenza che consente di mantenere una finestra aperta sul mondo, acquisire tecniche, affinare capacità e gestire il rapporto con il territorio di riferimento, quella "città" che il manager é chiamato a valorizzare individuandone punti di debolezza (su cui intervenire) e punti di forza (da rafforzare e attorno a cui costruire un' efficace comunicazione).</b></p>
<p>Ed ora sembra che il mondo dei bit possa diventare<b> ancora più indispensabile</b>, soprattutto per chi city manager ancora non lo é ma aspira ad esserlo.</p>
<p><b>L' Università Cattolica di Roma ha infatti <a href="http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=242879&#38;START=1&#38;2col=">sperimentato con successo</a>, nel corso di economia e gestione dei servizi, l' uso di SimCity Societes, ultimo capitolo del superclassico dell' entertainment digitale. </b></p>
<p>Il videogioco consente agli studenti di <b>integrare le lezioni teoriche esercitandosi in tutte quelle attività che un domani saranno chiamati a svolgere</b>: gli esperimenti di pianificazione urbanistica, la scelta di infrastrutture, le politiche energetiche, l' arredo urnbano, i servizi al cittadino, la questione della sicurezza, della viabilità, del verde, ecc.; <b>il tutto, spiega il professore ideatore dell' iniziativa, "verificando in presa diretta anche le conseguenze sociali delle loro decisioni e le reazioni dei cittadini". </b></p>
<p><b>Creatività, velocità decisionale, capacità di problem solving: sono queste le capacità che gli studenti dovranno affinare, cosa non sempre possibile quando ci si limita ai manuali di studio.</b></p>
<p>Il progetto mi sembra molto interessante ed <b>affianca i city manager a categorie come i medici o i piloti di volo che hano già potuto sperimentare i vantaggi della simulazione.</b></p>
<p><b>"Il virtuale sa essere più realistico del reale", diceva Negroponte</b>, riferendosi alla <b>possibilità che le simulazioni virtuali offrono di confrontarsi con esperienze decisamente verosimili e talvolta così estreme e difficili che quasi mai, una volta iniziata la professione, se ne potrebbero incontrare di simili: esperienze che permettono di mettersi in gioco in tutta la nostra prontezza e conoscenza del settore. </b></p>
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Bellezza del mare, qualità dei servizi, comunicazione integrata e efficace: sono queste le risorse]]></description>
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<p><b>Bellezza del mare, qualità dei servizi, comunicazione integrata e efficace</b>: sono queste le risorse di cui Bibione si é servita per proporsi come meta turistica privilegiata.</p>
<p>Bibione é una rinomata località balneare veneta, la seconda spiaggia d' Italia per presenze: tale successo - dato  che 50 anni fa era pressochè sconosciuta mentre oggi vanta ben 12 bandiere blu consecutive - poggia su di <b>un' offerta turistica all' avanguardia rispetto agli standard qualitativi europei e su un investimento in comunicazione ispirato alle strategie dei grandi brand.</b></p>
<p><a href="http://http://www.npmagazine.it/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=2610&#38;Itemid=9">Come potete leggere nell' intervista</a>, <b>obiettivo</b> del <b>Consorzio Per la Promozione Turistica del Veneto Orientale</b>, che si muove assieme ad altri enti della zona, é quello di<b> fare di Bibione un brand riconoscibile attraverso piani di comunicazione continui e diffusi che sfruttino tutti i canali più efficaci, "parlando" con un linguaggio chiaro, immediato e innovativo.</b></p>
<p><b>Una volta che il turista approda a Bibione, l' immagine positiva del brand viene confermata e rafforzata dalla ricchezza, sia quantitativa che qualitativa, dei servizi offerti</b>: il piano di sviluppo prevede per il 2008 il rfforzamento delle infrastrutture, dopo che già si sono creati 30 Km di pista ciclabile, e <b>l' organizzazione di eventi spettacolari che sappiano affiancare al cliente abiuale, ovvero le famiglie, anche i giovani e gli sportivi.</b> Eventi che saranno presentati da Vanessa Incontrada, personaggio tv tra i più amati scelto come volto di Bibione, e seguiti per tutta l' Estate da Radio 101, la nuova voce della spiaggia veneta.</p>
<p><b>Quello di Bibione é un caso d' eccellenza, ma purtoppo isolato.</b></p>
<p><b>Oggi la domanda globale di turismo é in netto aumento, animata dai ceti abbienti di Paesi come la Cina o l' India il cui unico desiderio - dopo gli opprimenti regimi che imponevano di rimanere chiusi tra sigillati confini nazionali - é ora quello di viaggiare, conoscere il mondo, sapere e scoprire.</b></p>
<p>Tutti stanno beneficiando di questa crescita mondiale dei viaggi (più 5% secondo le stime Onu): <b>tutti tranne l' Italia, scivolata dal quarto al quinto posto nella classifica dei Paesi che attirano il maggior flusso di turisti.</b></p>
<p><b>Il turismo é una delle più grandi leve dell' economia e noi dobbiamo e possiamo recuperare posizioni: incrementare il livello qualitativo dei servizi e comunicarli strategicamente é una buona formula da imitare.</b></p>
<p><b>SimoDG</b></p>
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<p><font color="#003366">...The copy writer is really <a href="http://www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi/about_helsinki/" title="brains" target="_blank">working it </a>this time. //aito </font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi" title="Helsinki trees and brains" target="_blank">www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi/" title="Helsinki trees and brains" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi/" title="Helsinki business hub ad" target="_blank"><img src="http://aitoa.wordpress.com/files/2008/01/hel-bis-hub-s.jpg" alt="hel-bis-hub-s.jpg" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Un ' esempio di Place Branding: Venezia ed i baci di Capodanno.]]></title>
<link>http://italianbranding.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/un-esempio-di-place-branding-venezia-ed-i-baci-di-capodanno/</link>
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<dc:creator>Luca Taddei</dc:creator>
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<p>Come premesso da Luca, con ItalianBranding iniziamo a conoscere e parlare di temi a cui recentemente e per motivi di studio ci siamo avvicinati e che subito hanno conquistato la nostra attenzione.</p>
<p>E quando ci avviciniamo per la prima volta ad un argomento, che cosa meglio di un esempio ne facilita la comprensione?</p>
<p><b>Parliamo di Place Branding.</b></p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Cronaca/?id=1.0.1721671048">La notte del 31 Dicembre</a>, 60 mila persone si sono ritrovate in Piazza S. Marco per aspettare ed accogliere il nuovo anno con un romantico bacio, accompagnato da un medley di canzoni d' amore ed azioni coreografiche.</b></p>
<p><b>Si tratta di un progetto denominato LoVe 2008 ed organizzato dalla "Venezia Marketing Eventi" con l' obiettivo di dare un' immagine distinta e riconoscibile al Capodanno veneziano, così come già avviene per il Carnevale.</b></p>
<p>"<b>Vogliamo che Venezia diventi la quinta immagine del Capodanno</b> che passa nei tg e nei media di tutto il mondo, insieme a quella di Sidney, Londra, Parigi e New York - spiega Marco Balich, direttore artistico della società ideatrice del progetto - <b>Abbiamo proposto un format, un gesto che si ripeterà ogni anno, legato al concetto di Venezia come città romantica e capitale della pace e dell' amore universale."</b></p>
<p>La strategia é dunque duplice e consiste <b>da una parte nel valorizzare l' immagine del Capodanno</b>, sflilando via quella percezione negativa e di aggresività che non pochi brutti episodi hanno contribuito a diffondere in merito a questa festa; <b>dall' altra nel lanciare Venezia come simbolo del Capodanno pulito, quello non dei botti e dei feriti ma della gioia, dell' amore, del piacere di stare bene ed insieme ai propri cari.</b></p>
<p>Insomma, si tratta una valida strategia di Place Branding: <b>si sono individuate le caratteristiche simboliche del territorio - Venezia, in questo caso - per costruirci attorno immagini distinte, riconoscibili, uniche.</b></p>
<p><b>Il Place Branding è dunque una questione di immagine? Sì, ma non solo.</b></p>
<p>Se la strategia funzionerà, rinnovando ed aumentando la capacità attrattiva del Capodanno veneziano, <b>i benefici si estenderanno a turisti, alberghi, ristoratori, negozi.</b></p>
<p><b>Una buona strategia di Place Branding ha dunque ripercussioni positive ed immediate sia sull' immagine istituzionale del territorio sia sull' economia di quel territorio.</b></p>
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<p><b>SimoDG</b></p>
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<title><![CDATA[City Branding, Amsterdam vs Rotterdam]]></title>
<link>http://anygood.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/city-branding-amsterdam-vs-rotterdam/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>Over Amsterdam</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tanglin Village - A Lesson in Branding?]]></title>
<link>http://creativespark.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/tanglin-village-a-lesson-in-branding/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Tanglin Village is probably more commonly referred to as &#8220;Dempsey Road&#8221; in Singapore. I]]></description>
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<p>Tanglin Village is probably more commonly referred to as "Dempsey Road" in Singapore. It's a collection of colonial British army barracks (circa 1860) and later add-on military buildings that were active up until 1989 and then fell into disuse. It's a hilly, leafy retreat quite close to busy Orchard Road and some pretty expensive housing areas but secluded enough to forget for a moment how close to the rat race you really are.</p>
<p>Over the past few years it's blossomed into what our government likes to point to as one of our "bohemian spaces" (when they are on the PR trail preaching the message "we're not as straight-laced as the world thinks we are"). A few antique shops and rug shops moved in, followed by some Indonesian teak furniture and then a few wine bars. PS Cafe, who run a successful Aussie-cafe styled <a title="Project Shop Cafe Paragon" href="http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=singapore@146&#38;cur_section=din&#38;property_id=417947" target="_blank">eating spot</a> in upmarket Paragon opened a nice glass-and-steel casual restaurant that took advantage of the greenery. More wine bars and eateries followed and before a lot of people had even noticed, the place had a buzz going.</p>
<p>But late last year there was a landlord hiccup. It turns out that the entire village was bulk-rented by the government, who own it, to one company who then sub-let the individual spaces. The government hadn't been receiving its rent and so the shopkeepers had a few weeks of touch-and-go, will-we-be-allowed-to-continue-or-won't-we, before the matter was sorted out.</p>
<p>It seems that during this time the government noticed that actually they had other spaces they could rent in the same area and the village had the potential to be what they call "a new lifestyle hotspot".</p>
<p>Which leads me to the changing face of Dempsey Road, or what is effectively a top-down concerted effort by the <a title="SLA Tanglin Village" href="http://www.sla.gov.sg/htm/new/new2006/new0298.htm" target="_blank">Singapore Land Authority</a> to create "a distinctive community of lifestyle, education and art interests".</p>
<p>The term "rebranding" is starting to wear a bit thin on me. I'm ranking it right up there with "think outside of the box" as a hackneyed phrase that I'd be happy to not see cross my desk ever again. I mean, in the case of that last one, you seem to be making the rash assumption that there is some kind of box that I usually think within. And even if that was the case, is my box the same as your box?</p>
<p>The word "rebranding" is a funny one. What exactly does that mean? Is it shorthand for "a repositioning of the brand image, proposition and experience externally, aligned with a renewed corporate focus, to express what the company believes in and what it does"? Or is it a new logo and colour scheme combined with a different design style in the advertising and brochures? I've seen a couple of the former, but then I'm old enough to have seen a couple of eclipses in my lifetime as well.</p>
<p>We're about to see a "rebranding" of Tanglin Village in a much larger way than a new logo.</p>
<p>It now includes a number of Singapore's favourite chains, like Dome, Ben &#38; Jerrys, Spa Esprit, Samy's Curry Restaurant, Margarita's Mexican Restaurant, Red Sea Gallery and Oosh. You can also expect a children's entertainment playground, Korean BBQ, Indian fine dining, a Japanese restaurant and the first of a chain of Aussie gourmet grocery stores. What used to be a rustic drive from one end to the other is now taking on a pretty glossy and logo-ed sheen.</p>
<p>I've got no opinion on whether this is a good or a bad thing, but I'm going to be watching with interest, wondering if there are lessons to be learned for corporate life. I think there's no doubt that the number of people using the area is going to skyrocket, so in commercial terms this would be considered a "success". But, again in commercial terms, I am wondering what will happen to the original "customers" who made it the "bohemian lifestyle" spot that it was. Will they "switch brands"? How will that affect this "rebranded SLA product"? For that matter, in the medium/long term is it even actually going to still be the same "product"?</p>
<p>I've got no answers to the questions but, if I can get parking amongst the Volvos and SUVs, I'll be popping in for the occasional Dome coffee to see what happens.</p>
<p><em>Pic: wooden fence, Tanglin Village by CreativeSpark </em></p>
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