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ENGAGEMENT 2.0

Ruth Ruderham, Prince’s Trust International & Oxfam

What is engagement?

Context

Why we need a new approach

Case Studies & Examples

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

Our journey today…

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

What is engagement?

Context

Why we need a new approach

Case Studies

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

So, what is engagement?

…like, share, sign, invite, come to event, create one, wear a t-shirt, give, give more, invite others to do something, invite others to give, invite others to give more, use a twibbon on facebook, RT, download a ringtone, upload a video..

and it is constant…

”Engagement is the expression of support to a cause through a collection

of different actions”

So, what is engagement?

DOMINANT EXPERIENCE IS:

PURPOSE + PRESENCE + IMPACT = CREATES BROADER ENGAGEMENT

SO THAT… WE CAN

• Grow our income• Grow brand awareness, equity and positioning• Achieve long-term portfolio diversification• Grow a robust & committed constituency• Keep good momentum and traction• Grow in influence• CREATE MORE CHANGE

…IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WE HAVE TO REACH THEM

A campaign that engaged me

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

What is engagement?

Context

Why we need a new approach

Case Studies

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

BRAVE NEW WORLD

We are not each others’ competition

• New… DIGITAL: Traditional and new is an old definition

• Media is 24 hours

• New mix of channels changes rapidly

• Global platforms cut across boundaries

• User generated content means anyone can create thenews

We are not in control of our own content

The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

What / Why?

Context

Why we need a new approach

Case Studies

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

INSIGHTS

• Supporters don’t need us – we have to make them want us

• Supporters don’t want transactions – they want to engage and we have to give them a sense of purpose and possibility

• Supporters create their own stories – ours have to be strong enough to be heard and involving enough to be personal

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

What / Why?

Context

Why we need a new approach

Case Studies

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

Creating an entire new country…

STRATEGY

Weaknesses

Legal Void

Republic Foundation

Scandal

Opening a conversation

Awareness & understanding

Pressure

Committment

FOUNDING THE REPUBLIC

Populating the new nation

CAMPAIGN PRESS LAUNCH

AmbassadorsDiplomatic Credentials at Presidential House – Santiago Chile

PASSPORTS / EMBASSIES

The first wedding at the República Glaciar

Glacier Group represented in Parliament

Phase 2: Agitating for legal change

May 21st: Presidential Speech: Pledges protection

Impact:

• 79 days of campaigning

• 130K citizens

• 73K email supporters

• Media impact

•Campaign objectiveachieved

PROPOSITION “BECOME A CITIZEN / OBTAIN YOUR PASSPORT”

F2F Web Telemarketing

FACE TO FACE FUNDRAISING

• In the mostimportant cities

• Help fromVolunteers

• Pushing thecampaignmessage

ONLINE FUNDRAISING

• Regular giving

Platform•Get yourpassport online• Integrating web and social media• Link to Donatedirectly• But alsogenerating leads•Click&Call•Constant ROI M&E (we hadsmall budget)

DONORS AND INCOME GROWTH

KEY CAMPAIGN INSIGHTS

• Creativity / Thinking out of the box• Turn problems into opportunities• Integration Campaigns & Comms & Fundraising• Make the best use of resources• Build Momentum towards the ask• Focus: Public Engagement• Have fun• Add a touch of madness…

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

What is engagement?

Context

Why we need a new approach

Case Studies

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

Traditional Supporter Journey

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Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the shadow

TS Eliot, The Hollow Men (1925)

INTEGRATION

• Can we produce Public Engagement without working collaboratively internally?

• A definition of integration is ‘a way of working that effectively produces biggest combined outcome from each area and each of us, therefore the best from our organisation in terms of programmes and income impact’.

• BUT it is hard to think impact first, not channel or function…

ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF INTEGRATION

• A way of working that effectively produces biggest combined outcome from each area and each of us, therefore the best from our organisation in terms of programmes and income impact.

• Can we think purpose rather than structure?

FINDING SHARED PURPOSE

• Introduction to Canal & River Trust

• A private site face to face fundraising strategy

• Implementation

• Teething problems

• Successes

• Key insights

A 200 YEAR OLD NETWORK

WHAT WE DO….

NOT WHAT BUT WHY

The RSPB maintains and creates wildlife habitats...

The RNLI repair boats and build boathouses...

Save The Children provide food aid and education

...but their emotional positioning is about creating homes for nature

...but their emotional positioning is about saving lives at sea

...but their emotional positioning is about no child being born to die

OUR EMOTIONAL EQUATION

? ?Need + Action = Reward

OUR EMOTIONAL EQUATION

? ?Need + Action = Reward

Potential loss Wonder Sense of waste PrideAnger and sorrow Joy, delight

OTHER EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS

Grief

FearDetermination

Anger Action

A VISION FOR THE TRUST

? ?

Living waterways

transform places and

enrich lives

THREAT

BENEFACTOR

ADVERSARYSUPPORT HERO

BENEFICIARYGOAL

TELLING YOUR STORY BETTER

The beneficiary is in peril and needs help

A hero is daring and focused on achieving their worthwhile goal

The evil enemy of the story is the reason the beneficiary needs help and the hero is called into actionADVERSARY

HERO

BENEFICIARY

MAIN CHARACTERS

BENEFACTOR

In the background is an all-powerful figure who is benign but often passive

Without his / her support, the hero will fail

SUPPORT

SECONDARY CHARACTERS

THREAT

There is always a wider goal than saving the beneficiary, whose rescue will secure greater change

The threat brings the urgency that means that enemy can no longer be ignored

GOAL

PLOT ELEMENTS

THREAT

BENEFACTOR

Past generations Living Waterways.

Transformed places.

Enriched lives.

Everybody today and the

generations of tomorrow

The Trust and the employees

& volunteers who keep the

waterways alive

A relentlessly

demanding world

Donors & Partners

Boaters & Users

Wildlife & Heritage

Ignorance and apathy,

leading to eventual

neglect

ADVERSARYSUPPORT HERO

BENEFICIARYGOAL

THE STORY OF CANAL & RIVER TRUST

THE STORY OF CANAL & RIVER TRUST

CREATING A CAMPAIGN…

ZEITGEIST

– Your issues become topical

– There is an external lever or change that creates opportunity for you

– You have built a swell of momentum

SAVE THE DUCK CAMPAIGN

THE CRISIS

THE CHALLENGE

CREATING A CARAMEL POINT

THE SOLUTION

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

What / Why?

Context

Insights

Case Studies

Concept Models

Conclusions and Take Aways

PARADIGMA…

As routinized political parties and interest groups substitute for participatory democracy, society is increasingly administered at a level remote from input of citizens. Jurgen Habermas

EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS:

Need + Action = Reward

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