That shotgun approach to communication
It used to be that everyone got their news from the morning newspaper. Then came tv and the internet. Now the chance that you heard the latest headline is from a twitter post or news article mentioned on facebook. Today more than ever we get our news and information from a wide array of sources and more often it comes from someone we know.
When it comes to communicating news and information to teenagers, we can’t expect to send home a monthly newsletter and that be sustainable. It’s almost like we have to sometimes use every communication device possible in hopes that the shotgun will hit something. Below are some ideas and thoughts to communicating to your group.
1. announce it on the website
2. announce it at a large meeting through slide/person
3. create a video announcement for a service
4. twitter about it
5. send a facebook update through your fan page
6. send out a mass parent email newsletter
7. mail out a postcard
8. send out a mass text
9. word of mouth. word of mouth. word of mouth
10. did we mention word of mouth
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