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Welcome! • How to Keep Your Stakeholders Close To hear the audio, please call the conference call line: Call in: 866-740-1260 Access code: 6193295# To mute: *6 To un-mute: *7 For technical assistance: 800.843.9166 help@readytalk.com http://www.readytalk.com/support
How to Keep Your Stakeholders Close North Carolina Network of Grantmakers
Communications Grantee Training Initiative How to Keep Your Stakeholders Close Presenter: Mike Warner Vice President GYMR Public Relations
Communications Grantee Training Initiative How to Keep Your Stakeholders Close Presenter: Virginia Bader Senior Vice President GYMR Public Relations
The Basics (Again) • Mission • Goal • Strategy • Messages • Tactics
The Advantages Why should you partner with other groups? ? • More Resources • Expanded Audience • Increased Credibility • Varying Perspectives and Ideas
The Pitfalls What can go wrong when you partner with other groups? ? • Varying Perspectives and Ideas • Competing Priorities • Increased Work Load • Differing Commitment Levels
Finding The Right Partner What type of partner are you looking for? ? • Three common types of community partners: • I’ll Sign On • I’ll Help You Get the Word Out • Let’s Figure This Out Together
I’ll Sign On Example:
I’ll Help You Get the Word Out Example:
Let’s Figure This Out Together Example:
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders Have an elevator speech and be ready to use it.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 2. Make sure everyone knows their role.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders Know your partners. And know who you want as partners.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 4. Know when to say when.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 5. Seek out strange bedfellows.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 6. Be a convener AND a joiner.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 7. Share the spotlight.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 8. Utilize social media.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 9. Use but don’t overuse email.
10 Tips for Working with Stakeholders 10. Have your friends set you up.
Reminder: The last Webinar will be held the 2ndThursday of March from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET. March 13 – Making Sure You Aren’t Alone in Communications (Internal Communications) Thank You