Title
A New Media Olympics
Chicago New Media Summit
September, 16 2008
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Chicago’s Bid CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
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Chicago’s Bid CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
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Chicago’s Bid CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
MOST WATCHED TV EVENT IN HISTORY
3,600 HOURS OF COVERAGE- MORE THAN ALL
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES COMBINED
TOTAL AVERAGE OLYMPIC MEDIA CONSUMPTION
• TV- 92.9%
• VOD- 0.1%
• MOBILE- 0.5%
• ONLINE- 7.0% (6,500,000 UNIQUE VISITORS)
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Chicago’s Bid CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
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Games In The Heart Of The City CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Games in the heart of the city.
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The Bid’s Challenges in the Information Age CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Chicago is a different kind of city.
A city made up of 77 diverse neighborhoods.
Every nation and ethnicity is represented in Chicago
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The Bid’s Challenges in the Information Age CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
The rest of the world doesn’t realize Chicago is
unique and full of beautiful parks and
amazing architecture and wonderful people.
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The Bid’s Challenges in the Information Age CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
The Olympics in Chicago means Chicago’s
flag would receive a fifth star.
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The Bid’s Challenges in the Information Age CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
There is no way to express what Chicago is in
a single unifying voice.
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Our Solution CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
We decided to turn all the lights on and let the
city speak for itself.
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Let People Come To Us Via Their Own Passions CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Whatever your passion is...
We want to ignite that torch.
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Let People Come To Us Via Their Own Passions CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Let Chicagoans tell the story of Why
Chicago in their own words.
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Let People Participate In Their Own Way CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
We want to engage with people where they nest...
So we have to be social platform agnostic.
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Be Part Of The Conversation CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Conversations about Chicago’s bid are
happening. We want to be part of it and make
sure everyone knows the specifics of the bid.
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Lighting The Torch of Youth CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
We need to ignite the passions of youth. They
are the creators of the future.
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Credit: Flickr user Steve McCoy

One Goal CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Show the world that Chicago is this amazing
place for sport and creativity as well as create
the 1st digital legacy for an Olympic bid.
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Credit: Flickr user spudart

Many Ways People Can Get Involved CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
Visit Chicago2016.org and show your support
by registering and creating a profile.
Create a video for our Why Chicago contest.
Join one of our Chicago2016 Facebook Groups
www.facebook.com/chicago2016
Follow us on Twitter
www.twitter.com/chi2016
Text 2016 to 362867
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The Problem To Solve CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
The Problem To Solve is Engaging The Youth
The Solution Is In This Room!
Contact us at
mmitten@chicago2016.org
bill.bulman@ogilvy.com
jim.marcus@ogilvy.com
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How You Can Help CHICAGONEWMEDIASUMMIT08
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