Strategic Communication Planning

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Presented at the 2011 National HIV Prevention Conference, August 15 2011.

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Strategic Communication PlanningNational HIV Prevention Conference• August 15, 2011Michelle Samplin-Salgado, JSIMindy Nichamin, JSIHadiza Buge, CDC

Connect. Create. Collaborate. Engage.Listen.

Listen.

•Who will you listen to?•What will you listen about?•How will you share what you learn?•How will you use what you learn?

Engage.

•Who is empowered to engage?•Who will you engage with?•What is the goal of engaging?•How will you address negative comments?

Create.

•What content will you use?•How often?•What skills do you have?•What skills do you need?

Connect.

•How will your organization represent itself?•Who will develop/repurpose the content?•How will it integrate withyour organization?

Who are you trying to reach?*Pew Internet & American Life – resource for who is using which technologies

+ you

Increased real feedback and discussion

FACEBOOK

Drive traffic to your site or share information.

FACEBOOK

Build email list.*

* Worth it if your audiences use email

FACEBOOK

Promote events.FACEBOOK

Encourage people to take action

– Volunteer– Advocate– What else?

FACEBOOK

+ you

TWITTER

Connect with like-minded organizations

TWITTER

Connect with the media

TWITTER

Ask questions

TWITTER

Engage people with frequent updates

TWITTER

Provide real-time updates

TWITTER

Coordinate a group in real time

+ you

BLOG

Publicize your expertise

BLOG

Promote your cause or educate

BLOG

Tell stories about your work*

* Connect supporters to your cause

BLOG

Engage people in your decisions

BLOG

Promote your website and online information

+ you

PHOTO SHARING SITES

Getting and displaying group photos

PHOTO SHARING SITES

Participating in group photo pools

200 of Alabama A& M Students in this Mosaic. We are all Facing AIDS Together. 

+ you

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Encouraging conversation around video

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Spreading the word

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Voting for video

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Ask people to provide videos

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Host a video channel

+ you

CDC and AIDS.gov mobile site

HIV/AIDS Service Locator

Making it happen

Who are you trying to reach??

PEOPLE:

What do you want to accomplish? (Decide on your objective before you decide on technology. Then figure out how to measure it.)

OBJECTIVES:

How will you meet your objectives?(Consider your overall communications plan, organizational culture, and capacity)

STRATEGY:

What’s an appropriate technology?(A wiki. A blog. A widget. Once you’ve defined your audience, objectives, and strategy, you can decide.)

TECHNOLOGY:

Build Internal Support

• Involve key leaders• Start small/experiment/pilot-basis• Provide and ask for stakeholders’ feedback • Develop policies• Highlight successes• Conduct internal trainings

What would success look like to YOU?

• What’s the purpose?• How’s it measurable?• What defines success?

Making It Real• Goal: Increased number emails on list for

fundraising and marketing purposes.• Measurable?

– % increase in the email list– # of people who say they joined email list because

of something they saw on a social media channel– % increase in the email list

• Success? – 10% increase of people on your email list during

a list-building promotion through social media

Facebook Insights

A Day in the life of AIDS.gov

8:30 a.m. Monitor: blog comments, social network sites, Twitter.

9:30 a.m. Listen: read blogs, alerts, look for new information.

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Content creation: work on next blog post, update SNS as needed, develop promotional tools.

Throughout the day:

Check: any ongoing campaigns, keep an eye on Twitter, coordinate efforts.

Remixed from the WeAreMedia Project www.wearemedia.org and NTEN. Project funded by the Surdna Foundation

New Media at CDC

• Given recent budget cuts how can CDC help you implement social media in your HIV prevention work and campaign?

• Take advantage of CDC social media tools to promote your HIV prevention efforts.

• Social Media Toolkit for consumers and CDC partners available online.

New Media at CDC (cont’d)

• Best Practices: Refer to these guidelines for information on clearance and security requirements, best practices and lessons learned in planning social media activities at CDC.

New Media at CDC (cont’d)

• Coming soon: HIV specific social media from CDC. Will be able to repurpose information.

• Coming soon: Apps for mobile devices that allow consumers to access and share CDC info on the go.

New Media at CDC (cont’d)

Things to be aware of: content syndication for both classic and mobile sites (alleviates the need to create content).

cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ToolsTemplates/SocialMediaToolkit_BM.pdf

wearemedia.org

AIDS.gov/using-new-media

Idealware.org/reports/socialmedia