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IDEAS FOR CREATING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS
ON YOUR COLLEGE CAMPUS
Community-Based Social Marketing
Kim QuickSEIP InternJanuary 21, 2012
Community Based Social Marketing
Developed by Doug McKenzie-Mohr
Alternative to traditional, information-based campaigns
Engages individuals directly and at the community level
How information campaigns fall short
“Campaigns that rely solely on providing information often have little or no effect on changing behavior.”
-Doug McKenzie Mohr
What are the implications for campus greening initiatives at your school?
Understanding the people factor
“Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex than our subsequent explanations of them.”
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
The paradox of the Attitude - Behavior Approach
Knowledge of ENVR issues ≠ pro-environment behavior
Good intentions are not always 100% consistent with pro-environment action
5 Steps of Community Based Social Marketing
(1) Selecting the behavior to be promoted
(2) Identifying the barriers and benefits to an activity
(3) Developing a strategy that utilizes “tools” that have been shown to be effective in changing behavior
(4) Piloting the strategy
(5) Evaluating the strategy once it has been implemented across a community.
Step 1 :Selecting behavior to target
What types of behavior do we want to encourage?
Energy and water conservation
Utilizing public transportation
Increase recycling
Waste reduction
Step 2: Identifying the barriers and benefits
Literature reviews, observations, focus groups, and survey research
Barriers can be both internal (e.g., lack of knowledge) and/or
external (e.g. safety concerns, convenience)
REDUCE THE BARRIERS & ENHANCE THE BENEFITS
Examples
Step 3: Developing strategies
Types of behavior change tools:
Commitments, prompts, norms, incentives, social diffusion
Use captivating information
Know your audience
Use a credible source
Make your message clear and easy to remember
Provide personal or community goals
Emphasize personal contact
Provide feedback
Step 4 & 5: Piloting & Implementation
Pilot as test run:
We want to identify and address problems before launching a campaign throughout a community
Revise pilot until it is effective
Once pilot is successful, broadly implement the strategy
Keep track of data
Baseline, on-going collection of results
Get the word out!
Signage and Prompts
Modeling behavior and Social Norms
• Promoting social normso Modeling sustainable behavior
o Habit-forming
• Getting the word outo Student groups
o Social media
o Info easel at bld. entrance
o Chalking
o Classroom announcements
Public Commitments
• Changes the way people perceive themselves
• Emphasize written over verbal commitments
• Actively involve the person
• Don’t use coercion
• Make commitments public
Behavior Change Campaigns at UNCA
Final thoughts
“ You can be confident that eventually community-based social marketing strategies will replace the more traditional approaches for one simple reason: They are more effective.”
-Doug McKenzie-Mohr
Questions???????
Now.. Let’s hear from you!!!
Examples of CBSM at your campus
My contact info: klquick@unca.edu
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