Craig Newmark Philanthropies

Cybersecurity guidance often fails when it feels technical, distant, or easy to postpone. Craig Newmark Philanthropies needed an idea that could turn safer online behavior into an everyday habit. Wondros helped launch Take9 around one action: pause for nine seconds before you click, respond, or react. We built the campaign across brand, film, communications, digital, social, and partner activation. In its first 100 days, Take9 delivered engagement rates four times industry benchmarks, partnered with more than 50 cybersecurity organizations, and gave thousands of people a memorable way to interrupt risky behavior.

Take9 Film

a man with glasses and a mustache in a yellow button down scowling at his computer

The campaign film turns familiar online moments into recognizable choices, showing how a nine-second pause can protect people in everyday life.

a stylized image of a young asian man folding his arms with text 'The pause that protects.'

Branding

We built a bold identity around one memorable behavior.

10 colorful ads for Pause Take 9 to raise awareness of how individuals can prevent cyber attacks

Communications

We created clear, repeatable language that partners and public voices could carry across audiences and channels.

a subway station with three ads for Take 9 the pause that protects

Digital Platforms

We built a campaign hub that turns awareness into practical action through educational resources and ways to participate.

a website that reads 'discover what you can do' with lessons for being safer online

Social Media

Organic and paid social content made the nine-second pause easy to understand, remember, and share.

a stylized image of a grey haired man with a beard with text 'Take9 for a safer America'