title: Kaiser captures spirit of games.
abstract: With a multi-media campaign, Kaiser Permanente blitzed its market area by becoming a sponsor of the Nike World Masters Games. The advertising campaign promoted Kaiser as the exclusive health care sponsor. Company officials are counting on this campaign to leverage the health care institution's commitment to the community. In addition to the advertising, Kaiser searched for local athletes to represent its "play the sports for life" theme. As part of a promotion to award 200 athlete sponsorships to the Games, Kaiser's own master athletes were invited to tell their stories. Some of the members shared stories about such topics as experiencing an accident, receiving assistance from a Kaiser physician and incorporating a lifestyle of sport for rehabilitation. From the hundreds of letters received, two members and one employee were selected for the television spots. The sporting event reinforces Kaiser's philosophy of fitness-oriented lifestyles among its members. The Nike World Masters Games are the largest participatory multi-sport competition in the world, gathering together more than 25,000 men and women from more than 100 countries.
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authors: Herreria
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D009922:Oregon; D013177:Sports; D014481:United States