Your community partners are skeptical of new outreach methods. How can you convince them of the benefits?
To shift perspectives on new outreach methods, highlight the value. Here's how:
How do you persuade others to embrace change?
Your community partners are skeptical of new outreach methods. How can you convince them of the benefits?
To shift perspectives on new outreach methods, highlight the value. Here's how:
How do you persuade others to embrace change?
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Identify the most respected players, ask them to take places within the group, then deliberately step back to allow personalities to emerge and share in the vision.
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To convince community partners that there are benefits to your outreach methods, create opportunities for them to hear from those that have been reached because of those new methods. Provide relevant research and evidence linked to your decision to try the new methods. Showcase specific aspects of the outreach impact as it pertains to the benefits of more diverse and nuanced connections. Share pertinent feedback from respected professionals, partners and community surveys. Highlight ways the new outreach methods have contributed to more authentic and deeper interactions. Clarify the longterm rewards that come with the new outreach efforts. Create summary reports that show ongoing improvements linked to the new outreach methods.
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