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  November	
  3,	
  2011	
  
Listening with the Third Ear: Marketing’s
Emergent Humanism
Stephen D. Rappaport, ARF
A	
  Presenta*on	
  from	
  the	
  Fes*val	
  of	
  NewMR	
  Main	
  Stage	
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November	
  3,	
  2011	
  
Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Listening with the Third Ear: Marketing s
Emergent Humanism
Presented to: Festival Of NewMR, Nov 3, 2011
Stephen D. Rappaport
Knowledge Solutions Director, Author: Listen
First!
The Advertising Research Foundation
©2011. The ARF. All rights reserved
Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Hennessy
New Products Launched:
White, Fine de Cognac, Black
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Listening with the “Third Ear”
“It means listening with all our intelligences, all our
ways of knowing.”
Sources:	
  Reik,	
  Theodor	
  1948;	
  Hacke8,	
  Jill,	
  h8p://goo.gl/KLcU4	
  	
  
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Today’s Topic
Listening’s Roles in:
Shaping and revising mental models
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
1. Mental Models
The brain processes we use in making sense of
something and then deciding which action to take.
Source: Wind, Jerry and Colin Crook., “The Power of Impossible Thinking,” 2006
©2011. The ARF. All rights reserved
Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Other Brands Changing their Mental Model
ShiBed	
  strategy	
  
from	
  women	
  to	
  
men	
  in	
  1970s	
  
ShiBed	
  strategy	
  
from	
  men	
  to	
  
women	
  in	
  2010	
  
ShiBed	
  strategy	
  
from	
  copier	
  manu-­‐
facturer	
  to	
  
document	
  
company	
  in	
  1989	
  
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Business Imperative
Creates Competitive Advantage
Source: http://www.senseandrespond.com/?page_id=7
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Consumers
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Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Advertising
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Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Listening
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Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Third Ear Listening is Data for Mental Models
Signals	
   RelaMonships/Meaning	
  
EmoMons	
  
Business	
  
Listening	
  Adver/sing	
  
People	
  
Enterprise	
  Value	
  CreaMon	
  
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Re:think Your Mental Models
» Describe the mental models you/your company are using.
» How will listening enable you to test that your mental models
are valid?
» Does your model need to change? How?
» How hard will it be to change your model?
» What small changes have the power to promote your new
model?
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Third Ear Listening is Humanistic
Humanism: any system or mode of thought or
action in which human interests, values, and
dignity predominate.
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Marketing’s Emergent Humanism
Grounded in Listening with the Third Ear
Brings People into the Brand
A Prospect for Business Success
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Stephen D Rappaport, Advertising Research Foundation, USA
Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Q & A
Stephen	
  D	
  Rappaport	
  
AdverMsing	
  Research	
  
FoundaMon	
  
Lenny	
  Murphy	
  
Greenbook	
  Blog	
  
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Festival of NewMR 2011 - Session 7 Schedule: 9:00pm-11:00pm (GMT)
Thank You!
Stephen D. Rappaport
The book: Listen First! Turning Social Media
Conversations into Business Advantage
srappaport@thearf.org
@steverappaport
http://listenfirst.thearf.org
Main	
  Stage,	
  November	
  3,	
  2011	
  
Listening with the Third Ear: Marketing’s
Emergent Humanism
Stephen D. Rappaport, ARF
A	
  Presenta*on	
  from	
  the	
  Fes*val	
  of	
  NewMR	
  Main	
  Stage	
  –	
  
November	
  3,	
  2011