Communicating with communities: making your plan

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This tool will help you think about the key considerations as you plan your communications about your participation activities.

You can also download this template as a Word document, to enable you to complete it.

The big question

Your plan

Who are you focused on communicating with?

My target audience is:


How much do they already know, and what might need to be filled in?

Their existing knowledge is:

I can address gaps by:

How much do you already know, and what might need to be filled in?

My existing knowledge is:


I can address gaps by:


How positively or negatively are communities likely to feel about your work?

Existing feeling are:

I can respond to this by:

What communications tools are already successful with this community? Online, offline, in-person, via trusted intermediaries etc.

My communications tools must include:

How can you build a relationship?

My next step in building a relationship is:

How will you keep communities informed about delays, problems or down-time?

In between activities I will:

How will you follow up?

My plans for follow up are:

Who can you soft-test these ideas with?

I can conduct soft-testing with:


This tool will help you think about the key considerations as you plan your communications about your participation activities.

You can also download this template as a Word document, to enable you to complete it.

The big question

Your plan

Who are you focused on communicating with?

My target audience is:


How much do they already know, and what might need to be filled in?

Their existing knowledge is:

I can address gaps by:

How much do you already know, and what might need to be filled in?

My existing knowledge is:


I can address gaps by:


How positively or negatively are communities likely to feel about your work?

Existing feeling are:

I can respond to this by:

What communications tools are already successful with this community? Online, offline, in-person, via trusted intermediaries etc.

My communications tools must include:

How can you build a relationship?

My next step in building a relationship is:

How will you keep communities informed about delays, problems or down-time?

In between activities I will:

How will you follow up?

My plans for follow up are:

Who can you soft-test these ideas with?

I can conduct soft-testing with:


Page last updated: 22 Nov 2023, 03:48 PM