This week's working session drew out one of my pet peeves: Updates.
Leaders, of course, want you to update them on your progress whether your work is ‘business as usual' or project based. They want to know enough to trust that all is on track or to offer guidance where needed.
However, thinking of these communication opportunities as just an update is such a waste!
This week we helped Belinda convert her 10-minute MS Teams update into a powerful story that would engage future supporters. Here are the three biggest takeaways, which I hope help you also.
- Having 10 minutes to showcase her project to 450 colleagues was an opportunity to engage potential supporters in her program who would help her deliver on it over coming months. It was so much more than just an update.
- The context was an opportunity to not just remind everyone that she was working on two important data collection projects, but rather to remind them of the value those projects will bring.
- The trigger was an opportunity to explain to them not just why she was telling them about the project, but why they needed to hear about the project
Here were the highlights.
Watch the recording below and download the session notes for more details.