18
Every picture tells a story An employee commemoration of DHL’s 40 th anniversary Kathleen Goh, DHL Global Communications Communicate Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester, 19 th October 2010

Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Tags:

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

With so little direct contact and so many channels vying for attention, how can companies reach out to dispersed employees and keep them engaged? To celebrate its 40th anniversary, DHL launched a global employee photo competition, an inexpensive, accessible solution to engage some 500,000 employees stretched over 220 countries.

Citation preview

Page 1: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Every picture tells a storyAn employee commemoration of DHL’s 40th anniversary

Kathleen Goh, DHL Global Communications Communicate Social Media in a Corporate ContextManchester, 19th October 2010

Page 2: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Local country participation

Regional voting round

Open commentary

Customer testimonials

Page 3: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Was it Photoshopped?

Page 4: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

This one was

Page 5: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Would you marry this man?

Page 6: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Three-horse town

Page 7: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

And the winners were …

Page 8: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Setting the pace

Credit: Stefan Hausmann, DHL Freight Germany/Copyright DPDHL

Page 9: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Smiling in the snow

Credit: Alexander Bittner, DHL Leipzig Hub/Copyright DPDHL

Page 10: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Frozen in time

Credit: Chris Gillet, DHL Express USA/Copyright DPDHL

Page 11: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

DHL Superhero!

Credit: Adam Pillidge, DHL Express Canada/Copyright DPDHL

Page 12: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Horses for courses

Credit: Ignacio de Wit, DHL Global Forwarding Guatemala/Copyright DPDHL

Page 13: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Planes, trains and automobiles

Credit: Lars Lehmann, DHL Freight Germany/Copyright DPDHL

Page 14: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Future investment

Supplied by: Jessie Khoh Mei Ling, DHL Express Malaysia/Copyright DPDHL

Page 15: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Banking on success

Credit: Richard Stack, DHL Express USA/Copyright DPDHL

Page 16: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Ain’t no mountain high enough

Credit: Lander Fernandez, DHL Express Spain/Copyright DPDHL

Page 17: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

The results

In just 60 days:

2 million page views

5.8 million hits

18,000 users

3,098 photos published

141,701 votes and rating actions

3,488 comments

112 countries submitted photos

Page 18: Social Media in a Corporate Context Manchester 2010 - Kathleen Goh, DHL and Sheila Parry, theblueballroom

Kathleen Goh, DHL Global Communications [email protected]

Cara Jenkins, Senior Account Manager, theblueballroom [email protected]