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It’s Really that Simple
March 15, 2012
Martha Wells Susie Bowie
The Essential Nonprofit Communications Plan
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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion
that it has taken place.”
George Bernard Shaw
Let’s look at a plan.
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What we’re covering today
• What’s a brand?• Your audiences• Message development• Goals vs. strategies• Tools & tactics
-Media relations 101 -Self-generated communication 101 -Successful partnerships
• Evaluation
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How do you feel about plans?
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Nonprofit Communicatio
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Myths
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Nonprofit Communication Myths & Stumbling Blocks
Myth 1:
“Because we do good work”
Myth 2:
“Who wouldn’t be interested?”
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Nonprofit Communication Myths & Stumbling Blocks
Myth 3:
Your audience is everyone
Myth 4:
We need a billboard
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What is a brand?
• What’s your nonprofit’s personality?
• What’s your position relative to competition?
• What brand characteristics are delivered well and not so well?
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What’s in a communication plan?
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The communications plan
• Situation Analysis
• SWOT
• Goals, Strategies, Tactics & Tactics
• Who’s responsible
• When it’s going to be done
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The communications plan does NOT include
• Common sense
• Policies
• Internal processes (management)
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PR & Marketing Basics
• Earned media• Paid media• Self-generated
communications
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Communication does not equal management
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Your Audiences
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• Who are you talking to?
• What do you want them to know about you?
• What do you want them to do?
Emotion – Information - Motivation
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Let’s do an exercise.
Did you just have a birthday?
Your 3 most important audiences.Are they internal or external?
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Are you ignoring an important audience?
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Internal Communication
Who are “internal” audiences?
Message
Staff
Clients
Board
External Audiences
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Web
Exhibits
Members
Media
EducationPrograms
Publications
Donors Staff
Regulator
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Peers
Clients
PublicOfficials
VolunteersBoard
It’s not rocket science!
MESSAGE
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Making Internal Communication Work
Step 1. ASK! Need to know?
Want to know? Frequency? Method?
Step 2. PROVIDE!
Staff Meetings. E-Mail. Phone. Memos. Lunch room.
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• Frequent & informal communication
• Formal presentations through Speaker’s Bureau
• Joining staff for donor meetings
• Sitting at tables at YOUR events
• Representing your organization at community events
Board Members are Ambassadors
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Message Development
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A few good message tests…
1. Is it personal?
2. Are you conveying uniqueness?
3. Is there a call to action?
4. Does it add value?
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Where can people turn when they are
desperate for help with their housing
situation? Our team at the One Stop Center
provides friendly, caring, compassionate
assistance to people that come for help with
a wide variety of issues. No one chooses to
be homeless - it is not something young
children aspire to. But when it happens to
you or a loved one, we are here to provide
basic services and help people move on a
path to improve their situation, and
ultimately, to independence if possible.
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Charis, age 12, was 20 pounds overweight and very
unhappy about it. Each day, she would endure
teasing and ridicule at the hands of her schoolmates.
She tried dieting but never seemed to have any luck.
At times, she even contemplated suicide. One day, a
counselor at the Boys & Girls Club gently suggested
that Charis try the Triple Play program. … After 4
months in the Triple Play program, Charis was at her
normal body weight and feeling very, very good
about herself. Her newfound love of fitness has even
led her to try out for the track team at school!
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Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and can happen at any age. It’s the 4th cause of death nationwide. More women die of stroke every year than of breast cancer. Approximately 2,800 strokes happen in Sarasota and Manatee counties annually. With over 8,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day for the next 19 years, that number will significantly rise!
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Stories + Factsemotionheartconnectionself-identification
“proof”statisticsnumbersa need beyond one
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Let’s do an exercise.
Is it your birthday next?
Creating a sound bite message for a new potential donor:
The 36-Hour Giving Challenge.
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Goals vs. Strategies
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Goal• What are you
trying to accomplish?
Strategies
• “Game plan” for accomplishing goals
Tactics & Tools
• Activities--how you execute your strategies.
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Goals
• The outcome of what you’re trying to accomplish vs. how you will accomplish it
• What’s going to change as a result of your communications/ marketing?
• Linked to your organization’s organizational objectives
• SMARTSpecific Measureable Attainable Realistic Timely
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Strategies
• Big picture approaches to meet your goal, supported by tactics and tools.
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• Media Relations & Paid Media
Print media, TV/radio
• Self-generated messages Newsletter, annual report, brochures, flyers, direct
mail Website, E-news, Social media
• Strategic Partnerships With other nonprofits, with businesses, with government, etc.
Tactics and Tools
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Media Relations 101
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Reporters are people who like to…
• Be approached as individuals, not as a “blast”.
• Receive information in certain ways.
• Know you are considerate of their time.
• Be called back. Now.
• Be thanked.
You have a job to do. They have a job to do. Are you helping them do their job?
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Know what is news.Know what is not news.
• Know the beats and how your story relate.
• Calendar items are NOT news!
• Is your pitch interesting to anyone outside of your organization?
TIP: Relate it to a national or local issue that’s big right now?
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Message Development
More Info and Build to Conclusion
More Information
Information
More Info and Build to Conclusion
More Information
Information
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Message Development
More Info and Build to Conclusion(Your Point = Your Message)
More Information
Information
More Info and Build to Conclusion(Your Point = Your Message)
More Information
Information
Your Message = Conclusion
More Info
Basic Info
Don
’t B
uild
You
r C
ase
Use the Inverted Pyramid
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Self-Generated Communications101
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Integrate, integrate, integrate
Step 1. The right message for the right audience
Step 2. Delivering your message in the way(s) they would like to receive it.
• Links, QR codes on printed material
• Links to website/ FB from e-news
• Sign ups for e-news on website, printed materials and direct mail
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Oneness in look
“By the time you’re getting sick of your logo, your audience is just starting to associate it with you.”
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Oneness in look
Style guide• Core values
• Color palette
• Typography
• How to use your logo
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5 key questions for your website
1. Can visitors easily find contact information?
2. How many clicks does it take to get the information you’re seeking if you are… -a donor? -a volunteer? -a client?
3. Are there pictures of people?Are they smiling?
4. Are you maximizing SEO?
5. Is there too much text?
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Quick guide to effective e-newsletters
The subject line
• “Our Newsletter: Volume XVI” Really?
• Make me want to open it
The content
• Short articles, clickable to your website.
• Use the “does anyone care?” test
• Doesn’t have to be all original
• Ask what people want!
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Quick guide to effective e-newsletters
The look
• Easy to click through
• Pictures
• Two-column
The frequency
• Twice a month is enough
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Fundamental Principles of Social Media
• Add value.
• Have a personality.
• If you’re pitching for a need, make it timely, relevant and urgent.
• Use your networks.
• Same principles of audience, goals and strategy apply.
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The new Facebook timeline
•Large cover photo taking up much of the vertical space of the top screen.
•Can highlight a key post at the top of your timeline for up to 7 days (call to action)
•People can see what their friends are saying about your org.
Thanks, Nancy Schwartz!
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Engagement vs. Numbers
What’s more important
How many fans, or the quality
of your interactions with them?
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Leveraging partnerships for communication reach
• Develop a clear partnership agreement -Who takes the lead -Single point of contact -What items does everyone have input on
• Reaching “alignment”
• Joint press releases
• Be careful of “sharing” distribution lists.
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Crisis Communications
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What you need to know about a crisis
• It can happen to any organization.
• One spokesperson.
• “No comment” or “off the record” will come back to get you.
• The truth always wins. Make sure they hear it from you.
• People assume what they don’t hear directly.
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EvaluatingYourEfforts
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1.Did our messengers know the message?
2.Did our messages reach our audiences with minimal ambiguity?
3.Did you accomplish your goal?
The 3 Key Questions of Evaluation
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Quantitative:• Google analytics (website)• Click-thrus & opens (e-newsletter)• Readership (print publications)• Facebook insights
Qualitative:• Surveys (formal, informal)• Action based
Qualitative vs. Quantitative
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That’s it.
Any questions?