Case Study — Global Campaign Experience
NetAcad20
The Brief
The anniversary site needed to celebrate a global program while also supporting future annual rollouts. Use this section to explain the campaign need, audiences, and longevity requirements.
"Add the central storytelling or system challenge here."
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Research &
Discovery
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Narrative map
Reusable system
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Strategic
Framing
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Core Insight
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Explorations
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The Solution
The experience combined anniversary storytelling with a reusable campaign structure, letting Cisco celebrate the milestone without building a one-off page that would immediately expire. The visual system carried the commemorative energy, while the layout logic stayed modular enough to support future content updates and partner-driven reuse.
Primary artifact
Campaign visual
A high-impact landing experience that framed the anniversary as both a celebration and a proof point for the program's global reach.
Video reference
Public Cisco source
I found Cisco's public Networking Academy 20th Anniversary Appreciation Video, which appears to be the closest surviving public video artifact tied to the anniversary campaign.
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Outcomes &
Impact
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Reflection
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What I'd do differently
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What I'd defend
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Open questions
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Metadata Tags
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