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Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis OBJECTIVES
1.Introduce Logical Framework
Analysis/Approach (LFA) and its
uses.
2.Familiarize with the main steps
involved in conducting an LFA.
3.Give a concrete example.
4.Exercise on the Project Planning
Matrix (?). OBJECTIVES
1.Introduce Logical Framework
Analysis/Approach (LFA) and its
uses.
2.Familiarize with the main steps
involved in conducting an LFA.
3.Give a concrete example.
4.Exercise on the Project Planning
Matrix (?).
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- To continue influencing the principles, rules and practices of international development to promote facilitation approaches in inclusive market development using the MaFI-festo as a general guideline.
- To further the practice and thinking of inclusive market development facilitation through a systematic process of learning and action-research between market facilitators and M&E and complexity experts, mainly through the Complexity Dialogues and the Systemic M&E Initiative.
- To produce knowledge products based on MaFI’s learning agenda and processes (e.g. online discussions, webinars and in-person meetings) that inform and build the capacity of field practitioners and are relevant and interesting to other decision-makers such as donors and lead firms.
- To promote in-person interactions and local-global dialogue, learning and coordination through formal and informal initiatives such as Local Learning Groups, MaFI Ambassadors, workshops and conferences.
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- Systemic M&E, Phase II: To illustrate the practical application, implications and impacts of the principles proposed in the Systemic M&E synthesis document in the context of inclusive market development initiatives.
- Complexity Dialogues: To build a learning agenda that will help MaFI to interact in a more systematic way with complexity experts to improve the application of complexity science in inclusive market development practice and policy-making.
- Capacity Building: To build global convergence and consensus around the basic skills and attitudes that effective and efficient facilitators of inclusive market development initiatives should have.
- Knowledge Production System: To convert the best discussions ever produced by MaFI into knowledge products that are easy to read and can reach large numbers of practitioners globally, both for information and training purposes.
- Local Learning and collaboration: To promote locally contextualised learning and collaboration between key development actors such as field practitioners, policy-makers and donors around issues related to facilitation of inclusive market development
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Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis Logical Frame Analysis OBJECTIVES
1.Introduce Logical Framework
Analysis/Approach (LFA) and its
uses.
2.Familiarize with the main steps
involved in conducting an LFA.
3.Give a concrete example.
4.Exercise on the Project Planning
Matrix (?). OBJECTIVES
1.Introduce Logical Framework
Analysis/Approach (LFA) and its
uses.
2.Familiarize with the main steps
involved in conducting an LFA.
3.Give a concrete example.
4.Exercise on the Project Planning
Matrix (?).
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Objectives:
- To continue influencing the principles, rules and practices of international development to promote facilitation approaches in inclusive market development using the MaFI-festo as a general guideline.
- To further the practice and thinking of inclusive market development facilitation through a systematic process of learning and action-research between market facilitators and M&E and complexity experts, mainly through the Complexity Dialogues and the Systemic M&E Initiative.
- To produce knowledge products based on MaFI’s learning agenda and processes (e.g. online discussions, webinars and in-person meetings) that inform and build the capacity of field practitioners and are relevant and interesting to other decision-makers such as donors and lead firms.
- To promote in-person interactions and local-global dialogue, learning and coordination through formal and informal initiatives such as Local Learning Groups, MaFI Ambassadors, workshops and conferences.
- To continue improving the efficiency and effectiveness of MaFI’s back-end operations (e.g. guidance to members, processing and selection of requests to join, MaFI introductions, selection of Top Influencer of the Month, etc.)
Modules:
- M&E of MaFI: To build better theories of change and indicators to monitor how learning and collaboration processes change in MaFI and to assess MaFI’s impacts on its members
- MaFI “Instructions Manual”: To codify the operational principles and the lessons learned by the facilitator of MaFI since its beginnings in 2007-8 and to provide tips and instructions about how to manage the back-end processes that keep MaFI running efficiently.
- Systemic M&E, Phase II: To illustrate the practical application, implications and impacts of the principles proposed in the Systemic M&E synthesis document in the context of inclusive market development initiatives.
- Complexity Dialogues: To build a learning agenda that will help MaFI to interact in a more systematic way with complexity experts to improve the application of complexity science in inclusive market development practice and policy-making.
- Capacity Building: To build global convergence and consensus around the basic skills and attitudes that effective and efficient facilitators of inclusive market development initiatives should have.
- Knowledge Production System: To convert the best discussions ever produced by MaFI into knowledge products that are easy to read and can reach large numbers of practitioners globally, both for information and training purposes.
- Local Learning and collaboration: To promote locally contextualised learning and collaboration between key development actors such as field practitioners, policy-makers and donors around issues related to facilitation of inclusive market development
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2. Lian Zhang and Dr Marcus Enoch
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Leicestershire LE11 3TU
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)1509 223408.
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223981.
Email: l.zhang@lboro.ac.uk.
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3. Table of Contents
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................4
1 Introduction.............................................................................................................4
1.1 OPTIMUM 2....................................................................................................4
1.2 Aim and objectives ..........................................................................................5
1.3 Research method..............................................................................................6
1.4 Structure of the report ......................................................................................6
2 Tasks of the OPTIMUM2 Marketing Communication Strategy ............................6
3 The Marketing Communication Planning Process .................................................6
Step 1 Set marketing communications objectives.............................................7
Step 2 Specify target groups .............................................................................7
Step 3 Design marketing communication techniques .......................................7
Step 4 Set up schedule ....................................................................................10
Step 5 Specify budget .....................................................................................10
Step 6 Monitor process and evaluate outcomes ..............................................10
4 Conclusions and recommendations.......................................................................11
5 References.............................................................................................................12
6 Acknowledgements...............................................................................................12
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4. OPTIMUM2 Southwark Pilot Marketing Communication
Strategy
Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to develop a marketing communication strategy for the
Southwark Pilot of the OPTIMUM2 project. Specifically, the report draws on a state-
of-the-art review to establish a suitable theoretical framework that can be employed
by local and/or regional public authorities when designing, implementing and
operating a marketing communication strategy for a specific project, and subsequently
develops a suggested marketing communication strategy.
Overall, the report recommends that a six stage model based on social marketing
theory be adopted as a framework to create a marketing communication strategy
suitable for use by an OPTIMUM2 Pilot. These stages are:
• Set marketing communications objectives
• Specify target groups
• Design marketing communication techniques
• Set up schedule
• Specify budget
• Monitor process and evaluate outcomes
In particular, it notes that clear target groups should be identified and that they be
served with well defined messages delivered through suitable and cost effective media
channels. It adds that is crucial that the process is comprehensively monitored so that
a useful evaluation exercise may be undertaken and lessons learnt for similar future
projects.
1 Introduction
1.1 OPTIMUM 2
OPTIMUM2 is a European Regional Development Fund Interreg IIIB programme
which aims to provide an effective approach for using Mobility Management to tackle
the accessibility and mobility problems caused by congestion in urban areas.
Specifically, it draws on the results of OPTIMUM, a previous Interreg project, to
define five key factors, or “pillars”, which sum up the most important issues needed
within a Mobility Management approach, namely that:
1. The approach must be user-oriented;
2. Mobility Management measures must be introduced as early as possible with
any new development (ideally at the planning stage of any new development);
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5. 3. Effective communication and information is vital if a Mobility Management
measure is to succeed;
4. Effective marketing and promotion activities are also essential ingredients;
5. The final element concerns the enforcement of Mobility Management.
The central OPTIMUM2 proposition is that if the five pillars are addressed properly,
then the Mobility Management approach will provide a useful contribution to
preventing mobility, accessibility and environmental problems.
The London Borough of Southwark is one of eight partners involved in the project.
Here the key objective is to encourage the take up of effective mobility management
measures among local traffic generators (e.g. businesses, hospitals etc) through the
planning system and thus reduce energy consumption. This is to be accomplished by:
1. Establishing Local Travel Plan Groups (LTPGs) within a local community
framework - e.g. the current Community Council framework recently set up by
Southwark Council and/or the network of local business groups – to more
effectively deliver mobility management.
2. Developing the planning financial obligation tool (Section 106 of the 1990
Town and County Act) in relation to travel planning to link more closely with
LTPGs to increase the transparency of the process to local people and ensure
the spend is on appropriate mechanisms.
3. Developing and testing a range of innovative mobility management tools that
can be delivered through the LTPG mechanism e.g. providing pool bicycles
for businesses, conducting street audits of local areas, and running travel
awareness raising events for businesses.
4. Developing and analysing possible methods of incorporating the LTPG regime
into the local political, transport and planning framework through a brief
review of existing planning practice in EU member and other relevant states.
5. Determining the barriers to implementing LTPGs and methods of overcoming
these.
1.2 Aim and objectives
The aim of this report is to increase the awareness and inform the effectiveness of the
OPTIMUM2 project in Southwark Borough among transport planning professionals,
policy makers, and project funding providers as well as other interest groups through
the development of a marketing communication strategy. Specifically, this report will:
• Select a suitable theoretical framework that could be employed by local and/or
regional public authorities when designing, implementing and operating a
marketing communication strategy;
• Develop a suitable marketing communication strategy for the Southwark Pilot
of the OPTIMUM2 project based on the theoretical model.
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6. 1.3 Research method
This research is based on a state-of-the-art of the literature.
1.4 Structure of the report
The report is structured as follows:
Chapter 2 looks at marketing communication theory and sets out the tasks for a
marketing communication strategy at the project level.
Chapter 3 sets out the marketing communication planning process.
Chapter 4 presents conclusions and recommendations.
2 Tasks of the OPTIMUM2 Marketing Communication Strategy
In this report, the purpose of the marketing communication strategy is to promote the
results of the research undertaken through the Southwark Pilot OPTIMUM2 to the
target groups. Fill (2002) defines the marketing communication as “a management
process through which an organisation enters into a dialogue with its various
audiences”. Based on the findings of Fill (2002) and social marketing theory reviewed
in the report of Marketing Mobility Management Tools in Southwark: Devising a
Strategy (Zhang et al., 2005). The Southwark Pilot therefore, needs to establish a
dialogue with its target groups in order to achieve the following four tasks:
Differentiating: to show the target groups that the OPTIMUM2 project is different
from other similar campaigns and it is more attractive and effective.
Reminding: to ensure that when options for sustainable transport policies and
schemes are being assessed, OPTIMUM2 project and its associated products/services
are included.
Informing: locating data into the target groups’ mindful and appreciative thought
processes to ensure that OPTIMUM2 project is considered as an attractive and
effective option in promoting sustainable transport planning.
Persuading: inducing the target groups to adopt the OPTIMUM2 methodology, its
mobility management tools (measures) and its other associated activities, for example,
the establishment of the LTPGs.
3 The Marketing Communication Planning Process
Based on the findings of Sargeant (2005), Guidemaps (2004), Kotler et al. (2002) and
MOST (2000), this report develops a six steps model in designing a marketing
communication plan. These are:
• Set marketing communications objectives;
• Specify target groups;
• Design marketing communication techniques;
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7. • Set up schedule;
• Specify budget; and
• Monitor process and evaluate outcomes.
Step 1 Set marketing communications objectives
The aim of the Southwark Pilot marketing communication strategy is to enhance the
awareness of the OPTIMUM2 project throughout the transport and planning
professional communities and hence influence other organisations towards
implementing similar schemes elsewhere. In addition, the strategy will aim to inform
the project funding provider and other interest groups of the project results.
Step 2 Specify target groups
This particular marketing communication plan is primarily targeted at transport and
land use consultants, academics and policy makers, although it may also be of interest
to some employer and developer organisations, other interest groups, the media and
the project funding provider. Based on the guidance of OPTIMUM2 (2005), this plan
suggests the following as Southwark’s target groups. These are (Table 1):
Target groups Description
Primary
● Transport and Holding a full range of knowledge and experience on travel plans and transport
planning demand management strategies, these group of people are able to provide
professional comments and recommendations for the OPTIMUM2 project. The Southwark
communities Pilot can persuade them to try and adopt OPTIMUM2 scheme and product, use
● Consultants these group of people as a communication channel to promote OPTIMUM2
● Academics project by presenting some featured stories and TV interviews and so on. In
addition, the links and resources with this group can be also used to enhance
awareness and promote the project.
Examples: ACT, Transport2000, UoW, LU, consultants
● Authorities/ It is crucial for these officials and policy makers to know and understand what the
Policy makers OPTIMUM2 project is and its complexity as well as possible benefits to the
● Politicians Southwark Borough and the whole region. Southwark Pilot needs to ally itself
with policy makers through promoting and lobbying in order to make policy and
legislative changes, secure more funding for the project and direct campaigns.
Examples: Local Council, DfT, TfL, LDA, GLA
Others
● Interreg IIIB These are the internal groups who are interested what the Southwark Pilot has
● Project partners done.
● ETON
● Private business Examples: Interreg IIIB, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Project, Ede Industrial
● The media Park Project, IBM, Financial Times, BBC
Table 1, Target Groups
Step 3 Design marketing communication techniques
This step specifies a set of marketing communication techniques to provide core
information about the Southwark Pilot’s research activities in order to enhance the
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8. awareness of the project and improve the image of the project. Techniques include
institutional technique, personalised technique, and networking by using
advertising, popular media outlets, professional and academic literature, events,
conferences, informal personal networks, the internet and so on.
● Institutional technique: This is “to influence and win the support of groups mainly
responsible for strategic decisions about a project and the distribution of resources”
(Guidemaps, 2004). It aims to increase awareness of the project and obtain the support
and commitment from professionals, policy makers through presentation, conference,
professional publication, academic report, technical report, featured story and so on.
● Personalised technique: The Southwark Pilot can establish a dialogue channel with
target groups through personalised communication, presentations, interviews and so
on.
● Networking: Networking is a low cost method for increasing awareness of the
OPTIMUM2 project through formal networking like conferences, seminars,
associations, website and informal networking like word-of-mouth communication,
personal networks and so on.
The above mentioned techniques are usually done through publicity channels in order
to release project information, exchange ideas, publicise findings, promote project and
reduce negative publicity. The Southwark Pilot needs to present information
effectively and efficiently, capture the spirit of the OPTIMUM2 project and at the
same time, motivate target groups to take action. In addition, publicity costs should
also be taken into account when project operators select channels for communication.
Table 2 suggests a list of communications channels suitable for the OPTIMUM2
project result marketing communication in Southwark.
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9. Category Sub-category Specific Media Frequency Suitable
for
Advertisings Media TV/Radio/Newspaper Occasionally 1-5, 9, 10
Poster Road signboard, Bus Occasionally 1-5, 9, 10
Popular media TV News/feature stories Occasionally 1-5, 9, 10
Radio News/feature stories Occasionally 1-5, 9, 10
Newspaper News/feature stories Occasionally 1-5, 9, 10
Film Short stories Occasionally 1, 2, 9
Publications and Professional journals Traffic Engineering & Control (TEC) Occasionally 1-4, 6
printed materials Local Transport Today (LTT)
Surveyor
Academic journals Transport Policy Occasionally 1, 3, 6
Transportation Research
International Journal of Transport Management
Journal of Transport Geography
Reports Project reports Occasionally 1-5, 6, 7, 8
Organisation literature Newsletters Regularly 9, 10
Printed materials Brochures Occasionally 1-5, 9
Booklets
Inserts
Events Local events Awareness events Occasionally 1-10
National events Associated with other campaigns Occasionally
Conference National Academic University Transport Studies Group (UTSG) Regularly 1, 3
Conference Professional Association for Commuter Transport Conference Regularly 1-3
(ACT)
International Professional European Conference on Mobility Management Regularly 1-3
Conference (ECOMM)
European Transport Conference (ETC)
Networks Organisations Association for Commuter Transport (ACT) Continuously 1-4, 9
Other networks London TravelWise Continuously 1-4, 9
Good Going
Web Project links Southwark Borough (www.southwark.gov.uk) Regularly 1-10
OPTMUM2 (www.optimum2.org)
Government links Department for Transport (www.dft.gov.uk) Regularly 1-10
Transport for London (www.tfl.gov.uk)
Greater London Authority (www.london.gov.uk)
London Development Agency (www.lda.gov.uk)
Association of London Government (www.alg.gov.uk)
Seltrans (www.seltrans.org.uk)
Professional organisation links Association for Commuter Transport (www.act- Regularly 1-4, 9
uk.com)
Transport 2000 (www.transport2000.org.uk)
Association for European Transport
(www.aetransport.co.uk)
Other campaign links Good Going (www.goodgoing.co.uk) Regularly 1-5, 9
Bike Week (www.bikeweek.org.uk)
London TravelWise (www.londontravelwise.org.uk)
Table 2, Publicity Selection for Communication
Note:
1: Transport and planning professionals 6: Interreg IIIB
2: Consultants 7: Project partners
3: Academics 8: ETON
4: Authorities/policy makers 9: Private business
5: Politicians 10: The media
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10. Step 4 Set up schedule
To ensure that all the communication activities undertaken are fully integrated, it is
useful to specify the exact timing of each action. This will help the Southwark Pilot to
ensure that each activity commences on the prescribed date and that any opportunities
for synergy are fully exploited (Sargeant, 2005).
Actions Target Dates
Update meetings with professionals and authorities Every six months
Lobby with authorities like LDA, ALG, TfL to promote By December 2005
OPTIMUM2 scheme and seek their supports
Attend different conference and workshops to present Continuous
OPTIMUM2 result
Talk with consultants and academics or other research Continuous
institutions to share information and expand networks
Talk with other project partners to share experience and lessons Continuous
Provide information to other interest groups, organisations or Continuous
individuals
Table 3, Marketing Communication Schedule
Step 5 Specify budget
Costs for implementing the marketing communication strategy may be associated
with other tasks. Table 4 indicates the budget for the Southwark Pilot of the
OPTIMUM2 project as a whole
Communication Tools Estimated Cost
Publication (LTPG findings) €29,000 1
Publication (Tools development) €6,000
Conferences €1,000
Total €36,000
Table 4, Marketing and Communication for Southwark Pilot of the OPTIMUM2
Project Budget breakdown
Step 6 Monitor process and evaluate outcomes
Gilchrist (2002) states that the monitoring and evaluation of promotional work can:
• Help show that the funding raised has been spent effectively;
• Justify a request for further budget to continue and extend the work;
• Help refine programme so that it is more effective in the future.
By using focus groups, questionnaires, records, evaluation sheets, surveys and so forth,
the Southwark Pilot can ask for feedback from target groups in order to assess the
efficiency and effectiveness of marketing communication strategy. Table 6 shows a
set of relevant indicators and measures:
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Euro €1 ≈ GBP £0.6727. Visit www.xe.com. Last accessed 14 November 2005.
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11. Process Measures Outcome Measures
Change in policy and infrastructure Change in knowledge
Indicators: For example, a UDP planning document Indicators: Changes in awareness of facts, information,
integrated with travel plans within the council options, and recommendations
Measures: observation Measures: survey/ interview
Reach and frequency Responses to campaign elements
Indicators: number of people who are exposed to a Indicators: Number of telephone queries, information
campaign element, and number of times they were (material) requests
exposed Measures: count
Measures: survey/count
Media coverage Awareness of campaign
Indicators: column inches in journals, newspapers, Indicators: Percentage of people aware of the project.
minutes on television or radio, number of people Have you ever heard about alternative travelling
attending events measures? What have you recently heard about
Measures: count OPTIMUM2? Where did you hear about OPTIMUM2?
Measures: Survey
Dissemination of materials -
Number of programme materials disseminated
Measures: Count
Table 6: Monitoring and Evaluation Measurement (Kotler et al., 2002)
More details about how to monitor and evaluate the whole programme are discussed
in the report of ‘Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework’ prepared by
Loughborough University for the Southwark Pilot.
4 Conclusions and recommendations
In conclusion, it is recommended that a six stage model based on marketing
communication theory be adopted as a framework to create a marketing
communication plan suitable for use by the Southwark OPTIMUM2 Pilot. These
stages are:
• Set marketing communications objectives
• Specify target groups
• Design marketing communication techniques
• Set up schedule
• Specify budget
• Monitor process and evaluate outcomes
In particular, it is important that clear target groups be identified and that they be
served with well defined messages delivered through suitable and cost effective media
channels. It is also crucial that the process is comprehensively monitored so that a
useful evaluation exercise may be undertaken and lessons learnt for similar future
projects.
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12. 5 References
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Third Edition, Pearson Education Limited, Essex.
Gilchrist K (2002) Promoting Your Cause, A Guide for Fundraisers and Campaigners,
The Directory of Social Change, London.
Guidemaps (2004) Successful Transport Decision-Making, A Project Management
and Stakeholder Engagement Handbook, Volume 1: Concepts and Tools, Guidemaps
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Kotler P, Roberto N and Lee N (2002) Social Marketing, Improving the Quality of
Life, Second Edition, SAGE, Thousand Oaks, California.
MOST (2000) Dissemination and Awareness Plan, Mobility Management Strategies
for the Next Decades, May. Visit mo.st/index_msie.html. Last accessed 8 August
2005.
OPTIMUM2 (2005) Trans-national Communication Plan for OPTMUM2 2004-2005,
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Sargeant A (2005) Marketing Management for Non-profit Organisations Second
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6 Acknowledgements
Thanks are due to the European Regional Development Fund Interreg IIIB
programme-financed OPTIMUM2 Project and the London Borough of Southwark for
sponsoring this research.
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