Definition of Social Marketing Dr Stephen Dann @stephendann [email_address]
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The Backstory 1995 Honours Today 1997 Griffith Uni Social Mktg 1998 PhD 2004 AMA  def n 2004 QLD  Gov’t Monograph 2007 AMA  def n 2008 World Social Marketing Conference 2005 QUT 2006 ANU SMQ “Neutrality” SMQ “Adapt/ Adopt” 1998 Diana &  Roadsafety SM &  “Direct  Benefit” JBR “Definition”
Prior Influences QLD Gov’t Monograph 2004 The 2007 Federal Election Drinkwise Australia
The Academic Foundations Teaching Social Marketing in the Classroom Research Technology Leximancer 2.25 World Social Marketing Conference
Why a(nother) new definition? Commercial Marketing Definition Changes AMA definition in 2007 CIM (2005)   New Social Marketing Definitions in UK/Europe NSMC (2007 ) An answer to  Andreasen  (2006) Analysis of social marketing self identification
The Definition
The definition “ the adaptation and adoption of commercial marketing activities, institutions and processes as a means to induce behavioral change in a targeted audience on a temporary or permanent basis to achieve a social goal” Dann, S “Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline”,  Journal of Business Research , doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.013
Is the definition a ten word answer? Ten-word answers can kill you in political campaigns. They're the tip of the sword. Here's my question: What are the next ten words of your answer?  "The West Wing" Game On (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745624/quotes
The definition “ the adaptation and adoption of commercial marketing activities, institutions and processes as a means to  induce   behavioral change  in a  targeted audience  on a temporary or permanent basis to achieve a  social goal ” Dann, S “Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline”,  Journal of Business Research , doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.013  Method
Induce a social leadership approach which involves the deliberate use of influence and persuasion to move a target market towards a specific course of action  Definition
Targeted audience Use of the customer orientation by targeting social marketing activity on specific, identifiable and reachable market segments within a broader community population  Definition Behavioural Competitive Change
Social goal the objective of the campaign to change or maintain society in accordance with the long term objectives of the campaign’s organizers  Definition
Behavior Change process of altering, maintaining or encouraging the cessation of a specific activity undertaken by the  targeted audience .  Definition
Behavioural Change Behavioral change  is achieved through the creation, communication, delivery and exchange of a  competitive social marketing   offer  that  induces  voluntary change in the  targeted audience , and which results in  benefit   to the social change campaign’s recipients, partners and the broader society at large  Definition
competitive social marketing   offer an  alternative   product offering   that has been developed through the identification or anticipation of a market need for a socially beneficial alternative behavior that satisfies the same needs an individual in the  targeted audience  is currently meeting through the consumption or use of less socially desirable products.  Definition
alternative   product offering The broadest understanding of the product concept in commercial marketing to include, but not be limited to physical goods service  attitudes  specific behaviors Competitive
Benefit Return on social investment where the actual or perceived return exceeds the financial and non financial costs of the social marketing activity   downstream benefit: return to the adopter exceeds the total cost of adoption upstream benefit: return to the society exceeds the societal level investment Definition
Is it social marketing?
The Checklist Are commercial marketing techniques present? What requires adapting for use? Who are we trying to change? Segments, goals, social leadership What are we trying to change? Goods, service, attitude, behaviour,  What type of change? Alteration, maintenance, cessation?,  What’s our offer? Are we competitive? What’s the Social ROI? What’s in it for them? When is “near enough” going to be “good enough”?
Where does a new definition fit into the change agenda?
Change Options Government Marketing Political Marketing Social Marketing
Change Options Government Marketing Political Marketing Social Marketing Evidence or  ideology? Change  or campaign? Compliance  or choice?
Change Options Gov’t Political Social Commercial Third sector Future
Journal List Hughes, A and Dann, S (2009)  Political Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement , Marketing Theory 9(2) 243-256 Dann, S “ Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline ”, Journal of Business Research (2009,  in print)  doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.013 Dann, S. (2008)  Adaptation and Adoption of the American Marketing Association (2007) Definition for Social Marketing , Social Marketing Quarterly, 14(2) 1-9, DOI: 10.1080/15245000802034739 Dann, S (2007) “ Reaffirming the Neutrality of the Social Marketing Tool Kit: Social Marketing as a Hammer, and Social Marketers as Hired Guns ” Social Marketing Quarterly 13(1) 54-62, DOI: 10.1080/15245000601158390 Dann, S (2007) "Lifestyle sponsorships and player lifestyle breaches: Opportunity, not loss" Monash Business Review, Volume 3, No. 2, July 2007  [Full Paper online at  http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/gsb/mbr/full-papers.php ], DOI: 10.2104/mbr07023 Graham P, and Dann S 1997 "Banning Tobacco Advertising: The Australian Example" Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government 3(2): 11–17
Conference  List Dann, S. (2008), Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline, World Social Marketing Conference, Brighton and Hove City, England, 29-30 September 2008 Dann, S. (2008) A Leximancer analysis of social marketing definitions versus social marketing literature, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Sydney, 1-3 December 2008 Dann, S, (2008) Lifestyle Sponsorships: Social Change through sports sponsorship, Sixth Sports Marketing Association Conference, University of Southern Queensland, 16-19 July, Gold Coast Fry, M L and Dann S (2007) "(Near) Enough is (Good) Enough: When to rethink the zero tolerance level in road safety campaigning?" International Nonprofit and Social Marketing Conference 27 – 28 September Brisbane Dann, S. and Fry, M. L. (2006) “When is good enough, near enough? Examinations of “success” in social marketing intervention in road safety” , Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, QUT, Dec 4-6.  Dann, S. (2006) “Social Marketing in the Age of Direct Benefit and Upstream Marketing” Third Australasian Non-profit and Social Marketing Conference, 10-11 August, 2006 Dann, S. (2006) “Reaffirming the Neutrality of the Social Marketing Tool Kit: Social marketing as a hammer, and social marketers as hired guns” Third Australasian Non-profit and Social Marketing Conference, 10-11 August, 2006 Dann, S  (2005)  "   Social change marketing in the age of direct benefit marketing – where to from here?" Social Change in the 21st Century, QUT Carseldine 28 October 2005. Dann, S & Dann, S  (2005)  "Lifestyle Sponsorship and Player Lifestyle Breach: Opportunity, Not Loss?" Second Australasian Nonprofit and Social Marketing Conference, Melbourne, 25 September 2005. Dann, S & Dann, S  (2002) “High–Speed Car Advertising and Road Safety” Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, December 2 - December 4  Dann, S & Dann, S (1998) "Celebrity Endorsement in Social Campaigns: Attitudes Towards the Use of Diana, Princess of Wales in Road Safety Campaigns", Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, November 29 - December 2, 1998  Dann, S & Dann, S (1998) "Marketing in the New Media in the Not for Profit Sector", British Academy of Management Conference, Nottingham, 13-16 September  Dann, S, Previte, J. & Dann, S (1996) "Social marketing in cyberspace:  One step forward or two steps back?", Marketing Educators Group Conference, Academy of Marketing, 1996, Glascow University of Strathclyde (with Susan Dann and Josephine Previte)
Linked Elements
AMA 2004 an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. History
AMA 2007 the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large  Another History
Chartered Institute  of Marketing (2005) the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably   Another
Method Definition
Commercial marketing Client Customer Partner Society Offerings that have value  Create Communicate Deliver Exchange Activity Processes Institution AMA (2007) Customer requirement (Profit) Satisfy (Profit) Identify Anticipate Management Process CIM (2005) Whom Why How Mechanism Definition
Social and commercial marketing   Targeted audience achieve behavioral goals achieve social good marketing  Systematic application  NSMC (2007) Society  Target audience.  Influence behaviors Create Communicate Deliver value Process  Kotler, Lee & Rothschild (2006) Client Customer Partner Society offerings that have value  Create Communicate Deliver Exchange Activity Processes Institution AMA (2007) Customer requirements (Profit) Satisfy (Profit) Identify Anticipate Management Process CIM (2005) Market Purpose Method Mechanism Definition
Leximancer Results Leximancer Process 45 definitions of social marketing Results: The Bounding Box 1. Respect the pedigree as part of the marketing discipline 2. Social marketing is a means for behavioral change 3. Voluntary change, either explicitly or through the use of the exchange construct, is a necessary requirement Definition
Social and commercial marketing   Identify Anticipate Satisfy (Profit) Management Process CIM (2005) Create, Communicate Deliver and Exchange Offerings that have value  Activity Processes Institution AMA (2007) Other concepts and techniques? achieve specific behavioral goals systematic application of marketing NSMC (2007) Influence target audience behaviors Marketing principles & techniques Kotler, Lee and Rothschild (2006) Voluntary Behavioural focus Marketing Leximancer Results Method Purpose Mechanism Definition
CIM2005 Management process Identify, anticipate, satisfy profitably Customer requirements NSCM2007 Systematic application marketing specific behavioural goals relevant to a social good AMA2007 Activity, process, institution Create, communicate, deliver  and exchange Offerings of that have value Clients, customers,  partners, society K L &R 2006 Create, communicate, deliver Influence target audience behavior Benefit society Benefit target audience adaptation and adoption of commercial marketing activities, institutions and process  Marketing induce behavioural change on a temporary or permanent basis.  achieved through the creation, communication, delivery and exchange  Behaviour Change Competitive social marketing offering that induces voluntary change Targeted social group Voluntary Self interest satisfaction Return on social investment Social profit  Benefit benefit to recipient, partner and society Definition
The Leximancer Process Definition
Leximancer content analysis emulator  uses machine learning protocol  visualization of common themes  related concept groups from textual data   Definition
Leximancer results Definition
Leximancer results Definition
Leximancer results Definition
Leximancer results Definition
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Social Marketing Definition

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    Definition of SocialMarketing Dr Stephen Dann @stephendann [email_address]
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    This presentation isdesigned to be run in full screen mode. Links contained within the document may require active internet access to load properly. Where the PowerPoint icon is used in the corner of the screen, these links relate to slides within the document.
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    The Backstory 1995Honours Today 1997 Griffith Uni Social Mktg 1998 PhD 2004 AMA def n 2004 QLD Gov’t Monograph 2007 AMA def n 2008 World Social Marketing Conference 2005 QUT 2006 ANU SMQ “Neutrality” SMQ “Adapt/ Adopt” 1998 Diana & Roadsafety SM & “Direct Benefit” JBR “Definition”
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    Prior Influences QLDGov’t Monograph 2004 The 2007 Federal Election Drinkwise Australia
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    The Academic FoundationsTeaching Social Marketing in the Classroom Research Technology Leximancer 2.25 World Social Marketing Conference
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    Why a(nother) newdefinition? Commercial Marketing Definition Changes AMA definition in 2007 CIM (2005) New Social Marketing Definitions in UK/Europe NSMC (2007 ) An answer to Andreasen (2006) Analysis of social marketing self identification
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    The definition “the adaptation and adoption of commercial marketing activities, institutions and processes as a means to induce behavioral change in a targeted audience on a temporary or permanent basis to achieve a social goal” Dann, S “Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline”, Journal of Business Research , doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.013
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    Is the definitiona ten word answer? Ten-word answers can kill you in political campaigns. They're the tip of the sword. Here's my question: What are the next ten words of your answer? "The West Wing" Game On (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745624/quotes
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    The definition “the adaptation and adoption of commercial marketing activities, institutions and processes as a means to induce behavioral change in a targeted audience on a temporary or permanent basis to achieve a social goal ” Dann, S “Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline”, Journal of Business Research , doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.013 Method
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    Induce a socialleadership approach which involves the deliberate use of influence and persuasion to move a target market towards a specific course of action Definition
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    Targeted audience Useof the customer orientation by targeting social marketing activity on specific, identifiable and reachable market segments within a broader community population Definition Behavioural Competitive Change
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    Social goal theobjective of the campaign to change or maintain society in accordance with the long term objectives of the campaign’s organizers Definition
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    Behavior Change processof altering, maintaining or encouraging the cessation of a specific activity undertaken by the targeted audience . Definition
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    Behavioural Change Behavioralchange is achieved through the creation, communication, delivery and exchange of a competitive social marketing offer that induces voluntary change in the targeted audience , and which results in benefit to the social change campaign’s recipients, partners and the broader society at large Definition
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    competitive social marketing offer an alternative product offering that has been developed through the identification or anticipation of a market need for a socially beneficial alternative behavior that satisfies the same needs an individual in the targeted audience is currently meeting through the consumption or use of less socially desirable products. Definition
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    alternative product offering The broadest understanding of the product concept in commercial marketing to include, but not be limited to physical goods service attitudes specific behaviors Competitive
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    Benefit Return onsocial investment where the actual or perceived return exceeds the financial and non financial costs of the social marketing activity downstream benefit: return to the adopter exceeds the total cost of adoption upstream benefit: return to the society exceeds the societal level investment Definition
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    Is it socialmarketing?
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    The Checklist Arecommercial marketing techniques present? What requires adapting for use? Who are we trying to change? Segments, goals, social leadership What are we trying to change? Goods, service, attitude, behaviour, What type of change? Alteration, maintenance, cessation?, What’s our offer? Are we competitive? What’s the Social ROI? What’s in it for them? When is “near enough” going to be “good enough”?
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    Where does anew definition fit into the change agenda?
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    Change Options GovernmentMarketing Political Marketing Social Marketing
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    Change Options GovernmentMarketing Political Marketing Social Marketing Evidence or ideology? Change or campaign? Compliance or choice?
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    Change Options Gov’tPolitical Social Commercial Third sector Future
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    Journal List Hughes,A and Dann, S (2009) Political Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement , Marketing Theory 9(2) 243-256 Dann, S “ Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline ”, Journal of Business Research (2009, in print) doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.013 Dann, S. (2008) Adaptation and Adoption of the American Marketing Association (2007) Definition for Social Marketing , Social Marketing Quarterly, 14(2) 1-9, DOI: 10.1080/15245000802034739 Dann, S (2007) “ Reaffirming the Neutrality of the Social Marketing Tool Kit: Social Marketing as a Hammer, and Social Marketers as Hired Guns ” Social Marketing Quarterly 13(1) 54-62, DOI: 10.1080/15245000601158390 Dann, S (2007) "Lifestyle sponsorships and player lifestyle breaches: Opportunity, not loss" Monash Business Review, Volume 3, No. 2, July 2007 [Full Paper online at http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/gsb/mbr/full-papers.php ], DOI: 10.2104/mbr07023 Graham P, and Dann S 1997 "Banning Tobacco Advertising: The Australian Example" Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government 3(2): 11–17
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    Conference ListDann, S. (2008), Redefining Social Marketing: Adapting and adopting contemporary commercial marketing thinking into the social marketing discipline, World Social Marketing Conference, Brighton and Hove City, England, 29-30 September 2008 Dann, S. (2008) A Leximancer analysis of social marketing definitions versus social marketing literature, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Sydney, 1-3 December 2008 Dann, S, (2008) Lifestyle Sponsorships: Social Change through sports sponsorship, Sixth Sports Marketing Association Conference, University of Southern Queensland, 16-19 July, Gold Coast Fry, M L and Dann S (2007) "(Near) Enough is (Good) Enough: When to rethink the zero tolerance level in road safety campaigning?" International Nonprofit and Social Marketing Conference 27 – 28 September Brisbane Dann, S. and Fry, M. L. (2006) “When is good enough, near enough? Examinations of “success” in social marketing intervention in road safety” , Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, QUT, Dec 4-6. Dann, S. (2006) “Social Marketing in the Age of Direct Benefit and Upstream Marketing” Third Australasian Non-profit and Social Marketing Conference, 10-11 August, 2006 Dann, S. (2006) “Reaffirming the Neutrality of the Social Marketing Tool Kit: Social marketing as a hammer, and social marketers as hired guns” Third Australasian Non-profit and Social Marketing Conference, 10-11 August, 2006 Dann, S (2005) " Social change marketing in the age of direct benefit marketing – where to from here?" Social Change in the 21st Century, QUT Carseldine 28 October 2005. Dann, S & Dann, S (2005) "Lifestyle Sponsorship and Player Lifestyle Breach: Opportunity, Not Loss?" Second Australasian Nonprofit and Social Marketing Conference, Melbourne, 25 September 2005. Dann, S & Dann, S (2002) “High–Speed Car Advertising and Road Safety” Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, December 2 - December 4 Dann, S & Dann, S (1998) "Celebrity Endorsement in Social Campaigns: Attitudes Towards the Use of Diana, Princess of Wales in Road Safety Campaigns", Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, November 29 - December 2, 1998 Dann, S & Dann, S (1998) "Marketing in the New Media in the Not for Profit Sector", British Academy of Management Conference, Nottingham, 13-16 September Dann, S, Previte, J. & Dann, S (1996) "Social marketing in cyberspace: One step forward or two steps back?", Marketing Educators Group Conference, Academy of Marketing, 1996, Glascow University of Strathclyde (with Susan Dann and Josephine Previte)
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    AMA 2004 anorganizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. History
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    AMA 2007 theactivity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large Another History
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    Chartered Institute of Marketing (2005) the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably Another
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    Commercial marketing ClientCustomer Partner Society Offerings that have value Create Communicate Deliver Exchange Activity Processes Institution AMA (2007) Customer requirement (Profit) Satisfy (Profit) Identify Anticipate Management Process CIM (2005) Whom Why How Mechanism Definition
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    Social and commercialmarketing Targeted audience achieve behavioral goals achieve social good marketing Systematic application NSMC (2007) Society Target audience. Influence behaviors Create Communicate Deliver value Process Kotler, Lee & Rothschild (2006) Client Customer Partner Society offerings that have value Create Communicate Deliver Exchange Activity Processes Institution AMA (2007) Customer requirements (Profit) Satisfy (Profit) Identify Anticipate Management Process CIM (2005) Market Purpose Method Mechanism Definition
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    Leximancer Results LeximancerProcess 45 definitions of social marketing Results: The Bounding Box 1. Respect the pedigree as part of the marketing discipline 2. Social marketing is a means for behavioral change 3. Voluntary change, either explicitly or through the use of the exchange construct, is a necessary requirement Definition
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    Social and commercialmarketing Identify Anticipate Satisfy (Profit) Management Process CIM (2005) Create, Communicate Deliver and Exchange Offerings that have value Activity Processes Institution AMA (2007) Other concepts and techniques? achieve specific behavioral goals systematic application of marketing NSMC (2007) Influence target audience behaviors Marketing principles & techniques Kotler, Lee and Rothschild (2006) Voluntary Behavioural focus Marketing Leximancer Results Method Purpose Mechanism Definition
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    CIM2005 Management processIdentify, anticipate, satisfy profitably Customer requirements NSCM2007 Systematic application marketing specific behavioural goals relevant to a social good AMA2007 Activity, process, institution Create, communicate, deliver and exchange Offerings of that have value Clients, customers, partners, society K L &R 2006 Create, communicate, deliver Influence target audience behavior Benefit society Benefit target audience adaptation and adoption of commercial marketing activities, institutions and process Marketing induce behavioural change on a temporary or permanent basis. achieved through the creation, communication, delivery and exchange Behaviour Change Competitive social marketing offering that induces voluntary change Targeted social group Voluntary Self interest satisfaction Return on social investment Social profit Benefit benefit to recipient, partner and society Definition
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    Leximancer content analysisemulator uses machine learning protocol visualization of common themes related concept groups from textual data Definition
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    This work islicensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/