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  • Aims to celebrate a stress free Diwali for the furry friends

    Tonic Worldwide partners Animal Matters to Me to help dogs distressed in Diwali

    By A Correspondent

     

    Keeping in mind the stress and restlessness dogs go through every year during Diwali due to noise pollution, Animals Matters To Me, an animal NGO committed to the welfare of all types of animals has collaborated with Tonic Worldwide to enable a solution for the same. They have launched a campaign #TurnOnTheWoofer which introduces specially composed therapeutic music for dogs.

     

    The campaign is supported by Sony Mix and aims at providing dogs a musical relief this festive season. Renowned Musician, Siddharth Basrur, has composed the music after weeks of research and trial with special low level beats and rhythm that has a soothing effect on Dogs.

     

    “Diwali is the most difficult time of the year for dogs and especially strays. I have seen them getting anxiety attacks and palpitations. They turn very restless and have no other option than to just bear the mental torture. It often takes weeks for them to come out of this trauma. So when this idea came up, I was elated to bring about some solution to help them. We played this music with over 150 dogs in our facility and it seemed to have a calming effect on most of them. Even some of the most hyperactive dogs became calm after listening to the music. We’ve started playing the music every day in our rehab center and it has showed us great results,” said Ganesh Nayak, founder of ‘Animals Matter To Me’.

     

    “With the insight that music has healing powers, we came about with this solution of specially composed music for our furry friends,” added Unmisha Bhatt, Chief Strategy Officer at Tonic Worldwide. “This campaign is a great example of how good intent, music, insights and technology can come together to create magic. The power of digital will be used to make this music accessible to anyone and everyone who cares about dogs and this cause,” Bhatt added.

     

    Said Ashwin Dutt, Creative Director at Tonic Worldwide: “The idea was to create something that not just helps dogs during Diwali but also during other occasions. I’m an animal-lover and I’ve seen dogs suffering during separation anxiety or situations such as bad weather. The music can also be used to calm down hyperactive dogs and whimpering puppies. We have also made the music freely available for everyone to download from www.turnonthewoofer.com.”

  • Leo Burnett gets three nominations for Young Gun Advertising awards, Ogilvy & Mather has one.

    4 Indian names on Young Guns shortlists for 2011 awards

    By Shubhangi Mehta

     

    The shortlists for Young Guns 2011 have been announced and this year India has four nominations on the shortlist; Leo Burnett with three and Ogilvy with one.
    Leo Burnett’s Amod Dani and Ganesh Nayak have three nominations. Two for Tide Fold A Stain in the Art direction and Print Crafts category and one for Heinz Sketchup in the Consumer magazine campaigns category.

     

    Ogilvy & Mather’s Anupama Sirsalewal has received one for Unbearably Sour, Gun, Snake, Gullotine in the Illustration Campaigns category.

     

    Speaking on the shortlists, Arvind Sharma, Chairman Leo Burnett said, “We always believe in giving responsibilities to young and upcoming talent. We shall continue to do the same. We are happy that Amod and Ganesh are shortlisted in three categories and glad that the world is also recognising their talent”.

     

    On being nominated Amod Dani, ECD, Leo Burnett India, said, “The Young Guns award is a very prestigious international award. It is an extreme honour to be shortlisted for our efforts. We hope to convert this into a metal and continue to pursue creative excellence. Leo Burnett has always been at the forefront of promoting young talent, and this honour speaks a lot about the same”.

     

    Anupama Sirsalewal, Copywriter, Ogilvy & Mather, on her nomination said, “It’s a great feeling to be nominated. Piyush Pandey is God for me and I have grown up watching his ads, and now working in Ogilvy is anyway an award for me. This year has been great for me, be it Cannes Lions or Abby’s. Hope this one falls into my kitty too but there is still a long way to go.”

     

    Young Guns International Advertising Award is the world’s first and only award forum that is specifically for 18-30 year olds.

     

    To be named “Young Gun of the Year” is to be named the best young creative under 30 in the world.

     

    The “Young Gun of the Year” gets invited to join next year’s Young Guns jury.