{"id":60409,"date":"2019-07-18T09:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T07:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mashup-communications.de\/2019\/07\/turbines-elevators-and-robots-storytelling-in-mechanical-engineering\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:12:23","slug":"storytelling-mechanical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mashup-communications.de\/en\/2019\/07\/storytelling-mechanical-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Turbines, Elevators and Robots &#8211; Storytelling in Mechanical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34032\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"parallaximg wp-image-34032 size-fixedslideshow\" src=\"https:\/\/mashup-communications.de\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/jacek-dylag-664371-unsplash-960x540.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of an airplane with turbine in focus.\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 unsplash.com | Jacek Dylag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exciting stories can be found in every company. Even if topics in mechanical engineering seem complex and dry at first, stories with special significance can be found here. After all, the technologies and visions can have an impact on the everyday lives of entire societies. The art lies in making complicated issues understandable and breaking them down to their core. The following examples show how various mechanical engineering experts have already successfully found, told and disseminated company stories. This is how storytelling works in mechanical engineering:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Technology brought to life: VDMA<\/h4>\n<p>[fvplayer id=&#8221;12&#8243;]\u00a9 VDMA | mensch-maschine-fortschritt.de<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2016. This is why they developed the &#8220;Man &#8211; Machine &#8211; Progress&#8221; website, which contains numerous multimedia reports. On the content platform the VDMA shows the diverse areas that make up the German mechanical engineering industry. The greater significance of the work for everyone&#8217;s everyday life also quickly becomes clear when reading the individual subject areas. From urbanization, health and mobility to raw materials and drinking water, the reader scrolls through the world of mechanical engineering. Infographics, videos and images complement the stories told and make the complex technologies tangible not only for experts but also for laypeople.<\/p>\n<h4>Visual storytelling on Instagram: Siemens<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instagram can only do fashion, food, interiors and beauty? B2B companies and less lifestylish brands can also use the platform for themselves and their stories. On the one hand, Siemens provides insights into its corporate culture on Instagram. On the other hand, they tell stories about newly developed technologies, sustainable projects or great visions for the future in posts and Insta stories:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwjMpSyokHX\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Check out this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwjMpSyokHX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Galapagos Islands are keeping a unique wildlife which can\u2019t be found anywhere else. Our #SustainableEnergy solution helps to protect this @unesco #WorldHeritage site #EarthDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siemens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siemens<\/a> (@siemens) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-04-22T07:50:04+00:00\">Apr 22, 2019 at 12:50 PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxC-2bwHE3R\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Check out this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxC-2bwHE3R\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy #StarWarsDay! Wondering how Luke\u2019s lightsaber will be rebuilt in Episode IX? Here\u2019s how we would do it. #digitaltwin #MayThe4thBeWithYou<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siemens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siemens<\/a> (@siemens) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-05-04T16:09:39+00:00\">May 4, 2019 at 9:09 PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the mechanical engineering expert emphasizes his own expertise in passing, users learn more about technical progress and Siemens&#8217; role in this process. What is important on platforms such as Instagram is that the content must offer real added value and be visually tailored to the respective platform, channel and target group.<\/p>\n<h4>Storydoing: Hanson Robotics<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34026\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"parallaximg wp-image-34026 size-fixedslideshow\" src=\"https:\/\/mashup-communications.de\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bildschirmfoto-2019-04-30-um-18.05.49-960x540.png\" alt=\"Presentation of the human-like robot Sophia from hansonrobotics.com. Screenshot of the website hansonrobotics.com\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 hansonrobotics.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hong Kong engineering and robotics company Hanson Robotics on the other hand opted for Sophia, a human-like robot, last year and thus for real storydoing. Sophia has appeared in various television shows and at events. These ensured that the story was passed on by word of mouth and on social media. The company itself describes it as a mix of scientific and engineering innovations and artistic aspects. In this way, the company stays top of mind with its \u00a0AI technology and implements storytelling in mechanical engineering in a spectacular way.<\/p>\n<h4>New content for the corporate blog: Schindler<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elevators and escalators don&#8217;t sound that exciting at first? However, the Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler shows with its blog <em>Senkrechtstarter<\/em> how even supposedly dry topics can be presented in an entertaining way. Written for the press and experts, the blog naturally focuses first and foremost on company stories and industry news. However, they also regularly show &#8220;elevator pranks, fictional, real and banal&#8221; under the hashtag #liftclip. Like the elevator into space for example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether digital or hands-on, as a major campaign or on your own social media channel: Some companies are already demonstrating how storytelling works in mechanical engineering. Without placing their own products or services directly in the foreground, they create content with added value for consumers and experts alike. But you don&#8217;t always have to think in terms of expensive campaigns. Even small and medium-sized companies can learn a lot from this and apply it to their own (existing) channels.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin Constant Contact Inline Form Code --><\/p>\n<div class=\"ctct-inline-form\" data-form-id=\"a961a910-82a9-4144-a9c7-8546906e7ee4\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- End Constant Contact Inline Form Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting stories, visual storytelling or even storydoing only work for lifestyle brands? Wrong! After all, stories full of meaning can be found in industries full of facts, figures and data. Reducing complexity and breaking ideas down to their core are the key to successful implementation. 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