Unlock the Power of Communications: Create Communication Plans that Win

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Unlock the Power of Communications: Create Communication Plans that Win

About Resource Media

•  Communications Strategy

•  Media Outreach Campaigns

•  Environmental and Health Policy Focus

Staff 30 9 Offices

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If you remember

one thing…

Strategic Communications Pyramid Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Tac8cs

It’s All About the Plan

Workbook

What’s Your Biggest Challenge?

Strategic Communications Pyramid Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Target

Tac8cs

Goals

Headline: Obama Reinstates Offshore Drilling Moratorium

Goals: Specific & Measurable

Goals: Defining Success

Strategic Communications Pyramid Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Target

Tac8cs

Goals

DecisionMakers

Decision Makers: Who Can Make It Happen?

Connect: Decision Makers and Target Audiences

Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Target

Tac8cs

Goals

DecisionMakers

Strategic Communications Pyramid

Audience

Identifying the Best Audience

Consider:

•  Their influence with the decision maker

•  Your influence with them — are they “gettable?”

Audience: Targeted and Specific

Audience: Who’s Against You?

Values Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Tac8cs

Goals

DecisionMakers

Strategic Communications Pyramid

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Values & Core Concerns

•  Health & Safety •  Prosperity •  Family •  Legacy •  Freedom

What Moves Your Audience?

Values & Core Concerns

Who’s against freedom?

“America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.” – George W. Bush

Values & Core Concerns

Your Values •  Health and safety •  Prosperity (fishing

and tourism jobs) •  Family •  Legacy

Opposition’s Values •  Prosperity (oil

industry jobs) •  Security (energy)

Values & Core Concerns

Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Tac8cs

Goals

DecisionMakers

Strategic Communications Pyramid

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

What’s Your Biggest Challenge?

Message

•  What is the threat?

•  What values are at stake?

•  What is the solution?

Message

•  Clean water means healthy communities and a healthy economy. [value]

•  Oil spill disasters will only continue to threaten wildlife, jobs and our energy security. [threat]

•  Clean energy is cheap, available and safe and it doesn’t spill anything. [solution]

Make Yourself Quotable

“Cutting down the rain forest for money is like burning a Rembrandt to cook soup.”

Use Imagery

Use Anecdotes

•  Local people •  Local places •  Local history •  Heritage

Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Tac8cs

Goals

DecisionMakers

Strategic Communications Pyramid

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Rocky Mountain Front Messengers:

Credible Experts or Local Spokespeople Messengers:

•  Fishermen •  Health experts •  Scientists •  Business owners

What to Look for in Spokespeople

•  Genuine •  No ax to grind •  Their story supports your message •  Talk about issues through their values •  They look the part

Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Target

Tac8cs

Goals

DecisionMakers

Strategic Communications Pyramid

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Your Audience’s Favorite Media Targets:

One-Way Communications

Traditional Media

Web 2.0

Two-Way Street

Strategic Communications Pyramid Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Tac8cs

Tactics: A Few Examples

•  Traditional media outreach (phone call, press release, pitch letter, editorial pitch, Op-Ed, B-roll)

•  Blogger outreach •  Press conferences and teleconferences •  Facebook fan page •  Twitter •  Flickr

Viral Video

Media Tours

Twitter

Facebook

Recycle Your Content

Communication Fundamentals Remain

Take-Aways

Think Pyramid! Goals

DecisionMakers

Audience

Values&CoreConcerns

Message

Messengers

Targets

Tac8cs

VISION VALUES VOICES

Effective Communication Always Requires:

Evaluation

Evaluation

Evaluation

•  Are you reaching decision makers on your issue and swaying them to your side?

•  Are your target audiences responding to your message?

•  Have milestones been met in the course of your campaign?

Jump Right In!

Suggested Next Steps

The Basics •  Communications Workbook

More Advanced •  Messaging Workshop •  Strategic Planning •  Social Media Integration

www.resource-media.org

•  Search Engine Optimization - June •  Social Media 200 - July •  Communicating Science - August •  Framing & Messaging – September •  Media Relations - October •  Story Pitching - November •  Blogger Relations - December

Worth Exploring!

Contact act:

Belinda Griswold Program Director

belinda@resource-media.org 206-374-7795 ext 101

We’re Here to Help!

Sian Wu Program Director

sian@resource-media.org 206-374-7795 ext 102

www.resource-media.org

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