5. Know How to Reach Stakeholders
What and who do they
pay attention to?
6. Creating Personas
• What will convince him
to become electronic?
• Who does he trust?
• How can you best reach
him?
Dr. Seasoned, the solo
doc with a paper file
fetish
7. Creating Personas
• What level of
information and help
does she need?
• Who does she listen
to?
Dr. Online, who grew up
with computers
8. • What about her job keeps
her awake at night?
• How can you make her life
easier?
Creating Personas
Brunhilda, the office manager
who rules the roost
9. Why you need a strategy
• Ensures you know
where you’re going
and how you’re going
to get there.
• Keeps you focused.
• Gives you something
to measure results
against.
10. Branding
• It’s more than a logo.
• A brand is the sum of all the
associations, feelings,
attitudes, and perceptions
people have about your
organization, services, and
products.
11. Messaging Tips
• Keep it simple -- three or
four points – active verbs.
• Write your key messages as
“bumper stickers.”
• “Every idea you present
must be something you
could easily get across at a
cocktail party with
strangers.” Jack Welch, GE
12. TRUST – the goal in HIE
• Calling yourself trusted
doesn’t make you
trusted.
• Do you know what it
will take for
stakeholders to trust
you?
18. Leverage the Media
• Spot the trends
• Become a thought
leader
• Avoid the junk mail list
19. Media: Content & Clarity
• More regular contact, share
interim milestones
• Give reporters lead time
• Develop an expert “tree”
• Clarity of: purpose, structure,
process
• Updated info on the Website
21. To Socialize or
Not To Socialize?
• What is the
communication strategy?
• Who/where is your
“community”?
• Listen, Participate, Create
• What’s the ROI?
22. To Socialize or Not To Socialize?
CA eHealth Initiative Kentucky Regional Extension Center
The news media is a useful channel for reinforcing messages that you are communicating directly to stakeholders. Media coverage helps build credibility and raise awareness of your efforts in communities of interest. Keep in mind that general circulation publications, business papers, professional and trade publications all have different needs and interests. Editors and reporters value access to experts, rely on HIE experts to help them research important trends and issues. Be aware that reporters receive hundreds of emails a day and that our communication efforts should be substantive. Email subject lines should be news focused, clear, brief, and compelling.
Although many news organizations have laid off staff, reporters covering HIE tell us they want to hear from you more often with news of progress on interim milestones and developments.
Communication channels have changed. We’re overloaded with information, so communication does need to be more clear and concise. Sometimes brevity is the best approach!
Social media is another channel that offers another way to engage stakeholders. Is it for every organization? That depends. Using social media tools is a three step process. Start with listening to stakeholders where they have conversations – blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. The next step is participation – engaging in blog discussions, contributing, etc. Finally, if there is a strategic reason to create your own content, and you have the time and resources to do so -- go for it.
These two organizations are making good use of Social Media tools.