Communication Cues for County Commissioners
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Never Get Misquoted Again!Communication Cues
for County Commissioners
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Melanie Flax Wilt• Owner of Shift•ology
Communication for 12+ years• Former Communication Director
for state agency• Clark County Commissioner, 2nd
term• 2nd Generation Clark Co.
Commissioner• Mother of 3 farm kids
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Today’s Session• 10 Tips You Can Use in 3 areas:
– Interviews– Handling Difficult Situations & People
• Social Media• Public Meetings
– Branding Your County and Yourself
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COMMUNICATION CUE 1
“You didn’t get misquoted. You misspoke.”
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Message 1 Message 2 Message 3
Clark County experienced a malware attack on our network today.
We’re using all resources available to investigate and restore the network.
There’s no evidence of a data breech.
27/9/3
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COMMUNICATION CUE 2
CompassionConvictionOptimism
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Message 1 Message 2 Message 3
We’re concerned about the impact of today’s malware attack on Clark County residents and employees.
All available resources have been deployed to investigate and restore our network.
There’s no evidence any data has been compromised.
C-C-O
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COMMUNICATION CUE 3
The media is not your audience.
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COMMUNICATION CUE 4
IDK is OK.
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COMMUNICATION CUE 5
Ways to say “no comment” without
saying “no comment.”
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• We’re asking the same questions right now.
• I don’t have that information at the moment.
• Let me ask someone and get back to you. • This is an ongoing investigation, so I’m
not at liberty to comment.
THE “NO COMMENT” COMMENT
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COMMUNICATION CUE 6
Trolls & other trends
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1. Look at their profile -- Block IF: directly insult, have no connection to your community, regularly disrupt or comment off-topic
2. Disagreements -- Don’t argue with people who insist on being right. And DON’T BE that person!
3. Correct disinformation4. When to shut it down
CAN I JUST BLOCK THEM?
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COMMUNICATION CUE 7
Public HearingsRoberts Rules of Order
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COMMUNICATION CUE 8
When NIMBYs are your attendees, use
EASE
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COMMUNICATION CUE 9
What’s your brand?
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Connections. Communities. Opportunities.
• Clear, memorable messages• Framework to help visualize, explain
and experience all that your county has to offer
• Including, but not limited to, county government services
• You are the most important bearer of your county’s brand!
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COMMUNICATION CUE 10
Cans are for soup, not for speeches.
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