getting buy-in for your communications
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Kevin Baughen www.charitycomms.org.uk/eventsTRANSCRIPT
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Making the Business Case for Comms to Trustees and Senior
Management Seminar
08 December 2011
www.charitycomms.org.uk
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Getting buy-in for your Communications
@kevbaughen
© Bottom Line Ideas 2011
Bottom Line Ideas
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1. Understanding and working your audience
2. Building your internal case for support
3. Selling it in
4. Dealing with rejection
A simple, proven process...
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• What does a senior manager look like?
• What are the important characteristics?
• How is a Trustee different?
Understanding & working your audience
Who are they?
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Meet organisation’s
objectives
Understanding & working your audience
What do they want and need?
To look good...
Less stressNo-brainer decisions
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• Who do they respect?
• Who will they listen to?
• Who’s who in the group?
Understanding & working your audience
Who are the Key Influencers?
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Building your internal ‘case for support’
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• Loin-tingling summary
• Paint a picture of success
• Include support already garnered
• Where are you now?
• What you want to do
• Focus on the expected outcomes!
• How you’re going to do it
• EVIDENCE
• What you want them to do
Building your Internal case for support
What’s included?
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3. Selling it in - Preparation
Play the game
Timings
Meetings
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3. Selling it in – Champions!
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3. Presenting your case
• Focus on the outcomes - remember the wants and needs!
• Talk about what you need to do to get there
• Summarise how you’re going to do it
• Summarise what resources you need to do it
• Outline what you need them to do
• Call on the support of your champion
....
Go and do! (whatever the action is)
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But before you give up...
– Is it your idea?
– Is it how you told the story?
– Is it you?
– Would external help support your idea?
– What will be different next time?
4. Dealing with rejection
Not every idea can fly!
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Questions?
Kevin Baughen
Founder, Bottom Line Ideas
@kevbaughen
Bottomlineideas.com