Edelman is a global communications firm with a strong presence in Latin America. It has over 300 employees across 5 offices in the region, providing services across various practice areas including health, consumer, corporate, digital and public affairs. Some of its key clients in the health sector include large pharmaceutical companies. Edelman has experience developing strategic communications campaigns for its clients around issues like women's health, disease awareness and stakeholder engagement. It utilizes integrated multi-channel approaches including media relations, digital campaigns, events and advocacy initiatives.
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3. Edelman – Trust Barometer
2010 Trust is now an essential line of business
2009 Business must partner with government to regain trust
2008 Young influencers have more trust in business
2007 Business more trusted than government and media
2006 “A person like me” emerges as credible spokesperson
2005 Trust shifts from “authorities” to peers
2004 U.S. companies in Europe suffer trust discount
2003 Earned media more credible than advertising
2002 Fall of the celebrity CEO
2001 Rising Influence of NGOs 3
4. Edelman – Health Barometer
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in Health Issues 63%
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Companies and Organizations involved 70%
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Health Products and Services engage 75%
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6. The Edelman global footprint
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7. The Edelman Latin America footprint
Gail Becker
Chair, Canada, Latin America and
Miami/ Regional Western Region, US
Harold Hamana, Senior Vice President Latin
America/Regional Practice Lead, Health
Silvina Szelepski, Director, Health
Mexico
Tim Scerba, General Manager
Senen Marin, Director, Health
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300+ employees
5 offices
Quality Program
20+ years in the region Brazil
Yacoff Sarkovas, CEO, Brazil
Leticia Lyra, Deputy General Manager
Affiliates: Practices: Carolina Lobo, Manager, Health
• Chile • Brand Experience
• Colombia • Consumer
• Ecuador • Corporate
• Paraguay • Digital
• Peru • Health Argentina
• Uruguay • Public Affairs Allan McCrea-Steele, General Manager
• Venezuela • Technology Carolyn Santillan, Director, Health
• Central America
8. Edelman Argentina
#5 8 45 + 14
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agency
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9. Edelman Brazil
#1 10 130 + 14
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10. Edelman Mexico
#1 6 63 + 16
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agency
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11. Edelman Miami/ Latin America
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13. Our experience encompasses all of the health arena
Rx & OTC
medicines
Corporate &
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Medical Advocacy &
devices and stakeholder
equipment Health communications
Specialties
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Food & post-launch
Nutrition communications
Bioscience
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14. Edelman services in biotech communications
•KOL development & medical •Employee education and
education engagement strategies to
•Patients, payer and provider understand companies„
communications strategic investment in
•Clinical data communications biotech (marketing,
– efficacy & value management, sales force,
call center)
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Communications Education
Stakeholder and Market Shaping
Influencers for Product
Outreach Uptake
•Stakeholder mapping, •PA & PR online/offline
engagement and education strategies to shape
about biotech public health and policy
•Advocacy campaigns •Disease awareness and
development issues campaigns
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15. Digital health services
INTERNAL
Internal Blogs Workshop External Blogs
Intranet Podcasts Social Media Intranet Social Network for employees
Internal Audit Wikis Digital Spokesperson Mobile communication
Internal Manual
Establish Online Generate Content Involve influencers Empower the
Presence community
EXTERNAL
Events
External Audit Podcasts Relationship with bloggers Social Networking
Web Site VĂdeos Webinars Allies
Publicity Games Alliances Mobile Campaigns
Online Media Widgets Sponsorships Content
ONLINE MONITORING & RESEARH
16. Edelman is different because of
Our ability to navigate an evolving environment
Our understanding of trust – how it is earned and protected
Our leadership in engagement in health and beyond
Our commitment to Good Purpose for business
Our integrated family of professionals
Our proven ability to drive client objectives – seamlessly
Our Engagement Framework, tools and resources
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18. Regional case study
BHC – World Contraception Day – CSR experience
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
•Latin America shows a high rate of unintended teen pregnancies due to myths and lack of access to information and
contraceptives by the younger generations.
OBJECTIVES
• To raise awareness and improve sexual and reproductive health education to prevent the high rates of teen pregnancy in
Latin America
• To improve awareness of contraception in Latin America to enable young people to make informed decisions on sexual
and reproductive health and prevent unplanned teen pregnancy and sexual transmitted-diseases (STDs)
• To position Bayer as a leader in women‟s health education among key stakeholders in Latin America
STRATEGY
•Secured partnership with MTV Latin America and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation to jointly execute a
360 campaign to reach out to right target audience through their preferred vehicles of communications.
RESULTS
•To date, about a thousand top-tier media placements in print, broadcast, online media outlets have been accomplished
throughout the region, including: CNN in Spanish, NTN network, Glamour, Seventeen, Tu, MTV, etc. reaching out to millions
of Latin Americans.
•10 Latin American Bayer affiliates coordinate local activities, six out of which managed to turn September 26 as the
official Unplanned Teen Pregnancy Prevention day.
•Additionally, thousand of teenagers were reached through the different social media and digital platforms as well as
through the MTV capsules, call-to-action spots and on-air show.
19. Brazil case study
The global fight against tuberculosis – Event organization
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
• Organize an impactful participation for Lilly in the World Tuberculosis Forum, promoted by the STOP TB Partnership, an
arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) dedicated to combating tuberculosis globally.
OBJECTIVES
• Give visibility to Lilly in the forum, held in Brazil for the first time in 2009.
• Position the company as a leading world player against tuberculosis.
STRATEGY
• Organized a roundtable with the participation of several key opinion leaders, including the United Nations special envoy in
the fight against tuberculosis, top physicians, officials of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and advocacy groups leaders.
Edelman also developed all the marketing materials to announce the roundtable, engaged the forum participants to
attend the roundtable and conducted media outreach, inviting journalists to cover the event.
RESULTS
• Secured high attendance to the roundtable, gathering more than a hundred people.
• Generated awareness about Lilly‟s initiatives to combat tuberculosis.
• Generated media coverage on national media outlets.
20. Brazil case study
Awareness about depression and pain - Media relations
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
• The diagnosis of depression is not always easy. It becomes very difficult when the main symptom presented by the
patient is pain. As a result, a lot of people with painful symptoms will not be relieved unless their depression is detected
and treated properly.
OBJECTIVES
• Raise awareness of the link between pain and depression
• Encourage people to detect depression
STRATEGY
• Took advantage of Dr. Stephen Stahl‟s (a global KOL on depression) visit to Brazil and arranged an exclusive interview
with Veja, Brazilian top weekly magazine. Prior to the interview, Edelman provided the journalist with comprehensive
information and background on depression and developed a compelling pitch letter. The journalist understood the
relevance of the issue and accepted the suggestion to interview Dr. Stephen Stahl personally.
RESULTS
• A two-pages story published in Veja, the top weekly magazine in Brazil, reaching around 5 million people.
• Strengthened the relationship between Lilly and Veja magazine.
• Leveraged Dr. Stahl‟s visibility, securing a very positive media coverage in a very prestigious outlet.
21. Regional/Mexico case study
PAHEF-EDELMAN – Leading the biotech debate
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
To shape the biotech regulatory framework discussions in Mexico to gain prefer market access to innovative
biotechnological medicines
OBJECTIVE
To educate physicians and patients about safe biotech medicines.
STRATEGY
Edelman Latin America designed a campaign umbrella called “The Safe Biotech Initiative” educational program (or
Biotecnologicos Seguros in Spanish) in partnership with the Pan American Health and Education Foundation to serve
as an umbrella reputable platform to create the Mexican Biotech Council to educate key stakeholders about biotech
medicines and the introduction of the regulation and its potential impact on their health and their access to safe
biotech medicines.
RESULTS
•To date, the Mexican Biotech Council has worked with the Mexican regulatory authorities to provide their
recommendations on the current draft of legislation. Additionally, drawing upon their technical expertise, the advisory
board also has produced four educational papers intended for patients and other four for educating general medical
practitioners.
•Several educational workshops and meetings with hospitals, key medical societies and patients groups in the areas
of oncology, rheumatology, endocrinology, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, transplants have taken place.
•Also, Edelman led three media workshops on the topics that have resulted in several media placements in Mexican
top-tier print, broadcast and online outlets. 21
22. Mexico case study
MSD - Changing the concept SEROPOSITIVE into "Be Positive"
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Social stigma against HIV/AIDs patients.
OBJECTIVE
To change the concept: SEROPOSITIVE into BE POSITIVE.
STRATEGY
•Give a human face to HIV/AIDS and raise awareness about the disease under the "OK" hand
signal.
•Build alliances with NGO‟s, specialists, celebrities and activists to join the campaign and serve as
ambassadors.
RESULTS
• “Ser Positivo” campaign won the MSD Best Practice Around the World 2010
• 21 PhDs, three NGOs, 23 media outlets and nine celebrities joined the Campaign.
• Ten Billboards were located in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Veracruz
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23. Argentina case study
Buenos Aires Opening
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
• Develop communication tools from a local relevance
• Create a consistent pre-engagement program to outreach key stakeholders
• Organize high-impact marketing & PR events to introduce the new Medtronic facilities in Buenos Aires
OBJECTIVES
• Supporting the leadership positioning of Medtronic in Argentina and the Region
• Establish Medtronic as a leader in the medical industry
• Present Medtronic new offices and training center
STRATEGY
• Strengthen the relationship between Medtronic and its stakeholders
• Alleviating Pain – Restoring Health – Extending Life
RESULTS
• 6 exclusive interviews
• 100% impact on target media
• 230% of ROI
• $75.000 of Ad equivalence and 300.000 impressions
24. Argentina case study
SOLACI – CACI CONGRESS 2010
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
• Coordinate the press office during the Congress.
• Work on a new experience in local events: the SOLACI Congress Newspaper “SOLACI DAILY”
OBJECTIVES
• Raise awareness, through media outreach, about the importance of the treatment and
control of the cardiologic diseases
• Promote the SOLACI – CACI Congress 2010
• Develop the SOLACI DAILY 1st edition
STRATEGY
• Edelman developed a comprehensive communications strategy divided into 3 phases: pre-
congress, congress and post-congress.
RESULTS
• 11 exclusive one-on-one interviews with the SOLACI Committee were coordinated to leverage
the event and generate media coverage
• 35 articles
• 100% impact in target media, 100% of them mentioned SOLACI speakers
• 95% mentioned the SOLACI – CACI Congress
Daniel J. Edelman founded Edelman on October 1, 1952, in Chicago. His values and vision have led the firm through its 58 years of operation. Geographically, Edelman expanded in the United States throughout the 1960s and opened its first international office in London in 1968. Continued expansion throughout the next three decades saw Edelman move into Canada in 1972, Asia in 1984, Australia in 1987, Latin America in 1994, and the Middle East in 2008. Today, Edelman has 53 wholly-owned offices, is the world's largest independent public relations firm and is among the top three overall.The GOOD PURPOSE study is Edelman’s annual global research that explores consumer attitudes around social purpose, including their commitment to specific social issues and their expectations of brands and corporations. The survey was conducted in 13 countries among more than 7,000 adults. It is the only global study of its kind.