Ad Council

Ad Council

Company type	Public
Industry	Public Service Announcements
Founded	1941
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., United States
Website	adcouncil.org

The Advertising Council, mostly called the Ad Council, is an American non-profit organization that creates public service announcements on behalf of sponsors, including non-profit organizations and the United States government.^[1]

The Advertising Council does not make public service advertisements for itself but it acts as a creator of them for others. The Advertising Council allows sponsor organizations to create advertising that are on social issues as well.

History

The Advertising Council was created in 1941, and shortly after, in February 1942, it was registered as The War Advertising Council for the purpose of being in the advertising industry in support of the Second World War effort. Early ads tried to tell people about the purchase of war bonds and saving of war things.^[2]

After the Second World War, the War Advertising Council changed its name to the Advertising Council and shifted its focus to peacetime ads. In 1945, the Ad Council began working with the National Safety Council.^[2]

Famous campaigns

"Crying Indian" anti-pollution ad for Keep America Beautiful, was created in 1973 and won two Clio Awards^[2]
United Negro College Fund, with its slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste", was created in 1972^[2]
McGruff ad with its slogan "Take a bite out of crime" for the National Crime Prevention Council (along with the U.S. Department of Justice), was created in 1978^[2]
"Friends don't let friends drive drunk" ad for the U.S. Department of Transportation until 2005^[2]
Smokey Bear campaign was created in 1944^[2] to tell Americans about the harm wildfires could cause the war effort, and the danger that the Japanese might start forest fires on the West Coast of the United States. It was 1947 when the Smokey Bear phrase was made: "Remember...only YOU can prevent forest fires!" ^[3]
Vince and Larry, the Crash Test Dummies (1985–1999)^[2]
"I am an American" (2001-present) -- an ad launched in wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack about the people in America. The ad has people of many people looking in the camera and simply saying, "I am an American."
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Organizations done by the Ad Council

Notes and references

↑ Ad Council. "About Ad Council". Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 "Our History".
↑ "Story of Smokey - Smokey Bear". smokeybear.com.

Robert Jackall and Janice M. Hirota, The Image Makers: Advertising, Public Relations, and the Ethos of Advocacy (University of Chicago, 2000). ISBN 0-226-38916-2 (paperback: ISBN 0-226-38917-0)

Other websites

The Advertising Council official website
Advertising Council archives Archived 2005-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
Outdoor Advertising Association of America homepage
Advertising Council Retrospective Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine on aef.com
Ad Council's YouTube listing
Guide to collections containing information on the Advertising Council at the Eisenhower Presidential Library Archived 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine

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