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Youthbuild Providence: Public Relations Plan, Madeline Armater, Clayton Durant, Michelle Ryder, James Paternostro, Kaiwen Zhu Jan 2014

Youthbuild Providence: Public Relations Plan, Madeline Armater, Clayton Durant, Michelle Ryder, James Paternostro, Kaiwen Zhu

Marketing and Communications

Understanding what incentives drive businesses to partner with non-profits, as well as understanding what media business owners will pay attention to can help our firm get YouthBuild Providence’s name and message in the correct places that will have a higher probability of being consumed by these higher level managers or small business owners. To get the message out correctly, we are going to leverage the use of social media and local media to push our message out to small businesses.


Community Preparatory School: Alumni Relations Plan, Arnold Robinson Jan 2014

Community Preparatory School: Alumni Relations Plan, Arnold Robinson

Marketing and Communications

When trying to get people to understand your message, you can use the Uses and Gratifications theory which talks about how people tend to pay attention when they are entertained, informed, their opinions get reinforced and they have a sense of belonging. Our message will get people to pay attention because the Alumni already have a sense of belonging to CPS, and it informs and reinforces their opinions about caring for their Alma mater. We will get Alumni to believe this message by holding events and other activities in which they can be a part of.


Community Preparatory School: 2013-2014 Public Relations Plan, Liz Gallagher, John Tateossian, Max Dowgiallo, Cory Kadlik, Victoria Isenstein, Spencer Gossy, Pat Holland, Arnold Robinson Jan 2013

Community Preparatory School: 2013-2014 Public Relations Plan, Liz Gallagher, John Tateossian, Max Dowgiallo, Cory Kadlik, Victoria Isenstein, Spencer Gossy, Pat Holland, Arnold Robinson

Marketing and Communications

Community Prep sends out seasonal newsletters during fall, winter, spring, and summer of each year that promote recent activities in school, discuss recent events, profile important donors, and give updates on alumni’s successes. These newsletters are sent out in the mail, and are also accessible on Community Prep’s website. Each newsletter comes in one color, with black and white photographs, and has a readable and attractive layout. Email updates have similar information, but sometimes have embedded videos, and provide links to a site where donations can be made or tickets can be bought for future events.


Youthbuild Providence: Public Relations Plan, Courtney Yost, Jessica Dellot, Mark Assad, Francesca Mardenli, Ciara Galligan, Luke Westervelt, Arnold Robinson Jan 2013

Youthbuild Providence: Public Relations Plan, Courtney Yost, Jessica Dellot, Mark Assad, Francesca Mardenli, Ciara Galligan, Luke Westervelt, Arnold Robinson

Marketing and Communications

We are targeting small local businesses because our survey showed us that they are the best source to solicit donations from. Small businesses also tend to care about their image within the community they operate in. If a business decides to donate to YouthBuild, they will be perceived as caring and philanthropic within the community. This action makes people feel more comfortable with their organization and therefore more willing to choose their business over their competition that may not give back. Due to that reasoning, businesses tend to look for charitable organizations to donate to. Small businesses also often times …