SLIDE 11 4/5/2011 11 Re fining yo ur T a lking Po ints Building o n Yo ur Suc c e ss Sto ry
E xa mple :
- De c ide who will te ll yo ur sto ry
- A c o mmunity me mb e r, o ffic ia l, e tc .
- T
he sto ry te lle r must: ha ve a c o mpe lling pe rso na l inte re st fit yo ur a udie nc e unde rsta nd yo ur me ssa g e sta y with yo ur to pic
Ge tting yo ur Sto ry Co ve re d
T ra ditio na l Me dia
- Co nta c t lo c a l re po rte rs –
usua lly pho ne a nd e ma il
So c ia l Me dia
ma il, T we e t, F a c e b o o k, e tc . to sha re sho rt me ssa g e s tha t re so na te
- Se nd a fo rma l pre ss re le a se
- Pig g yb a c k o n la rg e r e ve nts
tha t he lp to te ll yo ur sto ry
using c e le b ritie s a tta c he d to yo ur c a use
- Use the me dia e xpe rtise o f
yo ur sta ke ho lde rs me ssa g e s tha t re so na te with yo ur re la tio nship da ta b a se a nd o the rs E xa mple : Wo w – a ma zing c o mmunity pla n se e it a t www.iphi.o rg
ilm a nd po st a Yo uT ub e the n se nd a s a link to re la tio nship da ta b a se
Ring – A Re po rte r’ s Ca lling
Do
- DO liste n to the re q ue st a nd
de te rmine if yo u’ re the rig ht pe rso n – if no t, g e t the rig ht pe rso n o r pa ss
Do n’ t
- DON’Tuse ja rg o n o r te c hnic a l
la ng ua g e tha t the a udie nc e is unlike ly to unde rsta nd
- DO liste n to the q ue stio n a nd
c o nstruc t a dire c t re spo nse
- DO inc o rpo ra te ke y me ssa g e s
“yo ur sto ry” into yo ur re spo nse
- DO c ho o se yo ur wo rds ve ry
c a re fully
- DO Se nd a fo rma l pre ss re le a se
a nd/ o r re q ue ste d f/ u info
- DO tha nk the re po rte r fo r the
inte rvie w
- DON’Tre pe a t a ne g a tive
me ssa g e tha t the re po rte r mig ht a sk
- DON’Tma ke a ny c o mme nts
tha t yo u do n’ t wa nt to b e pa rt
- f the sto ry – no thing is “o ff the
re c o rd”
- DON’Tma ke jo ke s o r sa rc a stic
c o mme nts – the y c a n e a sily b e misc o nstrue d