Communication Strategy and Tools Communication Design Goals Target
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Communication Strategy and Tools
Communication Design Goals Target Audience Key Messages User Scenarios
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 • 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 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 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 Lifestyle
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 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 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/
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? • 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 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 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 • Best suited to awareness
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 to build and reinforce messages over time • Mailchimp • Remind
Social Media • Audience can be engaged • Well suited to storytelling • Building relationships
Social Capital
Social Capital Deposits
Social Capital Withdrawals
Keeping a Positive Balance
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/ • 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/
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- Strategic goals tactical goals operational goals
- Strategic goals tactical goals operational goals
- Target markets and channel design strategy
- Primary target market and secondary target market
- General goals and specific goals
- Examples of generic goals and product-specific goals
- Target costing
- List of goals to set for yourself
- Business strategy vs corporate strategy
- Chase demand example
- Cutting tools in sewing with pictures and meaning
- Target communication framework
- Vce visual communication tutors
- Interior design goals
- Firewall characteristics
- Goals of interaction design
- Design is achieving goals within constraints
- Objectives of database design
- Design goals of transport layer protocol
- Computer design goals
- Design process outline
- Goals of communication by seitel
- Buyer readiness
- Therapeutic communication types
- Goals of communication
- Self-presentation goals interpersonal communication
- Transnational strategy vs global strategy