Case Study

Crayola

Professional Learning Brand Shines at National Conference

Goals

creatED Professional Learning by Crayola provides educators with the necessary tools to practice arts-infused teaching, which fosters creative thinking and achievement within their schools. To promote creatED’s social media channels and drive booth traffic, CB&A outlined a plan to run a social media contest inspiring conference attendees to respond on the brand’s Facebook and Twitter accounts over the three conference days. With seven creative prompts from a Crayola sketchbook, CB&A amplified attendees’ awareness of creatED’s creativity and commitment to integrating arts education across core curricula.

Social Media
Content Development
Event Planning
Thought Leadership
Measurement & Evaluation

Strategy

  • Create seven creative prompts to post on social media throughout the ASCD conference
  • Provide strategic paid and organic social media strategies to inspire targeted conference attendees to respond to prompts
  • Direct prompts winners to conference booth to pick up prizes, enabling the creatED team to meet contest winners and garner new leads
  • Leverage pictures of prize winners on social media to support contest
  • Provide social media metrics and analysis to demonstrate success

Results

The ASCD social media contest run by CB&A sparked an online conversation around the role of creativity in the classroom, grew the creatED Facebook and Twitter channels and drove conference attendees to the creatED booth. The contest earned over 59,000 impressions, garnered 121 responses and helped creatED strike up numerous conversations regarding the company’s professional development program.

Recognition

2019 PRSA Alchemy Award

42
FACEBOOK LIKES GAINED
75
TWITTER FOLLOWERS GAINED
47
FACEBOOK PROMPT RESPONSES
74
TWITTER PROMPT RESPONSES
13,186
FACEBOOK IMPRESSIONS DURING ASCD
46,300
TWITTER IMPRESSIONS DURING ASCD