Communication Strategy and Tools Communication Design Goals Target

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Communication Strategy and Tools

Communication Strategy and Tools

Communication Design Goals Target Audience Key Messages User Scenarios

Communication Design Goals Target Audience Key Messages User Scenarios

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need to reach to change it? • What do you need to say to get them to act (or not act)? • When do you need to say it to get them to act (or not act)?

Goals Short Term Medium Term Long Term • Learning • Awareness • Knowledge •

Goals Short Term Medium Term Long Term • Learning • Awareness • Knowledge • Attitudes • Skills • Actions • Behavior • Practice • Policies • Social Action • Conditions • Social • Economic • Civic • Environmental

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need to reach to change it? • What do you need to say to get them to act (or not act)? • When do you need to say it to get them to act (or not act)?

Understanding Audience Target Audience • Basic Principle of Communication • Develop messages most likely

Understanding Audience Target Audience • Basic Principle of Communication • Develop messages most likely to resonate with them • Find how and where to reach them more frequently

Understanding Audience Demographics Gender Race Age Employment status Income Psychographics Interests Personality Values Attitudes

Understanding Audience Demographics Gender Race Age Employment status Income Psychographics Interests Personality Values Attitudes Lifestyle

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need to reach to change it? • What do you need to say to get them to act (or not act)? • When do you need to say it to get them to act (or not act)?

Creating Key Messages What do you want people to do? How do you want

Creating Key Messages What do you want people to do? How do you want them to do it? Photo by William Neuheisel, www. flickr. com/photos/wneuheisel/

Creating Key Messages • Focus less on what you want people to know and

Creating Key Messages • Focus less on what you want people to know and more on what you want them to do • Shrink the change – don’t give too many options • Provide a roadmap – what to do and how to do it

Why Are Restroom Handwashing Signs By the Sinks? http: //www. flickr. com/photos/akeg/

Why Are Restroom Handwashing Signs By the Sinks? http: //www. flickr. com/photos/akeg/

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need to reach to change it? • What do you need to say to get them to act (or not act)? • When do you need to say it to get them to act (or not act)?

Situation • What is the situation or environment the audience members are in? •

Situation • What is the situation or environment the audience members are in? • Why will reaching them with your key messages lead to the change you are trying to affect?

User Scenarios • Combine user demographics and psychographics with specific detailed situations where learning

User Scenarios • Combine user demographics and psychographics with specific detailed situations where learning and behavior change might occur. • Affect user behavior by communicating – the right message – in the right context – at the right time

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need

Communication Design • What are you trying to change? • Who do you need to reach to change it? • What do you need to say to get them to act (or not act)? • When do you need to say it to get them to act (or not act)?

Mass Media • Know little about the audience • Stick to key messages •

Mass Media • Know little about the audience • Stick to key messages • Best suited to awareness

Web • • May assume audience is seeking info More opportunity for depth Don’t

Web • • May assume audience is seeking info More opportunity for depth Don’t lose key messages Think mobile

Email/SMS Marketing • Can be more targeted • Audience has self selected • Able

Email/SMS Marketing • Can be more targeted • Audience has self selected • Able to build and reinforce messages over time • Mailchimp • Remind

Social Media • Audience can be engaged • Well suited to storytelling • Building

Social Media • Audience can be engaged • Well suited to storytelling • Building relationships

Social Capital

Social Capital

Social Capital Deposits

Social Capital Deposits

Social Capital Withdrawals

Social Capital Withdrawals

Keeping a Positive Balance

Keeping a Positive Balance

Think strategically. Act with intent. • Define goals, target audience, key messages and user

Think strategically. Act with intent. • Define goals, target audience, key messages and user scenarios • Use checklists, content calendars and other planning tools

Photo Credits • Slide 16: “#161/366” by Robert Mc. Goldrick, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/bobsfever/

Photo Credits • Slide 16: “#161/366” by Robert Mc. Goldrick, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/bobsfever/ • Slide 18: “#123/366” by Robert Mc. Goldrick, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/bobsfever/ • Slide 19: “Drum Party” by the great 8, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/great 8/ • Slide 20: “Uncorrected Proof – Not For Sale” by Tara Hunt, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/missrogue/ • Slide 21: “int 1 a” by cimddwc, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/cimddwc/ • Slide 22: “Piggy Bank” by Pascal, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/pasukaru 76/ • Slide 23: “Charles Darwin, Meet Charles Darwin” by Alan, https: //www. flickr. com/photos/kaptainkobold/

Questions? More Information • NDSU Ag Communication – ndsu. ag/agcomm • Web Services www.

Questions? More Information • NDSU Ag Communication – ndsu. ag/agcomm • Web Services www. facebook. com/NDSUAg. Comm. Web. Services • Bob Bertsch – – twitter. com/ndbob – facebook. com/bobbertsch – gplus. to/ndbob – linkedin. com/in/bobbertsch – pinterest. com/ndbob http: //ndsu. ag/agcomm “Communication Strategy”