Future bankers write children’s book through Facebook campaign from ING Careers

16 students read their own submissions in a book about financial questions from children

In the book, 9 year old Curious Little Leo is looking for answers to questions like ‘what happens to my money after I bring it to the bank?’ and ‘why do we need banks?’. Earlier, a group of children asked these questions to potential bankers through an international Facebook campaign. Their challenge was to give clear and transparent answers to these clients of the future, without the help of jargon.

Over 1.500 submissions from 20 different countries were used for the development of the children’s book. The story sees Curious Little Leo and Mr. Bank grow closer together through an open dialogue. The underlying message of the book is that you should never stop asking ‘the best question in the history of all questions ever asked’, which is: ‘Why?’.

With this campaign, ING wants to establish their role as an employer for talented people looking to achieve more then material satisfaction in their career. The 16 participants with the most inspiring answers received a copy of the book, together with a personal recommendation from Koos Timmermans, Vice Chairman of ING Bank. Furthermore, anyone can download the book for free on tablet or desktop through www.ing-nextgenerationbanking.com/book.

CEMS and AIESEC, the world’s largest student organizations focussing on the development of leadership qualities, both played an integral role in reaching and involving the target audience.

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Credits

Client: ING Careers,Wenka Booij

Agency ENERGIZE Amsterdam

Illustrations: Rhonald Blommestijn (artbox)