Your community outreach isn't resonating with all age groups. How can you better engage everyone?
Community outreach should be inclusive and engaging for all age groups by tailoring your approach to their unique needs. Here’s how to make your efforts more effective:
What strategies have worked for you in engaging diverse age groups?
Your community outreach isn't resonating with all age groups. How can you better engage everyone?
Community outreach should be inclusive and engaging for all age groups by tailoring your approach to their unique needs. Here’s how to make your efforts more effective:
What strategies have worked for you in engaging diverse age groups?
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The best way to engage everyone is to stop trying to engage everyone with a single messaging strategy. You want to target your communications. Targeted messaging is vital in our field. Think about who's already supporting you, or who is most affected by the goal you have or the change you're trying to make. If you have a big enough base, try A/B testing some of your strategies to narrow down what is most effective. Ultimately, a message that tries to reach everyone is a message that isn't trying to reach anyone. The prompt for this also suggests diverse strategies and activities in planning, but I would gently disagree. If you find something that is working for you, stick with it, and invest in it.
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