Hate the Wait Launched for Organ Donations Essay - 558 Words

The New York Donor Network launched a memorable ad campaign in August of 2013 called â€Å"Hate the Wait† to encourage organ donation registration among New Yorkers. Ten-thousand New Yorkers are on the organ transplant waiting lists and a new name is added ever two and a half hours, yet the percentage of New Yorkers registered as organ donors is less than half the national average. One of these ads was placed on New York City subways (see fig. 1). With the new ad, the donor network is targeting New Yorkers apathetic to organ donation to make them care enough to register as a donor. Other ad campaigns including New York Donor Networks past â€Å"Keep Life Going† ads often feature bright colors, smiling faces, and words of gratitude from†¦show more content†¦By comparing people â€Å"waiting in line† for an organ transplant with waiting in line for a subway, the piece argues that the needs of organ transplant patient so far exceeds the petty annoyances of everyday waiting in line. The piece argues that waiting in line for an organ is far worse than waiting in line for traffic or at checkout because the consequences are so grave. People do not usually die waiting in traffic or in line at the grocery store checkout lane. Still, most people feel that waiting in line in traffic or at checkout is outrageous and are problems that should be prevented by better infrastructure or more cashiers. The idea of people waiting in line for a life-saving organ transplant can kindle the same feeling of outrage and make people feel this too is a problem which should be prevented. The dark colors fit with the focus on death and give a serious feel to the ad. The dead mans pale feet and washed-out jeans are the only significant contrast the dark background colors of the visual, which make him stand out as the obvious subject of the piece. He is also the only one not wearing shoes, which not only makes him stand out but also communicates that he is dead because of the body identification tag around his toe. The viewers eye naturally follows the line from the â€Å"first† man whos shoes are lower in the image, down the lineShow MoreRelatedHbr When Your Core Business Is Dying74686 Words   |  299 Pagescould approach any manager at any level for assistance. The policy included a speciï ¬ c ban on retaliation. The company also added a toll-free, 24-hour hotline for reporting violations of the code of conduct, added an ethics ofï ¬ cer to its ranks, and launched an ethics awareness campaign. The ethics April 2007 | Harvard Business Review 35 HBR CASE STUDY | Why Didn’t We Know? ofï ¬ cer, who was responsible for ethics training and enforcement of the code of conduct, reported to the generalRead MoreProject Mgmt296381 Words   |  1186 Pagesautoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own healthy tissue. Symptoms include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, light sensitivity, and rashes. Benlysta targets the specific protein that becomes overactive, causing the body to attack its own organs. At stake is relief for the millions of sufferers of lupus worldwide. —C. Rothman, 2009 COMPANY: MOTOROLA Project: Google Android Smart Phones Motorola is set to release multiple Google Android smart phones at several different price points.Read MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pageslaugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We have learned how to make a living but not a life; we’ve added years to life but not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the 4 INTRODUCTION street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve