CommunicatingCommunicating
Effectively:Effectively:
What Else Do I NeedWhat Else Do I Need
to Know?to Know?
Know yourselfKnow yourself
Know your audienceKnow your audience
Know your messageKnow your message
Know your channelsKnow your channels
Social/economic/
experience
What Makes
Them Them
Birth Order
Personality Type
and Temperament
Learning
Style
Phase of Life
Spiritual
Development
Culture
Gender
Generational Concerns
Education
Know yourselfKnow yourself
Know your audienceKnow your audience
Know your messageKnow your message
Know your channelsKnow your channels
““I’m aI’m a
teacher.”teacher.”
““I teachI teach
to changeto change
lives.”lives.”
““I wantI want
to meetto meet
needs.”needs.”
Neighborhood Needs Map
Unemployment Truancy
Slum housingBroken families
Gangs
Child
Abuse
Crime
Grafitti
Mental
disability
Welfare recipients
Lead poisoning Dropouts
Source: Building Communities from the Inside Out by Kretzmann & McKnight
““I want toI want to
help youhelp you
achieve yourachieve your
vision.”vision.”
Community Assets Map
Businesses Schools
Block clubsChurches
Parks
Youth
Elderly
Artists
Labeled
people
Cultural Groups
Hospitals Community colleges
Income
Local Institutions
Citizens’ Associations
Gifts of Individuals
Source: Building Communities from the Inside Out by Kretzmann & McKnight
Know yourselfKnow yourself
Know your audienceKnow your audience
Know your messageKnow your message
Know your channelsKnow your channels
What’s best for
your audience?
• Phone call
• Text
• Face to face
• Letter/card
• Skype (or similar)
• Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Etc.
Grab attention
Make the point
Support the point
Create closure
(Think of your audience and what will surprise,
amuse, or challenge them.)
(Do this step FIRST!)
(Here’s where you explain or further develop your
point.)
(What do you want people to do as a result?
Tell them!)
Know yourselfKnow yourself
Know your audienceKnow your audience
Know your messageKnow your message
Know your channelsKnow your channels
CommunicatingCommunicating
Effectively:Effectively:
What Else Do I NeedWhat Else Do I Need
to Know?to Know?
Karen CampbellKaren Campbell
kccomm@hotmail.comkccomm@hotmail.com

Communicating effectively - Part 2 What Else Do I Need to Know?