Connecting up: build a communication strategy that achieves real business outcomes-slides

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Achieve real business outcomes Lee Hopkins 30 th Oct 2012

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Webinar presentation to non-profits in Australia and New Zealand on how to build a communication strategy and plan.

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Achieve real business outcomes

Lee Hopkins

30th Oct 2012

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Communications plan: LeeHopkins.com/commsplan

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Communication Why your nonprofit matters

Social media/technology How technology & social media can make a

difference

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What is a communication strategy?

What is a communication plan?

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Your communication landscape

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“The Communications Plan puts it all together in one place and pulls out a bulleted list of things to work on. We kind of know all of this about how to communicate, but we often forget in the moment about what we’re doing and why. It’s good to have it in black and white.” Alaric Bien, Executive Director, Chinese Information and Service Centre

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Competition

Knowledge base

Perceptions

What’s working

Challenges

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CORE

Positioning

Tagline

Elevator speech

FLEXIBLE

Audiences

Benefits and attributes

Features

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CORE

Positioning

Tagline

Elevator speech

FLEXIBLE

Audiences

Benefits and attributes

Features

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What is an ‘audience’

How do I define my audience(s)?

Why do this before messages and tactics?

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Develop

Test and refine

Talking points

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Develop

Test and refine

Talking points

“Your messages deliver important information about the issue and compel the targeted audience to think, feel or act.” Elements of a Strategic Communications Plan, Kellog Foundation

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Channels and tactics

Making effective use of technology

Evaluation

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Left unmeasured, it won’t grow

Katie Paine:

Objectives Audience Priorities Benchmark Measurement tool

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Business communication: FIR: ForImmediateRelease.biz

Shel Holtz: holtz.com

The Next Web: TheNextWeb.com

Jeremiah Owyang: web-strategist.com

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LeeHopkins.com (comms articles)

LeeHopkins.net (blog)

au.linkedin.com/in/leehopkins

@LeeHopkins