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The Art and Science of Message Development
  • (Alternately Titled,
  • “We don’t know jack #*$&#^@*!”)
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Multiple messages from multiple messengers for multiple constituencies.
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Can you hear me now? Good.
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Gentleman’s Domain:
The Official Catalog of Things Men Want.
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Femail Creations:
Gifts to Inspire Women and Girls.
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Multiple messages from multiple messengers for multiple constituencies.
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I did not inhale.
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I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
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Rush Limbaugh is a big stupid idiot.
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Profit vs. Prayer.
Vote NO on the Street Bonds.
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Stop Tax Waste.
Vote NO on the Street Bonds.
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A Good Message Is…
  • Targeted
  • Truthful


  • Concise
  • Convincing


  • Contrasting
  • Consistent


  • Sky Mall, Petroglyphs
  • Rush, not Bill (inhale), really not Bill (sex)
  • Rush, Bill Inhaler
  • Rush, not Bill (inhale), really not Bill (sex)
  • Petroglyphs
  • Can you hear me now?


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Multiple messages from multiple messengers for multiple constituencies.
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Research
  • Opposition, Self, Issues
  • Polling and Focus Groups
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Warning!
Put on your bifocals!
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Survey Results
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Message Box
  •    We/Ourselves       They/Themselves




  •        They/Us   We/Them
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Multiple messages from multiple messengers for multiple constituencies.
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Final Thoughts
  • Wheel of Fortune vs. NPR


  • Rush: repetition vs. truth


  • Multiple messages from multiple messengers for multiple constituencies.
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Multiple messages from multiple messengers for multiple constituencies.