Virtual Workshop
Building Your Communications Strategy
January 28, 2025
1:30 p.m. − 3:45 p.m. ET
Start the year off right by ensuring your organizational communications plan is comprehensive and up to date. This year will feature a crowded media ecosystem with fierce competition for your stakeholders’ attention. This workshop will ensure that you and your team have a vigorous social and traditional media approach as well as the best new tools and response plans to get your message to your target audience.
1:30 p.m.
Constructing a Communications Framework
It’s a new year, and your organization is facing new challenges, new elected leaders, new issues, new stakeholders and heavily segmented audiences. Make sure your communications team is ready. Prepare your organization for a strategic pivot and identify new strategies to amplify your message. In this session, we will discuss:
- How to structure your teams, responsibilities, budgets and external partners
- Developing a communications plan that supports media outreach, reputation management, employee engagement and related advocacy campaigns
- How to develop successful long- and short-term campaigns and measure the impact of your efforts
2:30 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m.
Communications Strategies for High-Impact Public Affairs Campaigns
The beginning of the year is an important time to reevaluate the best communications strategies to advance your shifting public affairs objectives to meet the changing political environment. This session will cover:
- Constructing messages around issues with a high potential for movement in the new Congress and administration
- Advancing messages and conducting media outreach using both traditional and new platforms, technology and tactics
- Identifying target audiences and stakeholders to communicate and advocate on your behalf
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3:45 p.m.
Adjourn
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This program is eligible for 2 Elective credits toward the Certificate in Public Affairs Management.
Register
Membership Plus: FREE
Members: $339
Non-Members: $449
More Registration Info
Additional discounts may apply to this meeting. These discounts may include:
For multiple registrants: A discount will apply to the standard member/nonmember rate for organizations that register two or more participants for the same meeting. The first registrant will pay full price, the second participant will receive a 10% discount and each additional registrant will receive a 15% discount. To register multiple participants, you may either register online or download the print and fax registration form.
Member discounts: Discounts for members are applied to all Public Affairs Council meetings.
Nonmembers: Join the Council today, and save by registering at the member rate and using the $200 new-member coupon you will receive. Contact our membership team for information about joining the Council.
Questions? Contact us at 202.787.5950.
Questions
Alex Donovan
Manager, Public Affairs & Policy Communications
202.787.5978 | [email protected]