Break Time!

1. Break Time!

2. Tips in Review • Key Messages • Purpose • Ambassadors • Com-Leader • Com-Council • Com-Tool Box • Scale • Impressions

3. Building Buzz in the Schools • Great school relations are important • Strengthens outreach to students • Benefits entire school community • Deepens public understanding of your work • Boosts likelihood that you will be asked back • Opportunities for long-term impact on students’ lives

4. Building Buzz in the Schools • Getting Things Started • Meet the School • CISC has school profiles • Clarify where you’re going (building A or B? big gym or small?) • Arrive on time (early) • Be Your Own Advance Man • Send Introductory Note • Meet the School’s Site Coordinator • Present your “30-Second Manifesto” • Plan ahead for thank-you notes

5. Building Buzz in the School Building • You’re Buzzed In…Now What? • Sign in Respectfully • Meet the School Clerk & Classroom Teacher(s) • Present your “30-Second Manifesto” (again) • Do You! • Leave an Imprint • What can you leave behind? • Save time! Thank ‘em now! • Who should know you were there? • “If a tree falls in a forest, and no one hears it…”

6. Building Buzz in the School Building • The Beat Goes On • Share Photos • Provide content for the school’s website • Post on your website • Respect children’s right to privacy and the CPS media policy • Create an Accolades Letter • Write a “Sticky Mat” for your organization • Other Ideas

7. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • What’s your Personal Communications Style

8. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Being Heard • Being Big • Starting at the Beginning • Being Inclusive • Being Purposefully Redundant • Adding Flavor • Being Ready

9. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Being Heard • Umms and Ahhs • Pump up the Volume • Trailing Off • Was that a Question?

10. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Being Big • To Sit or to Stand • Potted Plant or Roaming Turtle • Gestures, not “Guesstures” • Miss Fussybuttons & Mr. Figgetywidget

11. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Starting at the Beginning • Assume nobody knows nothin’ • Play “catch up,” not “keep up” – briefly • Use your 30-second Manifesto

12. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Being Inclusive • Watch your insider language • Avoid acronyms, or Explain them • Be a teacher, not a lecturer

13. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Being Purposefully Redundant • Tell them • Tell them what you told them • Tell them again • Quantify your message and deliver on the promise

14. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Adding Flavor • Expertise • Humor • Intellect • “Rain Man”-like Mastery • Empathy • Counselor

15. And Now…Let’s talk about “PCS” • PCS: Personal Communications Style • Being Ready • Stump Speech & Go-to-Messages • The Inside Track • How much time do you have? • What is the audience expecting? Who? • Is your face “debris free”? • Does the opportunity complement your style? • The Outside Track • Who are the people in the seats? • Quantify & Deliver

16. An Opportunity for You • Are you ready to deliver your Manifesto? • Weber-Shandwick’s “Common Threads” program • Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday • Employee volunteerism opportunities • Make Your Pitch!

17. Thank You Communities In Schools of Chicago thanks you for attending our NAVIGATE event! Please… • Complete the evaluation and return to us today. • Post a comment about this morning on our Facebook page! • www.Facebook.com/cischicago • Save the date for our next event • Thursday, February 14, 2013 • Improve Student Learning through Classroom Management