1. Driving the Hits: Using PR to Tell Your Story and Change Minds Wednesday, April 27 th (10:15AM) Brendon Shank, Assistant VP of Communications Todd Von Deak, MBA, CAE - VP of Operations & General Manager Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) www.asaecenter.org/mmcc Hub Tag: #MMCCon Is2 Twitter: @bshank
TVD “ airplane announcement” (this is what we’re talking about & where we’re going) What to expect from this session
TVD to whip up an angry mob with Phillies talk.
TVD talk re: why look under the hood of PR. Hand off to BS.
BS: Once we did the diagnosis, this is what we found. Most important point: we didn’t know what success would look like if it fell in our lap.
BS We had a treatment for the diagnosis. Not one magical pill, but an ongoing therapeutic regimen. Build a structure for outreach, messaging. Find high ROI ways to build credibility among audiences. Sometimes ROI means low investment, not high return, like JHM PR. Concentrate on good stories.
BS: PR is lots of things, but about developing compelling stories at its heart. It’s not spin, it’s about knowing the stories, facts, people that tell the stories that support your message.
BS: Story is your product. Better stories = better PR.
BS Frame things as case studies in success. That means acknowledging challenges and showing XYZ was the solution.
BS: But start with your messages first. Messages are the backbone of your stories. Stories that don’t support your message aren’t high-value stories.