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Presented on October 2, 2009 at the TASA/TASB Convention in Houston with Candace Ahlfinger, APR.
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• Tax Rates • Bond Elections • Crisis Situations • Everyday good news • and more …
• It is if … you develop a goal for your district’s communications.
• It is if … you develop objectives each year that measure your success or failure.
• It is if … you say everything multiple times and in multiple ways.
SCHOOL DISTRICT GOALS
COMMUNICATION GOALS
• The list of target audiences • Strategies • Tactics • Activities • Evaluation • Materials • Budget Items • Timetable and task list
Students (Future Taxpayers)
Staff (Taxpayers)
Businesses & Community (Taxpayers)
Parents (Taxpayers)
Administration (Taxpayers)
Board Members (Taxpayers)
Know your audience and the filters between you and them
• Inform • Instruct • Inspire • Encourage • Influence
• Individual conversations • Personalized notes and letters • Community/Parent forums • Staff meetings • Print Newsletters • Newspapers • Broadcast Radio/Television • Cable Television
• E-mail • Electronic Newsletters • Website • Podcasts/Videocasts • Social Media • Telephone Callout Systems
• Language • Age • Culture • Socioeconomics • Listener vs. Reader (Visual vs. Verbal) • Education • Computer Literacy • Media
• Surveys • Conversations • Bond and tax rate elections • Focus groups • Number of participants • It depends on what you are
measuring!
• Never forget who your public is. • You can try to communicate with
everyone – but not everyone will hear your message.
• Be prepared to change your strategies when something isn’t working.
• Never lie to the media.
• Remember – all feedback is positive.
• Put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
• The best communication is built on relationships.
• Remember the power of influence. • One message does not fit all.
SCHOOL DISTRICT GOALS
COMMUNICATION GOALS
SCHOOL DISTRICT GOALS
COMMUNICATION GOALS
SCHOOL DISTRICT GOALS
COMMUNICATION GOALS
SCHOOL DISTRICT GOALS
COMMUNICATION GOALS