Practical exercise
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY WORKSHEET
Use this worksheet to help you strategise about your audience, and the potential tools
and channels you may want to use for your campaign for the European elections.
1. Target Audience
Describe the person(s) you want to reach with your campaign; be as specific as
possible. More than one audience may be listed. Include a primary and secondary
(influencers) audience if appropriate. (Examples: older persons’ organisations, public
authorities)
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2. Determine your objective/s
a) What do you want to achieve through your campaign strategy? This could
include something you want your target audience to do as a direct result of experiencing
the communication. Objectives may include (but ar not limited to) the following:
• Provide information
• Highlight a campaign
• Encourage a certain behavior
• Reinforce some messages
• Encourage interaction, obtain feedback/exchange ideas
• Collaborate with partners (Example: Increase awareness of ageing issues.)
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2 b) Restate your objectives in SMART terms:
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3. Define Audience Communication Needs
People access information in various ways, at different times of the day, and for
different reasons. If possible, define your audience needs by using market research and
other data.
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4. Goal Integration
a) How do your objectives support your organisation’ s goals/ communication strategy?
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b) What events of your organisation present opportunities for the campaign?
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5. Message Development
Develop the key messages based on the target audience and objectives identified.
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6. Resources and Capacity
Determine who in your organization will be responsible for implementation, and
determine the number of hours they can allocate for content creation and maintenance.
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7. Identify the communication tools
Determine what tools will effectively reach your target audience. Match the needs of the
target audience with the tools that best support your objectives and resources.
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8. Define Activities
Based on all of the elements above, list the specific activities you will undertake to reach
your communication goals and objectives.
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9. Identify your key partners and their roles and responsibilities
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10. Define Success for Evaluation
What are your measures of success? Your measures of success may be different
depending on your goals and objectives.
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11. Evaluate
Create a survey/ evaluation plan
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