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Color version. THE PowerPoint for Professor Litwin's Introduction to Public Relations class at Rowan (N.J.) University. A complete look at the strategic communication profession with assistance from professionals, other practitioners and a number of outstanding books. Visit: www.larrylitwin.com.

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Anatomy of Strategic Communication

from

The Public Relations Practitioner’s Playbook

M. Larry Litwin, APR, Fellow PRSA

© 2012

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Or…

Why We Do What We Do

And

How To Do It Better!

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Taken from…

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You enter to learn

You leave to serve

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I am here to:

H E L P…Hear, Educate, Learn and Prepare

[HELP – Hear what Prof. Litwin says so you can be Educated to Learn, which will

Prepare you for your future. You’ve come to Rowan University to learn. You leave here to serve.]

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PR Is...

• “This is who we are;

• What we think about ourselves;

• What we want to do; and

• Why we deserve your support.”

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You Talk – We Listen

Hearing vs. Listening

There is a reason why we have two ears and one mouth – we must listen twice as

much as we speak.

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Strategic/Public Communication

• Strategic/public communication is at the heart of our economy, society and politics. Studios use it to promote their films. Politicians use it to get elected. Businesses use it to burnish their image. Advocates use it to promote social causes.

• It is a field built on ideas and images, persuasion and information, strategy and tactics. No policy or product can succeed without a smart (strategic) message targeted to the right audience in creative and innovative ways at the ideal time using the proper channel. The ability to communicate this way – to communicate strategically – is what strategic/public communication is all about.

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Strategic Message

Commercial PersuasionOr

Public Relations

“The establishing of reciprocal understanding between an individual and a group.”

Edward Bernays

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M AC Triad

M

+P+T

A C

M =M essage A=Audience C =C hannel P=Purpose T=T im ing

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MAC Triad Plus cont.

• Informization– Disseminating information (message) to

target audience through the proper channel at the best possible time.

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Advertising is Synergy

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Strategic Message

Commercial PersuasionOr

Public Relations

“The establishing of reciprocal understanding between an individual and a group.”

Edward Bernays

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Public Relations…

(Not paid – Uncontrolled)

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Public Relations…

A tool of leadership!

[more later…]

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Public Relations 101

• Management and counseling function• Enables organizations to build and maintain

relationships• Through an understanding of audience

attitudes, opinions and values• Planned, deliberate and two-way• Conscience of organization• Overseer of brand/reputation• Relationship management

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Public Relations

A management function that helps organizations and their publics mutually adapt to one another.

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Public Relations• “Public relations helps an organization

and its publics adapt mutually to each other.”

• “Public relations is a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.”

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Public Relations

• “Public relations is a [two-way] strategic communication process [management function] that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.”

Larry’s definition

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Advertising 101

• Paid

• (Non)-personal communication

• From identified sponsor

• Using (mass) media

• To persuade or influence

• Audience

(Paid – Controlled)

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Marketing 101

Determine what people need (and want) and give it to them.

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PR Practitioners are…

Strategic AdvisorsStrategic Advisors

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Edward Bernays’ Public Relations Functions

• To interpret the client to the public, which means promoting the client

• To interpret the public to the client, which means operating the company in such a way as to gain the approval of the public

• To act as a public service• To promote new ideas and progress• To build a public conscience

Crystallizing Public Opinion – 1923

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Ivy Ledbetter Lee’s Public Relations

Principles1. Tell the truth

2. Provide accurate facts

3. Give the public relations director access to top management so that he/she can influence decisions

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PR Counselors must possess…

• Loyalty

• Judgment

• Trust

• Ethics

• Integrity

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Managing Public Opinion

Public relations practitioners…

– Assess public opinion

– Influence public opinion

It is our responsibility to MANAGE public opinion!

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ABCs of Strategic Communication

• Anticipate

• Be Prepared

• Communicate Clearly, Concisely,

Consistently, Calculatingly, Completely (Specifically and Simply) and

Correctly

Open, Honest, Thorough, Valid

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Another “A” = Accountability

More on this particular

“A” in a moment.

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CBAs of Strategic Communication

• Conceive

• Believe

• Achieve

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CBAs of Strategic Communication

• Conceive = Head

• Believe = Heart

• Achieve = Hands

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Another “A” = Accountability

• Controlled autonomy

• Answerable

• Responsible

• Being a source or cause

• Able to be trusted or depended upon

• Reliable

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What is Accountability?

? ? ?

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Another “A” = Accountability

• Answerable

• Responsible

• Being a source or cause

• Able to be trusted or depended upon

• Reliable

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Accountability – defined

A key component to practicing effective and reliable public relations.

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PR Practitioners/Counselors

Accountability is…thinking strategically

• Deliberately• Systematically• Methodically• Logistically• Calculatingly (Measured Tones)

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Accountability’s – Bottom Line

• Senior managers want marketing managers to prove that their marketing is effective based on:– Sales increases– Percentage share of the market the brand holds– Return on Investment (ROI)

• Agencies are creating departments to help marketers evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of their marketing communication budgets.

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How is accountability measured?

? ? ?

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Through…• Achievement (yet, another “A”)

• Communication

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You are the Brand• Brand• Brand Equity• Brand Extension• Brand Expansion• Brand Familiarity• Brand Favorability• Brand Identity• Brand Image• Brand Insistence• Brand Loyalty • Brand Power (Brand Champions)

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Delivering the promise

That’s accountability, too!!!

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Are you a brand champion?

• Brand champions deliver what they promise – and more. Delivering helps to achieve…accountability.

• Accountability leads to synergy.

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Double Bottom Line

• First Bottom Line– Build Relationships

• Second Bottom Line– Profit – or, accomplish your Goal

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Triple Bottom Line

• Pat Jackson’s DBL – plus:

• Third Bottom Line– Revenue>Controlled Costs=Profit

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Fraser Seitel’s “Real” Bottom Line of PR

• “Our fundamental role in PR is to defend and promote and enhance and sustain the reputation of our organizations.”

• “Our job in PR is to help ensure that that objective is achieved…through proper performance – effectively communicated.”

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How are Bottom Lines Achieved?

? ? ?

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Reaching the Desired Outcome

• Attitude

• Opinion

Education > Knowledge > Attitude > Behavioral Change > Output = Desired Outcome

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Public Relations is Synergy

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PR-Pie

• Purpose

• Research

• Planning

• Implementation

• Evaluation

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Two-Way Communication Model

Sender>>>Message>>>Receiver ^ V

^ Noise V

^ Noise V

^ Noise V ^ V ^ <<<<<<<<Feedback<<<<<<< V

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Communication• …is shared comprehension (two way)• Four Essential Elements/Communication Model

– Initiator (Sender/Encoder)– Carrier (Message)– Receiver (Decoder)– Feedback (Is clarity being achieved?) [If the message is not being received as intended, it is your fault. Leaders whose messages are not

changing behavior are not true leaders.]

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Principles of Authentic

Communication*• Truth• Fundamentality• Comprehensiveness• Relevance• Clarity

• Timeliness• Consistency• Accessibility• Responsiveness to

feedback• Care

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Principles of Authentic

Communication*• Truth – being accurate and factually

correct.

• Fundamentality – dealing with the core or essential issues and information.

• Comprehensiveness – telling the whole story, including the meanings and implications of the issue in question.

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Principles of Authentic

Communication*• Relevance – taking into account and making

connections with the interests of the parties involved.

• Clarity – using language that is appropriate and understandable for those involved, explaining technical terms, organizing and illustrating the information logically and understandably [clear, concise, complete, consistent, specific, simplistic.]

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Principles of Authentic

Communication*• Timeliness – providing information when it is known, leaving sufficient time for response prior to decisions or actions.

• Consistency – not opposing or contradicting your own or your organization’s other words or actions.

• Accessibility – making information, relevant sources and opportunities for discussion easily available to all parties; assuring physical accessibility to meetings.

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Principles of Authentic

Communication*• Responsiveness to feedback – engaging in

two-way communication, seeking others’ views and concerns and allowing those concerns to influence the organization’s actions.

• Care – showing respect, concern and compassion for the circumstances, attitudes, beliefs and feelings of other parties.

* Bojinka Bishop, Ohio University

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Principles of Authentic

Communication*• Truth• Fundamentality• Comprehensiveness• Relevance• Clarity

• Timeliness• Consistency• Accessibility• Responsiveness to

feedback• Care

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PR Plan/Roadmap

• Goal

• Objectives

• Strategies

• Tactics

• Tools

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Superior tactics cannot overcome a bad (business) strategy.

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No Planning = No Plan =

No Hope

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Synergy

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

orThe whole works better than

any one of its parts.[To achieve our goal, we should

achieve synergy.]

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Synergy’s Parts

• Advertising• (Sales) Promotion*• Public Relations* • Direct Marketing• Cause Marketing• Sponsorship (Partnering)

Marketing• Positioning (Place)* • Personal Selling* • Price*

• Product itself*• Packaging* • Policy*• Politics* • Mind Share (Brainstorming – Intellectual Property)• Brand Identity• Interactive

* Litwin’s 9 P’s of Marketing

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Public Relations is Synergy

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Litwin’s 9 P’s of Marketing = Synergy

• Product• Place (Positioning)• Price• Promotion (Sales)

• Public Relations• Personal selling• Policy• Politics• Packaging

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7 C’s of Communication

• Credibility

• Context

• Content

• Clarity

• Continuity and Consistency

• Channels

• Capability

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Content is crucial…

but the medium is part of the message, too! (Marshal McLuhan)

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Public Communication• Public communication is at the heart of our economy,

society and politics. Studios use it to promote their films. Politicians use it to get elected. Businesses use it to burnish their image. Advocates use it to promote social causes.

• It is a field built on ideas and images, persuasion and information, strategy and tactics. No policy or product can succeed without a smart (strategic) message targeted to the right audience in creative and innovative ways at the ideal time using the proper channel. The ability to communicate this way – to communicate strategically – is what Public Communication is all about.

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Superior tactics cannot overcome a flawed (business) strategy.

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MAC Triad Plus

M

+P+T

A C

M=Message A=Audience C=Channel P=Purpose T=Timing

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MAC Triad Plus cont.

• Informization– Disseminating information (message) to

target audience through the proper channel at the best possible time.

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More On MAC Triad Plus

Some Key Communication Terms

• Propaganda

• Manipulation

• Stakeholders vs. Stockholders (To deliver message, we must know the difference)

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Cracked Egg Model

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Audiences (ISPR)• Identify• Segment/Fragment

• Demographically• Psychographically• Geodemographically• Behavioristically• Benefits

• Profile• Rank

– Audience Power Structure• Elite (Key Communicators) • Pluralistic or Diffused• Amorphous/Latent

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Audience Power Structure

Elite

 

Diffused

 

Amorphous

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Target vs. Niche

Target• Audience you want

to reach

e.g. High school

students

Niche• Narrowly defined

audience

e.g. White, high school

girls of divorced

parents

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Active vs. Passive

Active• Already sold• Seeking information

Passive• Uninterested• Use surrogates

(stand-ins)

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Features and Benefits

Features• Important

characteristics of a product or service.

Stress features to active

audiences.

Benefits• The quality of product

or service that supplies satisfaction or need fulfillment to the consumer or audience member.

Stress benefits to passiveaudiences.

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WII-FM

Features + Benefits = Value

Value = Worth

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Bargain

When the value exceeds the cost.

Remember, you only get what you pay for – but most times you don’t even get that!

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Persuade vs. Convince

• Persuade – Change of mind or attitude (for a short time)– When you persuade someone, you get them to act

without convincing them

• Convince – Change of heart and mind (long term)– When you convince someone, you actually get

them to believe something else

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Persuasion Pointers

• Know your audience

• Know what you can accomplish

• Anticipate objections/dispel them

• Establish mutual goals/a common ground

• Give options/choices

• Be clear

• Be familiar

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Persuasion cont.

• Use problem/solution format

• Stress rewards/benefits

• Control the tone

• Clinch your argument

• Ask for what you want

• Leave (impression) something to remember

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Three-Step vs. Two-Step Flow

Three-Step Flow1. Credible endorser*

2. Key communicator

3. (Targeted) publics

*Source credibility

Two-Step Flow1. Mass-media

message carrier

2. (Targeted) publics

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Three-Step vs. Two-Step vs. One-Step Flow

One-Step Flow – One-to-One

1. From organization directly to

(Targeted) publics

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Third Party Endorser

• Endorsement

• Testimonial

[Know the difference]

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Key Communicators

• Who Needs Key Communicators?

• Who Should be a Key Communicator?

• Starting a Program

• An “Authorized Grapevine” (Consumption Pioneers – Connectors – Leaders of People – WOMMP [Word of Mouth Marketing Program])

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Alternative Media• Radio• Television• Internet (and Interactive – Web 2.0/Blogs/Wikis)• iPod® (Podcasts, etc.)• Vcasts®• Cell Phone• iPhone ®• Digital Signage• Aroma Marketing• WOMM• Silent Publicity

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Alternative Media

• Cross Platform– Print– Digital Signage– Wireless– Broadband– TV

• Convergence of Distribution – Multiple Platforms

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Getting a Seat at the Table

• Know how to communicate.• Know what our employer does and the

industry he/she represents.• Have an “attitude” – think strategically.• Be a counselor.• Loyalty, Judgment, Trust, Ethics, Integrity.• Always be ethical – open, honest, thorough

and valid – the “corporate conscience.”

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Communication:

A Tool of Leadership

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Public Relations…Leadership

All leaders are teachers…but not all teachers are

leaders!

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Public Relations…Leadership

Managers – Do things right.

Leaders – Do the right things.

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Leaders

• Convene• Communicate• Persuade (maybe even convince)

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Leader Defined

• Title

• Charisma (Connectivity)

• Competence/Expertise

• Communicator

• Courage

• Tenacity

• Perseverance

• Mental Toughness

• Vision

• Responsibility

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Leadership Defined

In the end, Leadership is defined by:

Results

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Leadership Framework

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Leadership Framework

• Control

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Leadership Framework

• Control

• Consistency

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Leadership Framework

• Control

• Consistency

• Campaign

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Leadership Framework

• Control– Preparation

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Leadership Framework

• Control– Preparation

– Follow-up

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Leadership Framework

• Control– Preparation

– Follow-up

– Proactive

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Leadership Framework

• Consistency– Organization

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Leadership Framework

• Consistency– Organization

– Repetition

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Leadership Framework

• Campaign– Planning/“Premeditated”

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Leadership Framework

• Campaign– Planning/“Premeditated”

– Strategy/Timing

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Leadership Framework

• Campaign– Planning/“Premeditated”

– Strategy/Timing

– Measurable results

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Leadership Framework

• Control– Preparation– Follow-up– Proactive

• Consistency– Organization– Repetition

• Campaign– Planning/

“Premeditated”– Strategy/Timing– Measurable

results

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James Baker…

Leadership

“Knowing what to do and then doing it.”

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President Carter…

“Leaders whose messages are not changing (or reinforcing) behavior are not true leaders. In fact, they are ‘MISleaders’.”

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Leaders

• Choose to lead by stepping out of the darkness and taking others with you.

• Make decisions they have to make even when they might have dangerous consequences

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In the Eye of the Storm: Lessons in Leadership

A real life example of Leadership

From Les Hirsch – CEOTouro InfirmaryNew Orleans, Louisiana

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Leadership

Requires Courage, Tenacity, Perseverance and Mental Toughness

Must Make Difficult Decisions

Must be Inspirational and Create Hope, Optimism and Enthusiasm for the Future

Never, Never, Never Give Up………

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“Retreat,…Hell…We’re Just Advancing in Another Direction”* Quote From a US Army General in Korean War after being asked about withdrawal

Friday:September 2, 2005

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Know Your Destination…and All Roads Will Lead To It…

Failure Is Not An Option

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Know Your Destination…

Hit the ground running…and…be sure you are going in the right direction!!!

But remember – It’s the journey, not the destination.

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It Always Takes A Great Team

Because…Failure Is Not An Option

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Leadership Defined

In the end, Leadership is defined by:

Results

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Credibility

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Credibility

• Trustworthiness

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Credibility

• Trustworthiness

• Competence

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Credibility

• Trustworthiness

• Competence

• Communication style

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PR Practitioners/Counselors

Accountability is…thinking strategically

• Deliberately• Systematically• Methodically• Logistically• Calculatingly (Measured Tones)

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Important PR Reminders

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PR Counselors must possess…

• Loyalty

• Judgment

• Trust

• Ethics

• Integrity

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Getting a Seat at the Table

• Know how to communicate.• Know what our employer does and the

industry he/she represents.• Have an “attitude” – think strategically.• Be a counselor.• Always be ethical – open, honest, thorough

and valid – the “corporate conscience” (CCO = Corporate Conscience Officer or Chief Communication Officer)

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And above all…

Are you willing to tell the boss what he/she needs to hear rather than what he/she wants to hear?

That is how YOU will get a seat at the table.

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Six Cs of Writing Assessment*

• Clarity – Say what you mean, mean what you say• Correct – Avoid errors to avoid confusion• Connection – Engage your reader• Compelling – Motivate an action• Conviction – Live on branding• Consistency – Stay on message…always

[Remember: When you make people work, they stop reading!]

* Roger Shapiro – Write Right – Mitchell Rose Communication

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Basic Principles of Effective Presentations

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Basic Principles of Effective Presentations

1. Relate your identity to help create an image

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Basic Principles

1. Relate your identity to help create an image

• Know the difference between identity and image.

• Persuasion – the activity of creating, reinforcing, modifying or extinguishing beliefs, attitudes and/or behaviors.

• Logo not ego!

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Basic Principles

1. Relate your identity to help create an image

2. Analyze your credibility and believability

• Credibility – is in the eye of the beholder.

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Basic Principles

1. Relate your identity to help create an image

2. Analyze your credibility and believability

3. Exercise control

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Basic Principles

1. Relate your identity to help create an image

2. Analyze your credibility and believability

3. Exercise control

4. Maintain a positive attitude

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Basic Principles of Effective Presentations

1. Relate your identity to help create an image

2. Analyze your credibility and believability

3. Exercise control

4. Maintain a positive attitude

5. Demonstrate leadership listening

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

 1. Identify your audience.

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

 2. Analyze your audience demographically.

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

 3. How well does your audience understand the issues (or topics) you wish to discuss?

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

4. What is your audience’s attitude toward your agenda?

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

 5. What does your audience need to

know or believe in before you can change its behavior? (What’s in it for them?)

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

6. To what type of arguments is your audience likely to respond?

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

 1. Identify your audience.

2. Analyze your audience demographically.

3. How well does your audience understand the issues (or topics) you wish to discuss?

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Audience Analysis/Worksheet

4. What is your audience’s attitude toward your agenda?

5. What does your audience need to know or believe in before you can change its behavior? (What’s in it for them?)

6. To what type of arguments is your audience likely to respond?

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Key Communicators

• Who Needs Key Communicators?

• Who Should be a Key Communicator?

• Starting a Program

• An “Authorized Grapevine” (Consumption Pioneers – influentials – Connectors – Leaders of People – WOMMP [Word of Mouth Marketing Program])

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Division of University Advancement

Executive Vice President for University Advancement

Alumni Relations

Development Marketing Major Gifts

PublicationsUniversity Relations

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Division of Budget and Planning

Executive Director of Budget and Planning

Institutional Research

Budget Marketing

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Questions ???

M. Larry Litwin, APR, Fellow [email protected]

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