julie roehm on storytelling: it's history, impact, and the importance for brand and marketers...

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Julie Roehm Chief Storyteller, Senior Vice President Marketing, SAP

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Great stories inspire people to create nations, develop new markets, and change the world

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Without them, ideas die, businesses fail

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Today, in our highly digital and socially connected world, brands around the globe are harnessing the power of storytelling to build audiences and move markets.

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But the genesis of today’s technology is based on human storytelling that is as old as time itself…

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Earliest story: Lascaux cave paintings 17,300 years ago

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Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh 2000 B.C.

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Oration: Homer’s Illiad 1,260 B.C.

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Print: Gutenberg Bible 1450

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Film: The Great Train Robbery 1903

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Radio: FDR Fireside Chat 1933

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Radio: War of the Worlds 1938

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TV Advertising: The first TV ad 1941

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Political Ads: 1964

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Advertising Comes of Age: 1984

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The Internet: Mosaic browser 1993

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The first online banner ad 1994

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Through the ages, technology and media, whether stone or the sound of our voice or pixels on a screen, has dramatically influenced the way we communicate and tell stories

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Today, with digital media and emerging technologies, the

challenges, and the opportunities, are boundless

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2,513,041,361 people online

Source: http://www.worldometers.info/

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643,000,000 websites

Source: http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/01/16/internet-2012-in-numbers/

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144,000,000,000 emails per day (more than 65% is spam)

Source: http://mashable.com/2012/11/27/email-stats-infographic/

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But…

To break through the clutter, meaningful, one to one conversations with our customer is now more important than ever

Mobile and social media technologies now offer opportunities to connect with our audience in a much more intimate setting…

An opportunity to get our product or service out of the way of telling incredible stories…

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Like consumer products, businesses are becoming more resourceful and artful in their ability to harness the art of storytelling…

through innovative use of technology and narrative.

At SAP, we are putting the Voice of Our Customer in context. Demonstrating the real value of SAP and how we help make our customers Run Better…

And in the process enable them to do amazing things.

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B2B Making

B2B2C Making

This has changed our customers expectations in how their software delivers information

Facebook 2005

Facebook Today

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A great story is a great story, no matter how you tell it.

On paper or in pixels, with the sound of our voice or via your iPhone

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And now technology is changing the game on how we tell our stories that will connect with our customer

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Are you scared…

Or are you exhilarated?

What’s your story?

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Thank you Julie Roehm Chief Storyteller, Senior Vice President Marketing, SAP